Dr Anshuman Srivastava, obtained his Ph.D in the field of Material Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, India. He has worked as a Joint Director (R and D), IIP Mumbai, Government of India. Presently, he is working as Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department, SIET Allahabad, India. He has published many research papers in journals like Composites Science and Technology, Journal of Power Sources, Material Research Bulletin and many others. He is life member of various professional bodies like Electron Microscopy Society of India, International Association of Engineers (IAENG), IAENG Society of Industrial Engineering, IAENG Society of Mechanical Engineering, Material Research Society of India, Indian Society for Technical Education, Asian Polymer Association, Indian Society for Advancement in Material Processing and Engineering. Presently he is guiding several under graduate and post graduate research work.

Polymer matrix composites, Metal matrix composites, Natural fibre reinforced Epoxy based Composites, Biocomposites and Nanocomposites.

Professor of “BioChemical Engineering Fundamentals” and“Chemical Engineering for BioMedical Systems”at the Department of Chemical Engineering Materials & Environment of Sapienza University of Rome, where he received his M.S. and Ph.D degrees in Chemical Engineering

His research activity has been mainly focused on the development of innovative chemical and biotechnological processes for the recovery of high value-added compounds from by-products and agro-industrial residues, such as lycopene from tomato waste and phenolic antioxidants from artichoke and bilberries waste, olive pomace and coffee grounds. He also examined the possibility of including the extracts obtained in consumer food products to get new functional foods with high antioxidant activity.In the field of enzyme technology, he studied the use of multienzyme systems with enhanced activity for the recovery of lipids and bioactive compounds with high added value from microalgae.He is the author of over 60 scientific publications and several industrial patents, ranging from the biochemical extraction of valuable compounds to the fibers recovery for material applications.

Dr.Alessandra Vitale received her M.Sc. degree in Material Engineering from Politecnico di Torino, Italy, and in Polymers for Advanced Technologies from Université Joseph Fourier in Grenoble, France, in 2010. She obtained her Ph.D. from Politecnico di Torino, Italy, under the supervision of Prof. Roberta Bongiovanni. In her laboratory, Alessandra investigated innovative polymers and technologies for the fabrication of microfluidic devices.She has won the AICIng (Italian Association Chemistry for Engineering) Best Ph.D. Thesis Award. In 2014 she was engaged as research associate in the group of Dr. João Cabral at Imperial College London, United Kingdom. In 2016 Dr. Vitale joined Politecnico di Torino, Italy, where she currently works as assistant professor with time contract. She has authored more than 25 research publications in peer-reviewed journals and several international conference proceedings. She is a member of the American Chemical Society. Her research interests include photopolymerization processes and methods for micro- and nano-patterning.

Photopolymerization processes;methods for micro- and nano-patterning; electrospinning; fluoropolymers and polymers surface science.

Alexander Böker is director of the Fraunhofer-Institute for Applied Polymer Research (IAP) and holds the Chair for Polymer Materials and Polymer Technology at the University of Potsdam, Germany. He studied chemistry at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. He received his PhD from Bayreuth University in 2002 working with Prof. G. Krausch and Prof. Axel H.E. Müller. From 2002-2004 he was a postdoctoral fellow with Thomas P. Russell at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. In 2006 he received a Lichtenberg-Professorship funded by the VolkswagenStiftung. Besides being Founding Editor-in-Chief of Polymers, Alexander Böker is Member of the Reimund Stadler Minerva Center for Mesoscale Macromolecular Engineering in Beer Sheva, Israel, Member of the International Advisory Board of Macromolecular Chemistry & Physics (Wiley-VCH) as well as the Editorial Board of Colloid & Polymer Science (Springer) and Polymer (Elsevier). He published more than 120 papers in peer-reviewed journals and received the ERC Consolidator Grant in 2015

Guided self-assembly of block copolymer systems, hierarchical (bio)nanoparticle assemblies and the control of self-assembly processes via external fields.

Lars Montelius defended his thesis in 1987 at Lund University and during 1988-89 he spent a Post-doc year at IBM, Yorktown Heights working with Scanning Probe Microscopy. In 1989 he was appointed as Head of the Nanometer Laboratory at Lund University. His 25+ years of work in nanotechnology has centered around scanning probe microscopy & spectroscopy & luminescence & imaging & manipulation of low-D structures, electron & ion beam and nanoimprint lithography & processing applied to single electron tunneling, quantized conductance and various bio and NEMS-devices. Lars Montelius H-index is 32 and he has given more than 70 personally invited talks, filed 22 patent applications and published more than 170 publications giving rise to 3.639 citations, with ≈250 citations per year over last 5 years. (Data from ISI Web of Knowledge 2014-03-29). Currently he is the President Elect for IUVSTA: The International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications iuvsta-us.org/ and he is Working Group Chair of the two European Technology Platforms NANOFutures: The European initiative for sustainable development by Nanotechnologies www.nanofutures.eu and EuMat: The European Technology Platform for Advanced Engineering Materials and Technologies: eumat.eu.

His 25+ years of work in nanotechnology has centered around scanning probe microscopy & spectroscopy & luminescence & imaging & manipulation of low-D structures, electron & ion beam and nanoimprint lithography & processing applied to single electron tunneling, quantized conductance and various bio and NEMS-devices

Alexander M. Seifalian (AMS) who is Professor of Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine and Head of Department with a multidisciplinary background from nuclear physics to physiology, nanotechnology, bio-materials, interaction of cells with nano-composite materials as well as working on stem cells. He is Fellow of the Institute of Nanotechnology (FIoN) and Society of Biology (FSB), and has published over 630 peer-reviewed articles, 41 book chapters and 10 international patents. He is currently serving as a Guest editor for Nano Reviews Journals. His current projects have led to the development of cardiovascular implants using nano-materials and stem cell technology, development of organs using tissue engineering and nano-particles for the detection and treatment of cancer. He was awarded the top prize in the field of nano-materials for cardiovascular implants in 2007 by Medical Future Innovation, and in 2009 received a Business Innovation Award from UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) in the Life Sciences and Healthcare Category. He received the most innovative new product award in 2012 for the ‘synthetic trachea’ by European Life Science, Hamburg, Germany, and in 2013 was acknowledged by the international community for his outstanding achievements in Nano-science and Nanotechnology with the prestigious Nanosmat prize award in Granada, Spain. AMS has a significant track record with regard to generating impact through the translation of technology from the laboratory directly to the clinic, and has demonstrated that nano composite polymers are core to the next generation of surgical implants with highly successful outcomes in a number of pioneering projects. This led to the development of the world’s first synthetic trachea, nasal and ear reconstruction, lacrimal duct conduit, and small diameter bypass grafts for coronary artery and vascular replacemnet, which has enter clinical trials, all of which have been used as first-in-man. His experience in translational research has led to a number of cutting edge projects at various stages of development. For example, we have developed abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) stent-grafts, cardiac patches and transcatheter heart valves at the pre-clinical stage of development and will be ready for clinical trials in early 2015.

His research team is highly experienced in reaching planned objectives and delivery of projects of this nature. During his career he has led many large projects with multidisciplinary teams composed of scientists, engineers, and clinicians in collaboration with UK industry, all with very successful outcomes in terms of commercialization and translation to benefit patient healthcare including; i) commercialization of bypass grafts for vascular access and dialysis; and ii) development of laser activated vascular sealants, which have been commercialized, and many others medical devices currently in development

Dr. Ivoyl P. Koutsaroff is a Senior Member of Technical Staff working on new metal alloyed electrodes and doped oxide materials targeting improvement of acoustic wave filters’ performances, Technology R&D, Qorvo Inc., Apopka, Florida, USA. Prior to joining Qorvo, since 2005, for a decade, he was working as Principle Research Engineer at New Technology Center, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto, Japan, responsible for ferroelectric thin film research, new functional oxide and electrode materials development, process integration and performance improvement of various rf-front-end devices (e.g., BST varactors and piezo-MEMS). He was core member of a national join collaborative project supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) for development of tunable SAW filters combined with BST varactors monolithically integrated on the same chip. Since 1994, he had held several research and engineering positions at the Centre for Advanced Nanotechnology (ECAN), University of Toronto, Canada; Advanced Power Electronics Research Center at the AIST, Tsukuba, Japan; The GAO Materials Chemistry Research Group, University of Toronto; E&G Optoelectronics (Perkin-Elmer Optoelectronics), Montreal, Quebec and ComDev International Ltd., Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. From 1999 to 2005 he has been engaged in manufacturing and development activities at Gennum Corporation (acquired by Semtech and ON Semiconductor) in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, where he was a Senior Technology Development Engineer, involved with development of low dielectric loss high density ferroelectric thin film decoupling and tunable capacitor devices used in RF-front-end communication modules and hearing aids applications. Being a manufacturing engineer from 1998 to 2001, he was actively involved in Statistical Process Control (SPC) and continuous process improvement activities for Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD), Reactive Ion etching (RIE), RF sputtering, and Rapid Thermal Annealing (RTA) steps in different semiconductor class thin film devices production lines. His quality control optimization and monitoring methodology led to significant improvement of overall yield and robustness of the above processing steps used for the microdevice fabrication. He was a licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng) in Ontario, Canada. He has authored more than 80 publications in the fields of III-V semiconductors deep levels, optical characterization of GaAs, AlGaAs, InP, GaN; dielectric and microwave properties of BST thin films, novel oxynitride perovskite dielectric thin film materials through combinatorial compositional and stoichiometric ratio libraries, and novel high density thin film capacitor device concept. In 2010 he received Murata Manufacturing’s Vice-President Special Technology Development and Innovation Award for the first industrial scalable fabrication of oxynitride perovskite dielectric thin films with enhanced performances. He has co-organized The Ferroelectric Thin Film Symposium as part of the MRS symposia (2003) and he chaired various international conferences, workshops and symposia. Dr. Koutsaroff founded and organized the First International Symposium on “Advances and Enhanced Functionalities of Anion-controlled New Inorganic Materials (ANIM1)”, as part of E-MRS 2013 Spring Meeting which was held in Strasbourg, France, May 27-31, 2013. He was the lead Guest-Editor of the Special Issue on ANIM materials of the ACS Journal of Crystal Growth & Design (2013-2014). He was also founder and organizer of Kyoto Innovation Forum (KIF) seminars for the corporate executives and academia within Japan with lecturers invited from prestigious researcher organizations and private firms within Japan. Dr. Koutsaroff has given invited lectures at ISIF Symposia, MRS Symposia, FMA, ISAF, Ceramics Society of Japan, ICC3, ISSP, WCAM-2013, WCSM-2015, E-MRS 2015, etc. conferences as well various industrial R&C Centers in Japan, USA, Canada, Germany, France and Switzerland, co-edited proceedings in the ferroelectric thin films field, and he holds more than 40 patents. He is a member of the IEEE, the Materials Research Society (MRS), the American Chemical Society (ACS), ASM International and the Electrochemical Society (ECS). He also an Editorial Board Member of AU Journal of Technology, Assumption University, Thailand. Regular referee for JAP, APL and APL Materials, American Physical Society publications. He received his M.Sc. degree in Applied Physics from Sofia University in 1986, and his Ph.D. degree in Semiconductor Material Physics from Sun-Yat Sen University and Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1933.

Manijeh Razeghi is the Walter P. Murphy Professor of Electrical Engineering at Northwestern University and Director of the Center for Quantum Devices, which she founded in 1991 after a successful 10-year career as the Director of Exploratory Materials at Thomson-CSF, France. She is one of the leading scientists in the field of semiconductor science and technology, having pioneered the development and implementation of major modern epitaxial techniques. Her current research interest is in nanoscale optoelectronic quantum devices from deep-UV up to terahertz. At Northwestern University she has commercialized aluminum-free pump lasers, developed type-II superlattices for next generation infrared imagers (an area in which she holds key patents), and currently holds most of the quantum cascade lasers records for high power and tunability. She has authored 18 books, 31 books chapters, and more than 1000 journal publications. She is editor, associate, and board member of many journals, including Nano Science and Nano technology. Her awards include the IBM Europe Science and Technology Prize, the SWE Lifetime Achievement Award, the R.F. Bunshah Award, the IBM faculty award, Jan Czochralski Gold Medal, and many best paper awards. She is a fellow of SWE, SPIE, IEC, OSA, APS, IOP, IEEE, and MRS.

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Detlef Bahnemann (PhD in Chemistry TU Berlin 1981, Habilitation in Technical Chemistry Leibniz University Hannover 2012) is currently Head of the Research Unit „Photocatalysis and Nanotechnology“ at the Institute of Technical Chemistry of the Leibniz University Hannover in Germany and also Director of the Research Institute Nanocomposite Materials for Photonic Applications at Saint Petersburg State University. His main research topics include photocatalysis, photoelectrochemistry, solar chemistry and photochemistry focussed on synthesis and physical-chemical properties of semiconductor and metal nanoparticles. His more than 300 publications have been cited more than 26,000 times (h-index: 63 according to ISI).

Degree in Nuclear Engineering and PhD in Physics of Matter. Presently he is Professor of Physics of Matter at Polytechnic of Turin. Since 2004 he is Coordinator “LAboratorio di Tecnologie Elettrobiochimiche Miniaturizzate per l'Analisi e la Ricerca (LATEMAR)”, for the realization at the Polytechnic of Turin of a National Center of Excellence for micro- and nanotechnologies applied to genomics, proteomics and biotechnologies. His research activity is reported in more than 200 articles published in international journals. From March 2011 he joined to Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia.

Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Nano-bio-technologies, Biomaterials, Materials for energy, Physics of nanomaterials

Pr. M.P Pileni is a Distinguished Professor at University P&M Curie, UPMC and Senior Researcher in Nuclear and Environmental Center, CEA, France. She is a member (1999- at present) and chair (2004-2010) of Institut Universitaire de France, IUF, which favors the development of high quality research and interdisciplinary projects among French universities. She has published more 450 articles with 18, 975 citations, 52. 27 average citations per item and h factor of 71. Over her carreer, she received the Langmuir award of the American Chemical Society, the lecture award of the Japanese Chemical Society, the research award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany, the Descartes-Huygens prize of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts, Science and Emila Valori prize from the French Academy of Sciences, Catalán-Sabatier Lectureship award from the Royal Society of Chemistry of Spain, Life Achievement award from Journal Colloid Interface Science and Chalmers Lecture award, Prix Pierre Sue from the French Chemical Society. In addition, she received the French citation award laureate from the Institute of Scientific Information for most quoted French scientist between 1981 and 1998. She has developed strong collaboration with Georgia Tech in Atlanta, the Max-Planck Gesellschaft in Berlin, the University of Canberra, Australia and Chalmers University in Sweden.

Prof. Pileni research has been highly interdisciplinary over her entire scientific career, starting from biophysics to solar energy and developing nanoreactors to reach nano structures. Thanks to a fundamental understanding of the kinetics and mechanisms in colloidal solutions.

Frank Volke has completed his PhD at the age of 28 years from University of Leipzig and postdoctoral studies from Leipzig University (biomembranes, soft matter), Oxford University (Biochemistry). He is the director of NMR-MRI section at Fraunhofer Institute of Biomedical Engineering in St. Ingbert, a premier Bio-Soft service organization. He has published more than 100 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member for various scientific journals.

Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Biomaterials, and more

Piedad N de Aza studied Chemistry at the Autonoma University of Madrid and Ceramic at the Santiago de Compostela University where she received her doctoral degree. She did a postdoctoral stage at the IRC in Biomaterials at the Queen Mary & Wetsfield College, University of London (U.K.) working on in vitro and in vivo behavior of bioceramics. At this moment, she is the Head of the Materials Science, Optic and Electronic Technology Department, Professor of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering and Researcher in the Bioengineering Institute at the Miguel Hernandez de Elche University.

Design and developing new polycrystalline biomaterials with controlled microstructures making use of appropriated phase equilibrium diagrams and to study, a part of their physical properties, their behavior in vitro (sterm cells) and in vivo (bioactivity in rats and dogs). Actually, main emphasis is putting on the tissue engineering field study of the tissue-ceramic implant interfaces by using SEM-EDX, TEM and HRTEM with EDS and micro-Raman spectroscopy.

Professor Pankaj Vadgama has completed his medical degree at the age of 23, chemistry degree at the age of 27 and his PhD at the age of 33 at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. He has worked as a hospital Chemical Pathologist, and has variously been Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Director of the Biomedical Materials IRC at Queen Mary University of London where he holds an appointment within the School of Engineering and Materials Science. He has published more than 200 publications in sensors and biosensors and is Editor in Chief of Bioelectrohmistry.

Biomaterials surfaces, membrane technology, biosensors, microfluidics.

Prof Maligno holds a Laurea Degree in Nuclear Engineering (University of Palermo, Italy). Prof Maligno then completed his PhD in Mechanics of Composite Materials at The University of Nottingham (UK). Prof Maligno has significant experience in the R&D analysis and design of structural components. He has been involved in several multi-disciplinary research and industrial projects aimed to investigate the response of advanced engineering materials and structures to various types of external loading and environmental conditions, using a combination of analytical, numerical and experimental techniques. Prof Maligno has worked in Academic institutions at the University of Palermo (Italy); The University of Nottingham (UK); Loughborough University (UK). Prof Maligno held several positions in Industry and Consultancy sector in the field of aerospace, defence, nuclear engineering. He also worked for Rolls Royce UTC as a Research Engineer in collaboration with the University of Nottingam (UK).

Prof Maligno has been appointed EPM-Technology Chair and Professor of Composite Materials at the Institute of Innovative Sustanable Engineering (IISE) - University of Derby. In this role he leads research related to the mechanics of composite materials, design and analysis of advanced structures with particular emphasis on Nano-Augumented/Nano-Engineered hybrid structures for harsh environment, hight temperature applications in the aeroaspace and motorsport industry. Also, Prof Maligno coordinates the research and development activities in the new state-of-art facitlities at EPM-Technology in Derby.

Dr. Annamaria Cucinotta received the B.Sc. degree (Honors) in Physics from University of Parma, Italy, in 1995 and the Ph.D. degree in Information Technology from the University of Parma, in 1999. Since 2002 A. Cucinotta has been member of the Faculty in the Department of Information Engineering at University of Parma. She is in charge of the “Laboratory of Optical Components” at the same Department. The main research interests of A. Cucinotta include fiber lasers, photonic crystal fibers also called microstructured fiber, biosensors and numerical methods for electromagnetic field analysis. Her research bridges from optical sciences to material engineering. Cucinotta's work is published in over 60 archival journal publications and numerous conference presentations. A. Cucinotta co-authored the books "Photonic Crystal Fiber Properties and Applications” (Spinger, 2007). She is also author of the e-book chapter " Photonic Crystal Fiber: Theory and Fabrication", (Bentham Science Publishers, 2011). Since 2007 she is an independent expert for the European Commission. She is a member of the EU Photonics21 Work Group 7 (Research, Education and training), fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and of the Italian Society of Electromagnetism (SIEM). She is Associate Editor of IEEE Photonic Journal. She acts as a technical program committee member for many international conferences. Prof. Cucinotta teaches the Photonic and Photonic Devices courses at the undergraduate and graduate level in Telecommunication and Electronic Engineering, and Electromagnetic Field for the undergraduate level course in Prevention in Environment and Workplaces of the Medical School of the University of Parma. From 2007 to 2012 she was the Socrates Erasmus Programme Coordinator at the Department of Information Engineering. From January 2015 she is in charge of the Alumni Job Placement for her Department.

Leading of an international team of scientists in modern development and application labs in Switzerland, China and India. Solution provider in laboratory technology to the pharma-, chemical-, food&beverage-, feed-, environmental analysis industries and academia.

Laboratory-technologies and Laboratory equipment market; Technology and application development; Heterogeneous Catalysis and Materials; In-situ Spectroscopy; Coatings and coating technologies; Intercultural Leadership

Prof. Yuyuan Zhao obtained his BEng and MSc degrees from Dalian University of Technology, and PhD degree from Oxford University. He is currently the Head of Centre for Materials and Structures of the School of Engineering, the University of Liverpool. His current research is focused on the manufacture, characterisation and applications of porous metals and metal matrix syntactic foams. Prof. Zhao was awarded the Ivor Jenkins Medal in 2015 for his contribution to powder metallurgy in developing and commercialising innovative powder based technologies for manufacturing metal foams.

Porous metals, metal matrix syntactic foams, thermofluids in porous media

Dr. Fenniri has achieved international recognition as a leader in the areas of self-assembly, supramolecular chemistry, nanomedicine, and materials sciences. His group works at the forefront of basic and applied nanosciences, in collaboration with various academic institutions, federal laboratories, and with the private sector. Dr. Fenniri’s contributions appeared in over 220 publications, 20 patents and patent applications, and over 450 contributed national and international conference papers. Dr. Fenniri has also presented his work in over 170 invited distinguished lectures, colloquia and seminars around the globe. Dr. Fenniri is the recipient of several academic and professional honours and awards and serves on several national and international scientific boards, panels, and committees.

Materials Science and Engineeering, Nanotechnology, Biomaterials, Self-Assembly, Supramolecular Chemistry, Drug Delivery, Tissue Engineering

In 1962, Haruo Sugi graduated from Postgraduate School in the University of Tokyo with the degree of Ph.D.He worked in Columbia Uiversity as a research associate, and in National Institutes of Health as a visiting scientist from 1965 to 1967. He was a Professor and Chairman in the Department of Physiology, Teikyo University Medical Scool from 1973 to 2004, when he became Emeritus Professor.

Dr. Itai Pelled is a polymer specialist that was involved in biopolymers in both medical devices and more recently, food packaging. He is leading over the past two years the R&D Group in TIPA Corp, a start-up company in the bioplolymers and food packaging that focused on end-of-life solutions for flexible packaging. Prior to TIPA, Dr. Pelled was leading the polymeric material section (textile materials and components, coating and biomedical polymers) in the developing of Trans-catheter Heart Valve Program, in Edwards Lifesciences (Irvine, California); a global leader in the science of heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring. Dr. Pelled background includes undergraduate degree in Chemistry, a master degree in Biomedical Engineering and a Ph.D. in biodegradable polymers (applied chemistry) from Tel-Aviv University, Israel and Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. He is also a co-inventor of ten patents.

Dr Kar Seng (Vincent) Teng is an Associate Professor and leads the Nanoelectronics Research Group in the College of Engineering at Swansea University in the United Kingdom. He received his PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Swansea University, and has extensive research experiences in the study of nanoscale electronic materials and devices. This involves the application of nanotechnology in electronics, which has major impact in healthcare, computer, photonic and energy technologies. His group has the expertise in the fabrication and characterisation of nanoscale electronic materials and devices, as well as controlling their properties through surface engineering for novel applications. His funded research includes the investigation of low-dimensional electronic materials, such as graphene, metal-oxide and nitride nanostructures etc., in the development of ultra-sensitive nano-biosensors for the early detection of diseases, short-wavelength lasers for ultra-high density data storage, nano-plasmonics for photovoltaic technology and fabrication of nanoelectronic devices using printing technology etc. He is also a Journal Editor for Fluorescent Materials.

Dr. Bingkun K. Chen is Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director of the Neural Component of the Biomaterials Characterization & Histology Core Laboratory, and Supervisor in Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Dr. Chen graduated with an M.D. in China, further studied in Germany, later received his Ph.D. in Japan, and recently earned his M.B.A. in the United States. Dr. Chen focus on spinal cord injury and regeneration. He developed and optimized two axonal tracing techniques, i. e. Bidiretional axonal tracing with DiI and DiO, and retrograde axonal tracing with Fast Blue (FB). By using tissue engineered technology with biodegradable polymer scaffolds loaded with growth-promoting cells (schwann cells, SCs) to bridge the transection, it might aim to shift the balance in the injured spinal cord towards healing and functional regeneration. Dr. Chen is currently serving on the Mayo Diversity and Inclusion Committee and Mayo Research Safety Committee. Dr. Chen also serves as the Chair of Chinese Student & Scholar Association at Mayo and Chair of Chinese Mayo Employee Resource Group. Dr. Chen has authored and published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles; in addition he has served as Editor, Associate editor and Editor-in-chief for a numerous books and bulletins, and as Reviewer for a number of journals in neuroscience

Spinal cord injury and regeneration by using tissue engineered technology with biodegradable polymer scaffolds

Dr. Nekane Guarrotxena earned her PhD in chemistry from the University of Complutense, Madrid-Spain in 1994. She held post-doctoral research positions at the Ecole Nationale Superieure d´Arts et Metiers, Paris-France (1994-1995) and the University of ScienceII, Montpellier-France (1995-1997). She was the Vice-Director of the Institute of Polymer Science and Technology (ICTP)-CSIC (2001-2005). From 2008-2011, she was visiting professor in the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Materials at University of California, Santa Barbara-USA and the CaSTL at University of California, Irvine-USA. She is currently Research Scientist at the Institute of Polymers Science and Technology, CSIC-Spain. She has been involved for several years on the dissemination of Science and Technology of Polymers-plastics (where she served as a member of Scientific Committee of Escuela de Plasticos y Caucho and FOCITEC or Association for the Promotion of Science and Technology). She is Editorial Board member of several journalsand organizing committee member of several scientific and technological events. Her studies have been published in more than 60 peer-reviewed publications, 4 books (also co-editor) and more than 21 book chapters

Synthesis and assembly of hybrid nanomaterials, nanoplasmonics, and their uses in nanobiotechnology applications (bioimaging, drug delivery, therapy and biosensing

Dr. Dinesh Amalnerkar started his research career as Research Fellow at National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune, India & received Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from University of Pune in 1982. He subsequently worked with Elpro International, Pune as Scientist till 1985. From Jan.1986 to April 1987, he had taken up the Visiting Assignment at Gifu, University, Japan & returned to join the post of Pool Scientist at NCL, India. In 1991, he joined Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology(C-MET) as a Scientist. From March 2009-November 2014, he served as the Executive Director (CEO) of C-MET and looked after its 3 centers located at Pune, Hyderabad & Thrissur. While placed at C-MET, he revisited Gifu University, Japan, during September-December 1993 & August-November 2000 as an AIEJ Researcher and worked as a Brain-Pool Visiting Scientist at Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Daejon, Korea during 2006-2007.Besides,he had taken up short-term visiting assignments at universities/institutes in Singapore, Switzerland, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Japan and Saudi Arabia. Recently, he has joined Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea as Brain-Pool Invited Scientist. His research contributions include 200 papers in peer-reviewed international journals,12 awards for oral/poster presentations in various symposia,20 Indian Patents, 2 US Patents,1Book Chapter as well as 2 Technology Transfers. His current Scholar Google H index is 33. He is the Regional Editor of Current Smart Materials, Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Semiconductor Devices & Circuits, Recent Trends in Sensor Research & Technology. He is a Member of Academic Council, Board of Directors & Board of Studies of various State & National Universities across the India. He is also a council member of prominent professional bodies/societies. He is recipient of the Materials Research Society of India’s prestigious Medal Award for the year 2008 for his significant contributions in Materials Science and Engineering.

Jinn P. Chu is a Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. He holds a Ph.D. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1992. He was appointed to the Dean of Office of Research and Development by the university in 2015. His research interests focus on sputter-deposited thin film metallic glasses (TFMGs) for various applications. He has over 160 articles in refereed journals, 22 patents, 3 review articles, 1 special issue in TFMG. He is an Editorial Board Member for the Elsevier journal Thin Solid Films.

Materials Science, Sputter Deposition, Thin Films and Coatings, Metallic Glass

Dr. Habil. Simona Cavalu is Manager (director) of National and International Research Projects, reviewer for many International Journals. Invited professor (visiting) at Istanbul Technical University, Bezmialem Vakif University, University of Debrecen-Hungary, Meerut College India. She has won Daniel Bunea” Award of SRB for the most relevant contribution in the field of biomaterials, 2014; Excelence Award SRB 2015, Best Conference Chairperson EMN Biomaterials PHUKET 2016. Invited speaker at international conferences (10). She has published more than 100 papers in SCI journals and proceedings.

Acrylic cements for orthopedic and dental applications, bioceramics (alumina/zirconia, alumino-silicate, hydroxyapatite), polymeric composites for controlled drug release, animal model (in vivo biocompatibility tests), in vitro tests (cells culture, cytotoxycity, proliferation), antioxidative agents, nanoparticles green synthesis.

Dr. Meiyong Liao obtained his PhD in Materials Sciences in 2002 from the Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academicy of Science, China. he became a visiting assosiate professor of Kyoto University, Japan, from 2002-2004. After that he was a postdoctor researcher in National Institute for Materials Sciences (NIMS), Japan, from 2004-2008. Since 2008, Dr. Liao has been employed in NIMS as a Principle Researcher. He had also be a visiting researcher in CNRS, France (2007-2008), and Marie-Curie Fellow (2014-2015) in Aston Unvierstiy, United Kindom. He has published more than 140 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of Scientific Reports and Journal of Nanomaterials. The research subjects of Dr. Liao are focused on the wide-bandgap semiconductors electronics devices, photoelectrical devices, and MEMS/NEMS.

Wide-bandgap semiconductors, power devices, photoelectrical devices, MEMS/NEMS

Welding Metallurgy , Welding Technology , Welding Engineering , Hardfacing ,NDT

Dr Milica Marčeta Kaninski is Research Professor and Head of the Department of Physical Chemistry at VINČA Institute of Nuclear Science in Belgrade, Serbia. Dr Marčeta Kaninski received M.Sc. degree in 2005 and PhD in Physical Chemistry at University of Belgrade in 2009, with thesis Hydrogen Membrane Fuel Cells: Energy, Isotopic and Electrochemical Aspects. She has managed national and international scientific projects and published more than 30 papers in peer - reviewed journals. Dr Marčeta Kaninski is a member of Serbian Chemical Society and International Society of Electrochemistry ISE. She is also the reviewer in many journals, including Energy and Environmental Sciences, Electrochemistry Communications, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy and Journal of Applied Electrochemistry.

The main research interests of Dr Milica Marčeta Kaninski are focused on enviromental protection, and include (i) Hydrogen production: alkaline water electrolysis and development of electrocatalytical materials and activators, (ii) Fuel cells: development of PEM and alkaline fuel cells and materials for their construction.

Ajay Kumar Mishra is a full Professor at the Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Research Unit at College of Science, Engineering & Technology, University of South Africa, Florida Science Campus, South Africa. He received his B. Sc, M. Sc., degrees in 1997 and 2001 respectively from Purvanchal University Jaunpur, India and M. Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in 2003 and 2007, respectively, from The University of Delhi, India. From March 2006 to September 2009, he was postdoctoral fellows at various South African Institutes/Universities. In addition, he was appointed as “Senior Lecturer” in October 2009 at the Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, South Africa where he was promoted to “Associate Professor” in November 2011 until December 2014. Recently, he was appointed by University of South Africa as “Full Professor” since January 2015. He is also working as “Adjunct Professor” at Jiangsu University, China. His research interests include synthesis of multifunctional nano-materials, nano-composites, biopolymer and/or petrochemical based biodegradable polymers, polymers based materials/composites, smart materials, CNT and graphene based composite materials and water research. He has authored over 100 scientific papers. He has hosted several visiting researchers/scientists/postdocs in his group. He has also developed a number of collaborations worldwide. He has delivered a number of including Plenary/Keynote/Invited Lectures. For his outstanding research profile, he was awarded a number of international awards. Prof. Mishra also served as Associate Editor as well as member of the editorial board of many peer-reviewed international journals. He has edited several books by the renowned publishers and also reviewer of many international journals. He is serving as member advisory board of a number of international scientific societies, conferences and workshops.

Dr. Raja Rizwan Hussain received his Ph.D. and M.Sc. in 2006 and 2008 in Civil Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan which is ranked among Top 20 universities in the world. Dr. Hussain was ranked as outstanding student and was awarded the best research thesis, prize and medal from the University of Tokyo. He also completed his Ph.D. in a record short period of just two years. He is the editor of several ISI-indexed international journals. He has also served as guest editor for several international ISI-indexed journals. Moreover, he is one of the organizing chairs and member of technical committees for more than 3 dozen international conferences, symposiums and seminars. In addition, he is an active reviewer of many international ISI-indexed journals. Dr. Hussain has received more than 80 medals, awards, prizes and distinctions throughout his research, academic and professional career. Dr. Hussain has authored more than 165 research publications including ISI-indexed journal papers, international conference proceedings, edited books, editorials, expos, invention shows and exhibitions, technical reports etc. He is also an inventor of 6 US & WO international patents. He has secured about 20 national and international research grants worth millions of US Dollars. He is an active member of more than two dozen international societies, organizations, councils & committees.

Steel reinforced concrete technology - materials & structures, especially corrosion.

Sevil Dinçer İşoğlu received her PhD at 2006 in Bioengineering from Hacettepe University. She worked as visiting graduate student in University of Washington, Materials Science and Engineering during her PhD. Then, she worked as Asistant Professor in YTU Bioengineering beginning from 2006, and as research scholar in the University of Michigan between June 2014-May 2015. Dr. Dincer Isoglu has authored more than 25 research publications with about 900 citations and several international conference proceedings. She has been serving as an editorial board member in 3 journals. Her main research focused on biomaterials, polymers and drug delivery. Currently, she is working as Associate Professor and department head in Abdullah Gul University, Bioengineering.

Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Biomaterials, Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery, Polymeric Carriers, Controlled Polymerization Techniques, Scaffold Fabrication for Tissue Engineering

Dr Ivana Validžić (maiden Mladenović) has completed his PhD at the age of 29 years from the Van Hoff Laboratory of the Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science of the Utrecht University. She is currently employed as a Research Professor in the Laboratory for the Atomic Physics, in the Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University in Belgrade. She has published more than 30 papers in reputed journals. Dr Validžić is a member of European Society for Quantum Solar Energy Conversion, and MC Member of COST Action "Stable Next-Generation Photovoltaics" MP1307 representing Serbia.

Syntheses, application and self-assembly processes of V-VI group of semiconductors for photovoltaic application; Development of new solar cells based on undoped and doped semiconductor Sb2S3; Low light performance of solar cells;

Professor Brian Yuliarto is serving as an associate Professor at Faculty of Industrial Technology, Engineering Physics Department, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Indonesia. After graduation of Bachelor at Engineering PhD program at Department of Quantum Engineering and Systems Science, The University of Tokyo Japan. He also spends several times as a postdoctoral fellow on National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Japan. He focused the research on the synthesis and fabrications of nano structure oxide and their applications on energy and environments. He has developed some nanostructure thin films of ZnO, ZnO-CNT, SnO2, SiO2, TiO2 for applications in gas sensors devices. For energy purposes, the natural dyes as well as TiO2nanoporous has been investigated to improve the light harvesting efficiency of the Dyes Synthesis Solar Cells. He published several papers on Analytical Chemistry, ACS Journal, Advanced Energy Materials, IEEE Sensors, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemicals and other reputation journals. He has presented his research papers in many international conferences at France, Japan, China, Austria, Dubai, Singapore, Korea, Germany and others. Now he is developing the Research Center of Nanosciences and Nanotechnology in Indonesia.

Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Nano materials, Sensors, DSSC,