Tofik Nagiev is a Vice-president of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Director of Research Center of “Azerbaijan National Encyclopedia” and Department chief of Nagiev Institute of Catalysis and inorganic chemistry of ANAS. The Professor of the department of the physical and colloid chemistry of Baku State University. His main publications are listed below: 1. M.F.Nagiev and T.M.Nagiev "The Conjugate Dehydrogenation of Hydrocarbons", Book: Advances in Chemistry-133, Editor Hugh M. Hulbert, 1974. pp. 137-147, USA. 2. Tofik M. Nagiev. Coherent Synchronized Oxidation reactions by Hydrogen Peroxide. Elsevier. Amsterdam. 2007, p.340. Monography 3. T.M.Nagiev. Chapter. "Physicochemical Peculiarities of Iron Porphyryn-Containing Electrodesign Catalase and Peroxidase-Type Biomimetic Sensor "Book" Biomimetic Based Applications", Preface IX, Chapter4, 2011, p.105-123 under the editorship of Anne George, Croatia.

He is professor of colloidal chemistry Coherent Synchronized Oxidation reactions by Hydrogen Peroxide

Professor Ayman El-Faham received his Ph.D in 1991 as a joint project between Alexandria University and University of Massachusetts, Amherst, U. S. A. under the supervision of Prof. L. A. Carpino, where he worked on the synthesis of new protecting groups for both solution and solid phase peptide synthesis. Prof. El-Faham involved in the development of new coupling reagents based on 1-hydroxy-7-azabenzotriazole during his postdoctoral (1992-1999) at the UMASS in Prof. Carpino’s Lab. He holds many patents in this field. He joined the Barcelona Science Park during the summer of 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011 worked with Prof. Fernando Albericio in the development of a new family of coupling reagents. He acted as Head of the Chemistry Department, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon (2000-2004) and as Vice Dean, Faculty of Science Alexandria University (2010-2011); currently he is Professor of Organic and Peptide Chemistry, at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Email: [email protected]

Prof. El-Faham involved in the development of new coupling reagents based on 1-hydroxy-7-azabenzotriazole during his postdoctoral (1992-1999)

Alexander O. Terent’ev was born in Moscow, in 1973. He received his M.S. in Chemistry of Biologically Active Compounds from D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Moscow. PhD degree (2000) and D.Sc. degree (2009) in Organic Chemistry in N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS. 2011 – Professor D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia. 2016 – Professor RAS. Head of laboratory in N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS, Head of laboratory in All-Russian Research Institute of Phytopathology. His interests are organic chemistry, medical and agricultural chemistry, chemical technology. He published 3 chapters in books, 100 research papers, and 25 patents. Email: [email protected]

His interests are organic chemistry, medical and agricultural chemistry, chemical technology. He published 3 chapters in books, 100 research papers, and 25 patents.

Miguel Yus was born in Zaragoza (Spain) in 1947, and received his BSc (1969), MSc (1971) and PhD (1973) degrees from the University of Zaragoza. After spending two years as a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim a.d. Ruhr he returned to Spain to the University of Oviedo where he became associate professor in 1977, being promoted to full professor in 1987 at the same university. In 1988 he moved to a chair in Organic Chemistry at the University of Alicante. Professor Yus has been visiting professor at different institutions and universities among them ETH-Zentrum, Oxford, Harvard, Uppsala, Marseille, Tucson, Okayama, Paris, Strasbourg, Bolonia, Sassari, Tokyo and Kyoto. He is co-author of more than 600 papers (and five patents) and has supervised more than 60 Doctoral Theses (already presented), and delivered more than 200 lectures, most of them abroad. At March 2017 his h index is 65. Among others, he has received the Spanish-French Prize (1999), twice the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Prize (Okayama 2000, Kyoto 2007), the Stiefvater Memorial Lectureship Award (Lincoln 2001), the Nagase Science and Technology Foundation fellowship (Kyoto 2003), the Cellchem Lectureship (Sheffield 2005), the Singenta Lectureship (Basel 2007), the Fundeun-Iberdrola Prize (Alicante 2007), the Serratosa Lectureship (Barcelona 2010), the Conferencia Lourenço-Madinaveitia (Lisboa 2012), the Medalla Felix Serratosa from the RSEQ (Madrid 2012), being also named recently Active Academician from the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (Salzburg 2012). Professor Yus has been in the Advisory Board of 20 international journals, among others, Tetrahedron, Tetrahedron Letters, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, Chemistry Letters, The Chemical Record, Current Organic Chemistry, Current Chemical Biology, Jordan Journal of Chemistry, Applied Sciences, and Trends in Organic Chemistry, being also Editor-in-Chief of Letters in Organic Chemistry and Open Chemistry, as well as Regional Editor of The World Journal of Chemistry. His current research interest is focused on the preparation of very reactive functionalized organometallic compounds and their use in synthetic organic chemistry, arene-catalyzed activation of different metals, preparation of new metal-based catalysts, including metallic nanoparticles, for homogeneous and heterogeneous selective reactions, and asymmetric catalysis. Professor Yus founded the new chemical company MEDALCHEMY S.L. to commercialize fine chemicals.

His research interest is on synthectic organic chemistry and medicinal chemistry.

Prof. Dr. Gerd Kaupp studied chemistry at the University of Würzburg, Germany and had postdoctoral appointments at Ames, Iowa, Lausanne, and Freiburg i. Br, where he became appointed as associate professor. From there he was appointed full professor at the University of Oldenburg in 1982. He guided a successful research group with various projects and cooperation with numerous industries and worldwide academic research groups. He served as guest professor for three international universities. Prof. Kaupp is now a retired member at the University of Oldenburg and pursues his scientific interests also with consulting. His expertise is in chemical kinetics, laser photochemistry, waste-free benign syntheses and productions, solid-state chemistry, reactive milling, mechanochemistry, atomic force microscopy AFM, scanning near-field optical microscopy SNOM, nanoscratching, nanoindentation, standardization in nanomechanics, and bionics. He is keynote speaker in these fields, published numerous scientific papers and books and is inventor of patents in solid-state and environmental chemistry. Email: [email protected]

His interest is on Organic Chemistry.

Stef Stienstra is a strategic and creative Consultant in Biomedical Science with a parallel career as a Commander of the reserve of the Royal Dutch Navy. For the Dutch Armed Forces he has responsibility for the counter measures in CBNRe threats and (Medical) consequence management both in a military and a civilian (terrorism) setting. He is a strategic functional specialist for “Health & Environment” of the 1-Civil-Military-Interaction Command (1-CMI) of the Dutch Armed Forces and for 2015 also in the NATO Response Force (NRF), which is in 2015 the responsibility of the 1-German-Netherlands-Corps (1-GNC). In his civil career he works internationally as Consultant or as Scientific Supervisory Board Member for several medical and biotech companies, merely involved in biodefense. He is also a Visiting Professor for Punjab University in Pakistan and Rhein-Waal University in Germany. He has completed his studies in Medicine and in Biochemistry at the University of Groningen in The Netherlands and has extensive practical experience in cell biology, immuno-hematology, biodefense and transfusion medicine. His natural business acumen and negotiation competence helps to initiate new successful businesses, often created out of unexpected combinations of technologies. His good understanding of abstract science combined with excellent skills in the communication of scientific matters to non-specialists, helps him with strategic consulting at top level management.

Ebola

Anna Chrostowska obtained her PhD degree in Chemistry in 1986 at the Warsaw University of Technology (Poland). She started her academic career at the Agriculture University of Warsaw in 1984. In 1991 she moved to the University of Pau where she is working as professor at the Research Institute on Analytical Sciences and Physical Chemistry for Environment and Materials (IPREM). She is teaching organic and organometallic chemistry for license and master students. Her research is centered on experimental and theoretical studies of the electronic structure and reactivity of organic and organometallic species in the gas phase. She published over 80 scientific papers, supervised fifteen PhD candidates and was invited by different German, Japanese, Chinese, Polish, Canadian or American Universities. A. Chrostowska was a dean of the Chemistry department, the president of the research council of sciences at the University of Pau and she is actually a director of the Doctoral School “Exact Sciences and their Applications” (2011-2020).

Analytical Sciences, Physical Chemistry and Organic and Organometallic Chemistry.

Józef Oleksyszyn has recived his Ph.D. (1974-1977) and D.S. (doctor of sciences, habilitation, 1978-1986) from Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Technology. Currently he is professor of biochemistry at that place. Two postdoctoral scholarship. The first (1982-1984) at Department of Chemistry, Michigen University with prof. Arthur Ashe and the second one at Georgia Institute of Technology with prof. James C. Powers. During the period of 1990-2000 has been working in few biotechnology companies including CORTECH Inc., (Denver,CO), OsteoArthritis Inc., (Boston, MA) and DYAX (Boston, MA), at positions from research scientist to the Director of Chemical Sciences. One of the compounds, inhibitor of human neutrophil elastase, designed and synthesized by him went to the clinical trial (Cortech). He discovered an amidoalkylation reaction of trivalent phosphorus derivatives, named in literature sometimes “Oleksyszyn reaction”. In prof. Powers lab he discovered a new class of selective and potent, serine protease inhibitors – diaryl 1-aminoalkylphosphonates. In 2002 he returned to Wrocław Technology University, where he build-up the Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Microbiology that he has been headed during the period 2006-2011. His research resulted in more than 70 publications in reputed journals and more than 50 patents and patents applications, including 8 USA patents. His is a member of American Chemical Society. He has been serving as editorial member of several reputed journal like Journal Anti-cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, American Journal of Cancer Prevention, Journal of Pharmacological & Biomedical Analysis, Cell Biology:Research & Therapy, and expert Revivers for several Journals.

His research interest include a new approaches for the anticancer therapies, enzyme inhibitors as a new drugs, including new antibacterial drugs, inhibitors of proteolytic enzymes as a new drug generation.

Dina Mendonça is currently Auxiliary Professor at Chemistry Department, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal. She earned her PhD in Chemistry from the University of Beira Interior in 1997. Since then she teaches Organic Chemistry, General Chemistry and recently Plant Biology. She developed research on Natural Products in FibEnTech-UBI research unit and developed national projects financed by FCT in the field of Natural Products specially on Angolan medicinal plants. She has published 20 papers in reputed journals.

Her research interests include organic chemistry, natural products isolation, spectroscopic elucidation and biological activities.

Gerd Kaupp studied chemistry at the University of Würzburg, Germany and had postdoctoral appointments at Ames, Iowa, Lausanne, and Freiburg i. Br, where he became appointed as associate professor. From there he was appointed full professor at the University of Oldenburg in 1982. He guided a successful research group with various projects and cooperation with numerous industries and worldwide academic research groups. He served as guest professor for three international universities. Prof. Kaupp is now a retired member at the University of Oldenburg and pursues his scientific interests also with consulting. His expertise is in chemical kinetics, laser photochemistry, waste-free benign syntheses and productions, solid-state chemistry, reactive milling, mechanochemistry, atomic force microscopy AFM, scanning near-field optical microscopy SNOM, nanoscratching, nanoindentation, standardization in nanomechanics, and bionics. He is keynote speaker in these fields, published numerous scientific papers and books and is inventor of patents in solid-state and environmental chemistry.

Chemical kinetics, laser photochemistry, waste-free benign syntheses and productions, solid-state chemistry, reactive milling, mechanochemistry, atomic force microscopy AFM, scanning near-field optical microscopy SNOM, nanoscratching, nanoindentation, standardization in nanomechanics, bionics and solid-state and environmental chemistry.

Yongda Zhang was born in Zhejiang province, China. He received his B.A. degree in chemistry from Hangzhou University in 1994. He earned his Ph.D. in organic chemistry at Fudan University under the guidance of Prof. Dawei Ma (Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Prof. Fenggang Tao (Fudan University) in 2000. After postdoctoral research with Prof. Alan J. Kennan and additional postdoctoral training with Prof. Tomislav Rovis at Colorado State University, he joined Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. in Ridgefield, CT, where currently he is Principal Scientist.

His research interests include design and development of innovative and practical processes for large-scale production of active pharmaceutical ingredients and synthetic methodology.

Dr. Feng is an expert in biochemistry and biophysics of metalloproteins. His laboratory is known for its use of multidisciplinary approaches to study molecular mechanisms of metalloproteins in medicine and toxicology. The laboratory is active in the use of cutting-edge approaches across the broad fields of chemistry, biochemistry, physics and chemical biology (including laser flash photolysis, pulsed EPR, computational chemistry and site-directed mutagenesis). The goal is to understand what the function of a biological relevant metal site is, how it goes about to achieve its function, and what factors dictate its function. His current primary research focus is on regulation mechanism of nitric oxide synthase (NOS), a flavo-hemoprotein responsible for biosynthesis of nitric oxide (NO), a ubiquitous signaling and effector molecule in mammalian cell biology. Recent studies of NOS proteins by Dr. Feng demonstrate that domain motions and interdomain docking play an important role in NOS isoform function by modulating key electron transfer processes. Molecular mechanisms of NOS regulation, once fully understood, are potentially key targets for development of selective new pharmaceuticals for treating a wide range of diseases that currently lack effective treatments. Dr. Feng has published more than 70 scientific manuscripts, is an active NIH reviewer and also serves as referee for NSF, AHA, the French National Research Agency and the Italian Ministry of Health.

Biochemistry, Biophysics and toxicology

1978 and 1999 has completed his Ph.D and D.Sci. at the ages of 33 and 54 years from Zelinsky Instiute of Organic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia and Durmishidze Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Tbilisi, Georgia, respectively. 2006 up to date he is the head of laboratory of plant biopolymers at the Tbilisi State Medical University Institute of Pharmacochemistry. 1996 and 2002 he has been a visiting scientist at Utrecht University (faculty of pharmacy), The Netherlands, by University Scholarship and The Netherlands organization for scientific research (NWO) Scholarship Scientific Program, respectively. He has published more than 80 papers in reputed journals.

Biochemistry, biotechnology,biopolymers, Pharmacochemistry and pharmacy

Dr. Janis Gravitis gained his PhD and DocSci from the the fomer USSR Academy of Science. Author and co-author of more than 300 scientific publications. Visiting Professor at the United Nations University, Institute of Advanced Studies, Tokyo, Japan, 1996–2000 Fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science Foreign Member of the International Research Centre for Sustainable Materials (Tokyo) Head of the Laboratory of Biomass Eco-Efficient Conversation, Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry - recently.

Wood Chemistry, Biomass Eco-Efficient Conversation, Green Chemistry

Violina T Angelova has completed his PhD in 2004 from Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Sofia, Bulgaria. She is an Assistant Professor of Medical University of Sofia, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Chemistry. She has published more than 15 papers in reputed journals.

Organic Chemistry, Pharmacy

Silvia Antonia Brandán is a Faculty Biochemistry, Chemistry and Pharmacy, in Inorganic Chemistry Institute, University National of Tucumán (UNT), Tucumán, Argentina. She is Graduated in Chemistry (UNT); Chemical Engineer (UNT); PhD in Chemistry (UNT); Post-Doctorate in Alicante University, Spain. She is the Titular Professor of General Chemistry and Director of the Inorganic Chemistry Institute. She is the Editor Journal of Molecular Structure.

Biochemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Pharmacy

Tuanli Yao has completed his PhD from Iowa State University and postdoctoral studies from University of California, Berkeley. He worked as Senior Scientist at Deciphera Pharmaceuticals and Associate Researcher at University of Kansas before beginning his career in academy. Currently, he is professor at Shaanxi University of Science & Technology. His research interests include aryne chemistry, electrophilic cyclization and palladium catalysis. He has published more than 30 papers in reputed journals.

Pharmaceuticals

Goncagul Serdaroglu has completed his PhD from Cumhuriyet University (2008) and postdoctoral studies from Auburn University (2013). Her major research interests are on structural properties and chemical behavior of biologically and pharmacologically important molecules by using computational tools.

pharmacology

Daniel T Gryko obtained his PhD from the Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 1997, under the supervision of Prof. J. Jurczak. After a Postdoctoral stay with Prof. J. Lindsey at North Carolina State University (1998–2000), he started his independent career in Poland. He became Full Professor in 2008. The same year he received the Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines Young Investigator Award. His current research interests are focused on the synthesis of various functional dyes as well as on two-photon absorption, artificial photosynthesis, excited-state intramolecular proton transfer and fluorescence probes.

Organic Chemistry

Dr. Janis Gravitis gained his PhD and DocSci from the the fomer USSR Academy of Science. Author and co-author of more than 300 scientific publications. Visiting Professor at the United Nations University, Institute of Advanced Studies, Tokyo, Japan, 1996–2000 Fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science Foreign Member of the International Research Centre for Sustainable Materials (Tokyo) Head of the Laboratory of Biomass Eco-Efficient Conversation, Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry - recently.

Wood Chemistry, Biomass Eco-Efficient Conversation, Green Chemistry

1978 and 1999 has completed his Ph.D and D.Sci. at the ages of 33 and 54 years from Zelinsky Instiute of Organic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia and Durmishidze Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Tbilisi, Georgia, respectively. 2006 up to date he is the head of laboratory of plant biopolymers at the Tbilisi State Medical University Institute of Pharmacochemistry. 1996 and 2002 he has been a visiting scientist at Utrecht University (faculty of pharmacy), The Netherlands, by University Scholarship and The Netherlands organization for scientific research (NWO) Scholarship Scientific Program, respectively. He has published more than 80 papers in reputed journals.

Biochemistry, biotechnology,biopolymers, Pharmacochemistry and pharmacy

Maia Merlani has completed her PhD at the age of 27 years from Tbilisi State University. She is Senior Research Scientist at Tbilisi State Medical University and at the same time holds a position of an associate professor at Caucasian International University. Her field of interest is a chemistry and synthesis of natural compounds. She is the author of more than 45 papers in reputed journals and presentations at 55 international scientific conferences. She was granted Georgian Presidential scholarship for young scientists (1997), NATO scholarship (2002) and Matstumae International foundation scholarship (2013).

Chemistry and synthesis of natural compounds

Radovan Buffa has completed his PhD in 2002 from Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia and postdoctoral studies from ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Last 7 years he is the head of the Department of Chemical modification in the Contipro Pharma Company, Czech Republic. He has published more than 15 papers in reputed journals and he is author/co-author of more than 20 patents.

Chemistry and Pharmacy

Daniel T Gryko obtained his PhD from the Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 1997, under the supervision of Prof. J. Jurczak. After a Postdoctoral stay with Prof. J. Lindsey at North Carolina State University (1998–2000), he started his independent career in Poland. He became Full Professor in 2008. The same year he received the Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines Young Investigator Award. His current research interests are focused on the synthesis of various functional dyes as well as on two-photon absorption, artificial photosynthesis, excited-state intramolecular proton transfer and fluorescence probes.

Organic Chemistry

Halina Abramczyk has completed his PhD from Technical University of Łódź, Poland, postdoctoral studies from Bielefeld University, Germany, and habilitation from Technical University of Łódź. She is the director of Laboratory of Laser Molecular Spectroscopy, Łódź University of Technology. He has published more than 190 papers in reputed journals, 7 books or chapters in books and has been serving as an editorial board member of Journal of Molecular Liquids. She has received a number of awards including the Marie Curie Excellence Chair, Fulbright, DAAD. She is a President of Polish Fulbright Alumni Association. She was a head of Marie Curie Excellence Chair, Max Born Institute, Berlin, Germany.

Laser Molecular Spectroscopy and Molecular Liquids

Ionel I Mangalagiu is a Professor in department of Organic Chemistry at “Al.I.Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania

Biologically active molecules, Chemosensors and Organic Chemistry

Dr. Feng is an expert in biochemistry and biophysics of metalloproteins. His laboratory is known for its use of multidisciplinary approaches to study molecular mechanisms of metalloproteins in medicine and toxicology. The laboratory is active in the use of cutting-edge approaches across the broad fields of chemistry, biochemistry, physics and chemical biology (including laser flash photolysis, pulsed EPR, computational chemistry and site-directed mutagenesis). The goal is to understand what the function of a biological relevant metal site is, how it goes about to achieve its function, and what factors dictate its function. His current primary research focus is on regulation mechanism of nitric oxide synthase (NOS), a flavo-hemoprotein responsible for biosynthesis of nitric oxide (NO), a ubiquitous signaling and effector molecule in mammalian cell biology. Recent studies of NOS proteins by Dr. Feng demonstrate that domain motions and interdomain docking play an important role in NOS isoform function by modulating key electron transfer processes. Molecular mechanisms of NOS regulation, once fully understood, are potentially key targets for development of selective new pharmaceuticals for treating a wide range of diseases that currently lack effective treatments. Dr. Feng has published more than 70 scientific manuscripts, is an active NIH reviewer and also serves as referee for NSF, AHA, the French National Research Agency and the Italian Ministry of Health.

Biochemistry, Biophysics and toxicology

Marc Le Borgne has completed his PhD at the age of 31 years from Nantes Atlantic University after Pharmacy studies (6 years). He is the director of EA 4446 B2C, a research group dedicated to Drug Design and Structural Optimization. He has published more than 61 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry (2009-2012) and Current Bioactive Compounds (2008). He gave some invited lectures abroad (Saarbrück, Oslo, Tromsø, Bergen, Debrecen, Sacramento, Helsinki, Oulu). He is developing bioactive small molecules (e.g. kinases and CYP inhibitors).

Drug Design and Structural Optimization.

Linghai Xie is a Professor of Organic/Polymer Materials Chemistry at Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT). He obtained his PhD from Fudan University in June 2006. After this, he joined Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT) and become a leader of the center for molecular systms & organic devices (CMSOD). He won the “NSFC Award” for Excellent Young Scholar in 2013. His research activities focus on Molecular Installing Technology (MIT), Attractor-Repulsor Theory (ART), Polygrid Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors, Organic Electrets for Memories and Memristors. He has published more than 130 papers in reputed journals and has been cited more than 1700 times.

Organic Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Materials Chemistry

Violina T Angelova has completed his PhD in 2004 from Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Sofia, Bulgaria. She is an Assistant Professor of Medical University of Sofia, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Chemistry. She has published more than 15 papers in reputed journals.

Organic Chemistry, Pharmacy

Silvia Antonia Brandán is a Faculty Biochemistry, Chemistry and Pharmacy, in Inorganic Chemistry Institute, University National of Tucumán (UNT), Tucumán, Argentina. She is Graduated in Chemistry (UNT); Chemical Engineer (UNT); PhD in Chemistry (UNT); Post-Doctorate in Alicante University, Spain. She is the Titular Professor of General Chemistry and Director of the Inorganic Chemistry Institute. She is the Editor Journal of Molecular Structure.

Biochemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Pharmacy

1978 and 1999 has completed his Ph.D and D.Sci. at the ages of 33 and 54 years from Zelinsky Instiute of Organic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia and Durmishidze Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Tbilisi, Georgia, respectively. 2006 up to date he is the head of laboratory of plant biopolymers at the Tbilisi State Medical University Institute of Pharmacochemistry. 1996 and 2002 he has been a visiting scientist at Utrecht University (faculty of pharmacy), The Netherlands, by University Scholarship and The Netherlands organization for scientific research (NWO) Scholarship Scientific Program, respectively. He has published more than 73 papers in reputed journals.

Biochemistry, biotechnology,biopolymers, Pharmacochemistry and pharmacy

Halina Abramczyk has completed his PhD from Technical University of Łódź, Poland, postdoctoral studies from Bielefeld University, Germany, and habilitation from Technical University of Łódź. She is the director of Laboratory of Laser Molecular Spectroscopy, Łódź University of Technology. He has published more than 190 papers in reputed journals, 7 books or chapters in books and has been serving as an editorial board member of Journal of Molecular Liquids. She has received a number of awards including the Marie Curie Excellence Chair, Fulbright, DAAD. She is a President of Polish Fulbright Alumni Association. She was a head of Marie Curie Excellence Chair, Max Born Institute, Berlin, Germany.

Chemistry,Laser Molecular Spectroscopy and Molecular Liquids

Bin Xureceived his Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University in 2004; and followed by postdoctoralstudies at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Since 2011, he has been a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Center for Drug Discovery at Virginia Tech. His research interests concern cell surface receptor-ligand binding, receptor signaling, novel ligand and receptor discovery, and translational structure-based and computer-aided ligand design with applications to novel peptide hormones and natural products relevant to diabetes, obesity,neurodegenerative diseases, and nanomedicine. He has published more than two dozens publications in premier international peer-reviewed journals.

His research interests concern cell surface receptor-ligand binding, receptor signaling, novel ligand and receptor discovery, and translational structure-based and computer-aided ligand design with applications to novel peptide hormones and natural products relevant to diabetes, obesity,neurodegenerative diseases, and nanomedicine

Moinuddin Sarker, has been working as the Vice President of Research and Development and Head of Science Team at the Natural State Research (NSR), Inc., at Stamford, CT and the inventor of NSR ’s award winning technology to convert municipal waste plastics into liquid hydrocarbon fuel. He has an MSc (1992) and PhD degree in Chemistry from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), Manchester, UK (1996). During his research work, he carried out research in four different synchrotron radiation sources around the world: CRCL lab. Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, UK (1991-1996), Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (SRRC), Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C (1996-1999), Berlin Electron Storage Ring Company for Synchrotron Radiation (BESSY II) (2000) and Advance Photon Sources (APS), Chicago, USA (2001-2004). He is a distinguished member of 30 professional organizations. In 2010, he received, the International Renewable Energy Innovator of the year Awards 2010 at Washington DC and presented by Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), USA. Currently, he serves as a President of AEE-CT Chapter (Association of Energy Engineers, CT Chapter) since 2012.

Chemistry and Plastics

Andreia Valente completed her Ph.D. in 2010 from the Université de Lille I (France) on the field of Polymerization Catalysis. Then she joined the Organometallic Group at Faculty of Sciences,University of Lisbon (Portugal) where she got a first post-doc position in synthesis of organometallic compounds for nonlinear optic applications, followed by a second post-doc in the field of medicinal inorganic chemistry. Sheis presently a researcher (academic)at the same Institution, directing now her efforts to the synthesis of new polymer-metal complexes as targeteddrug-delivery systems in view to cancer therapy. To this ending, A. Valente counts with a multidisciplinary and enthusiastic team.

Polymerization Catalysis