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. 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

Lidietta Giorno is serving as the Director of the Institute on Membrane Technology of the National Research Council of Italy, ITM-CNR since 2009. She has been involved in membrane science, engineering research and development some 25 years, being involved in research co-operations at European and international level. She awarded The International Awards "Guido Dorso" for Research in 2011, sponsored by the Italian Senate and the University of Naples Federico II. She awarded the Sapio Red Carpet Award in 2016 among the female scientists of highest scientific profile who are engaged for the development of the Country. She worked abroad in the USA at Sepracor Inc. 1992; in The Netherlands at ATO-DLO, 1994; in France, at The University of Compiegne 1997 and 2000. She is Visiting Porfessor at Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China, since 2008. Lidietta Giorno is co-author of several books, over 100 peer reviewed scientific papers in international journals, and co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Membranes, Springer, 2016. She is member of editorial board of scientific journals, member of the referee pool of scientific journals and research agencies, member of international committees and several scientific societies. She has served as member of the Board of Directors of the European Membrane House – EMH, (Belgium), born to continue the activity of the NanoMemPro Network of Excellence funded by the European Commission within the FP6. She has served on the European Membrane Society Council as the President of the EMS Council and the Editor of the EMS Membrane Newsletter. She was nominated Honorary Member of the European Membrane Society in 2014

Membrane bio engineering, Bio catalytic membrane reactors, Integrated membrane systems for bio separations and bioconversions, Downstream processing based on molecular separation, Membrane chirotechnology, Membrane emulsifier, Integrated membrane operations for water treatment

Twenty five years of industrial experience in Wastewater Treatment (ECOTECHNOS INC.), Energy Transformation, Liquid and Solid Fuels (ESSO); coal combustion and environmental pollution (ONTARIO HYDRO); pressurised fluid bed combustion (ENDESA). Twenty-two years of experience in the development of technologies for water/wastewater treatment including fixed film bioreactors; nitrification-denitrification in rotating biological contactors and fluidized beds; nutrient removal (phosphorous and nitrogen) in wastewater; President of Ecotechnos Inc. (Toronto). The firm designs and manufactures advanced wastewater treatment plants for small and medium-size industries. Ecotechnos develops and manufactures compact, modular fixed film technologies for the treatment of wastewater from food processing industries, subdivisions, tourist resorts, shopping centres and in general for the replacement or upgrading of obsolete facilities like septic tanks, ponds and conventional activated sludge facilities.Extensive experience in the design, and execution of technology development programs: technology transfer and evaluation with major energy corporations; development of strategic alliances with the private sector and Government agencies; consulting services; technical and economic feasibility studies. Chairman of numerous congresses and international conferences and author of over fifty technical papers and international presentations. Co-author and Co-editor of the book “Pressurized Fluid Bed Combustion”, Chapman & Hall (1995). Author of five patents (One pending) on bioreactors applied to the removal of BOD and nutrients from wastewater. Twenty four years of research and academic experience as university professor in Canada, Spain and Iberoamerica: Ryerson University, U. of Western Ontario, U of Waterloo, U. of Guelph, U of Windsor (Canada); U.Politécnica de Madrid ( Spain),), U de Cartagena (Colombia), Corporacion Universitaria de la Costa(Colombia ), Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Colombia).

Wastewater Treatment (ECOTECHNOS INC.), Energy Transformation, Liquid and Solid Fuels (ESSO); coal combustion and environmental pollution (ONTARIO HYDRO); pressurised fluid bed combustion,technology transfer and evaluation with major energy corporationscombustion,technology transfer and evaluation with major energy corporations

Dr. Roger M. Leblanc received a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry from Université Laval in 1964, followed by a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry in 1968. Then, he obtained a postdoc position at the Royal Institution of Great Britain for two years before moving to the University of Québec, Trois-Rivières, Canada, where he spent 20+ years of studying photobiophysics. He moved his research to the University of Miami in 1994. Dr. Leblanc is Professor and Chair of Chemistry Department at University of Miami. And his research interests are centered on biophotophysics, spectroscopy and surface chemistry and he has published 502 research articles related to these topics and has guided more than 100 Ph.D. and M.Sc.

Biophotophysics, Spectroscopy and Surface chemistry

He completed his Ph.D. Metallurgy and Materials Science, University of Denver, 1976

Metal hydrides,Thermal energy storage, Thin and thick film CVD deposition, Vapor pressure measurements Phase diagrams

Masayoshi Tabata has completed his PhD from Hokkaido University, Japan and Postdoctoral studies from United Kingdom and Sweden. After that he became Assistant Professor and Associated Professors at Hokkaido Univ., and Professor of Muroran Inst.of Tech., Japan. Moreover, he also became a senior research director at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Tech. (AIST) Tsukuba, Japan, and Guest Professor at Paris Univ. in France.

Polymers Technology

Prof. Hyoyoung Lee received his Ph.D. degree at Department of Chemistry, University of Mississippi (USA) in 1997. He did his postdoctoral associate at North Carolina State University, USA, for 2 years. He worked at Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute from 2000 to 2009 as team leader. He moved to Sungkyunkwan University and has served as a full professor at dept. of chemistry, lecturing organic chemistry. He served as a director of National Creative Research Initiatives (NCRI), Center of Smart Molecular Memory from 2006 to Feb., 2015. Currently, he has served as an associate director of Centre for Integrated Nanostructure Physics (CINAP), Institute of Basic Science (IBS) from November 2015. His current research area is an organic semiconducting materials including low bandgap TiO2and devices including Molecular/Organic memory, OLED, OTFT, Sensors, Energy harvesting and storage, Graphene oxide, Reduced graphene oxide, and 2D transition metal chalcogenide (TMC). He has written more than 120 journal articles with top-tier journals.

Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Catalysis, Graphene Based materials,Nano Science, Nano Electronics

Dr. Ing. A. Brunetti got her PhD in Chemical Engineering in 2008 at the University of Calabria. Since 2004 works at ITM-CNR in the framework of several projects at international and national level. Since 2012, researcher at ITM-CNR. Author of 50 papers published on referenced international scientific journals, 9 book chapters edited by Elsevier, Wiley, Royal Society of Chemistry and about 150 international conference proceedings, she has participated with oral presentations and key notes to several international conferences. Referee of several scientific journal of international level (ISI). Winner of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering - Excellence Award in Membrane Engineering 2010 for the best recognized PhD thesis in the years 2006-2009 Selected and invited as young researcher to participate to the CEICS Nobel Campus - Chemistry for Life 2012. Awarded as young talent in the research field for the “Festival dei Giovani Talenti”, supported by Ministro della Gioventù and realized by Agenzia Nazionale per i Giovani, 2010. Awarded for the best oral presentation at PERMEA 2010 Membrane Technology Conference.

Membrane condensers for water recovery; Catalytic membrane reactors for high temperature reactions; Design of membrane separation unit for the recovery of high purity hydrogen; Study of integrated membrane plants for high purity (CO<10 ppm) hydrogen production; Membrane gas separation; CO2 capture by membrane technology; Testing and characterization of polymeric, zeolitic, ceramic membranes for gas separation, also in controlled relative humidity conditions.

Mario Ciampolini has completed his MD degree at the age of 25 years from Firenze University. He has been the director of the Unity of Gastroeneterology in the Pediatric Clinic of Firenze from the year 1966 to the retirement in the year 2000. He has published more than 50 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute.

Medicinal Chemistry

Dr Radwan is a graduate of the U.K where he received his master & doctorate degrees from Middlesex business school in London .He also holds a first degree in Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical sciences from Cairo University.He is an Adjunct Professor of Management at Edinburgh Business School; Herriot Watt University in the UK. Ahmed is also the Chairman & CEO of PIONEERA HealthCare Group. He has over 25 years of experience within the pharmaceutical sector, including ethical pharmaceuticals, OTC, generics and strategic management consultation in the pharmaceutical field. His experience included French, German, Japanese, Swiss & British multinational pharmaceutical companies. Previous positions held; Marketing Director of Novartis, Regional Marketing Director of Otsuka and Regional Marketing Director of GSK. He also assumed the position of Managing Director at two major local companies .

Biosimilars - Pharmaceutical Industry Trends - Generic Drugs - Strategic Pharmaceutical Management

Maia Merlani has completed her PhD from Tbilisi State University. She is Senior Research Scientist at Tbilisi State Medical University and at the same time holds a position of an Assistant 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).

Medicinal Chemistry

Dr. Alexander Heifetz is Principal Scientist at Evotec (UK) Ltd, a drug discovery services company and visiting scientist at University College London at the group of Prof Andrea Townsend-Nicholson. Alex has more than 15 years of experience in drug discovery industry and was involved in discovery of 4 clinical drug candidates for treatment of anxiety, major depressive disorder, pulmonary hypertension, and Alzheimer’s disease. He has more than 35 patents and 40 publications in the area of medicinal chemistry. In 2011 he received the Royal Society Industry Award for development of methods for GPCR modeling. In 2001 he obtained his PhD from the Weizmann Institute of Science.

Materials Chemistry including Nanomaterials Materials Chemistry Nanoscience & Technology Medicinal Chemistry Electrochemistry Applied research in nanomaterials/ Process Development/Engineering Drug Design and Virtual Screening Controlled Drug Delivery Systems

Professor of Pesticides & Environmental Toxicology National Research Centre, Tahrir Str., Dokki, Cairo, Egypt (Chairman, National Committee of Toxicology, ASRT)

Pesticide, Environmental Toxicology

He is Dean of Central University of Gujarat, India

Medicinal Chemistry, Chemistry, Chemical science, Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Evgeny Katz received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Frumkin Institute of Electrochemistry (Moscow) in 1983. He was a senior researcher at the Institute of Photosynthesis (Pushchino), Russian Academy of Sciences (1983-1991), a Humboldt fellow at the Technische Universität München (Germany) (1992-1993), and a research associate professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1993-2006). Since 2006 he is Milton Kerker Chaired Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Clarkson University, NY (USA). He has (co)authored over 400 papers in the areas of biocomputing, bioelectronics, biosensors and biofuel cells. Thomson Reuters included him in the list of the world’s top 100 chemists over the past 10 years as ranked by the impact of their published research. Professor Katz was also included in the list of top cited chemists prepared by the Royal Society of Chemistry with the worldwide rank 378 based on his Hirsch-index, which is currently 81.

Bioelectronics, Bionanotechnology, Biosensors, Biomolecular computing, Biofuel cells.

Rolando Guidelli obtained his degree in Chemistry at Florence University, Italy, and was appointed by Florence University as a lecturer in Electrochemistry. He was then promoted to full professor of Electrochemistry at the age of 32 years in the Faculty of Science of Florence University. His scientific interests have been focused on electrode kinetics, structure of metal/water interfaces, and bioelectrochemistry. He has won several distinguished prizes in the field of electrochemistry and has published more than 230 papers in reputed journals and several book chapters. Furthermore, he has served as the organizer of several conferences in the field.

What Ion Flow Along Ion Channels Can Tell About Their Functional Activity

Grzegorz Milczarek received his PhD and D.Sc. degree from Faculty of Chemical Technology at Poznan University of Technology (Poznan, Poland). Currently hi is a Professor at the same university. He is also a head of the Division of General and Analytical Chemistry. His research areas include: electrocatalysis, preparation of new materials for energy conversion and storage, preparation of chemically modified electrodes to be used as electrochemical sensors. He has published over 50 peer reviewed publications.

Advanced electroactive materials based on lignosulfonates

Ingo Krossing studied chemistry in Munich (LMU) and finished his Ph.D. thesis 1997 (with Prof. H. Nöth). From 1997 to 1999, he worked as Feodor Lynen postdoc with Prof. J. Passmore at UNB, Canada. In 1999, he started his independent career as a Liebig- and DFG-Heisenberg-Fellow at the Universität Karlsruhe (TH) (mentor: Prof. H. Schnöckel). 2004 he changed as assistant professor to the Ecole Polytechnic Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), before being appointed Chair of Inorganic Chemistry at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg in 2006. His research interests cover ionic systems from reactive cations to ionic liquids, as well as electrochemical energy storage. With an ongoing ERC Advanced Grant he develops absolute acidity and reducity scales.

Protoelectric Potential Map – Unified Acidity and Reducity Scales and their Experimental Realization

Dr. Ruiyong Chen received his Ph.D. degree (summa cum laude) in 2011 in physical chemistry from the Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany. He is currently a habilitation candidate at the Saarland University and a project leader at the KIST Europe. He has expertise in synthesis and characterization of electrode materials for energy storage systems and energy-efficient electrolysis. He has developed new two lithium intercalation cathode materials with disordered rock-salt structure for improving reversible capacity (up to 400 mAh g-1) for lithium ion batteries. He is currently developing new high voltage aqueous electrolytes for stationary energy storage using redox flow batteries.

High voltage aqueous redox flow batteries

Narayan S Hosmane was born in Gokarn, Southern India and is a BS and MS Graduate of Karnatak University, India. He obtained a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry in 1974 from the University of Edinburgh. After Post-doctoral Research in UK and in the USA (UVa), he joined Virginia Tech and then moved to SMU in 1982, where he became Professor of Chemistry in 1989. In 1998, he moved to Northern Illinois University as a Distinguished Research and Board of Trustees Professor. His international awards include but are not limited to the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s Senior US Scientist Award twice; the BUSA Award for Distinguished Achievements in Boron Science; the Gauss Professorship of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences, Visiting Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. He has published over 320 papers in leading scientific journals and is an author of five books on boron science and cancer therapies.

His research interest includes Synthetic and structural chemistry of polyhedral boron cage biomolecules and nanostructured materials for cancer therapy, catalysis and extraction of radionuclides

Bhanu P S Chauhan is a Professor and Chairperson of the Chemistry Department at William Paterson University. He rose through the ranks of Assistant and then Associate Professor at City University of New York at the College of Staten Island, (CSI) before moving to his present position. He served at CSI as a Co-director of Center for Engineered Polymeric Materials as well as a one of the Member of CUNY Institute for Macromolecular Assemblies. He has co-authored various world-wide patents and numerous peer reviewed publications and have delivered plenary, invited, and oral presentations at national and international meetings. He has also edited a book titled Hybrid Nanomaterials, published by Wiley. Currently, he serves as an Editorial Board and/or Editorial Advisory Board Member of seven peer reviewed journals including Applied Organometallic Chemistry and Silicon. He has also been an Advisory Board Member of American Chemical Society-New Jersey Polymer Topical Group.

His research interests bridge traditional disciplines covering several aspects of synthetic inorganic, materials and polymer chemistry.

Xie Linghai is a Professor of Organic/Polymer Materials Chemistry at Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications. He obtained his PhD from Fudan University in June 2006. After this, he joined Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications and become a leader of the Center for Molecular Systems & Organic Devices. He won the NSFC Award for Excellent Young Scholar in 2013. His research activities focus on molecular installing technology, synergistically molecular attractor-repulsor theory, polygrid-based wide-bandgap semiconductors, organic electrets for memories and memristors. He has published more than 150 papers in reputed journals and has been cited by more than 2000.

His research interest includes Organic Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Materials Chemistry.He has published more than 150 papers in reputed journals and has been cited by more than 2000

Rocío Gámez-Montaño is currently employed at Departamento de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico. She was Associate Professor Investigator B during the year 2002-2003 and Associate Professor Investigator C during 2003-2009. She was Chair Professor Investigator A during the year 2009-2015 and Chair Professor Investigator B during the year 2015-present. She completed her Post Doctoral Fellow during (2001-2002) from Institute of Chemistry of Natural Substances, France with Dr. Jieping Zhu. She completed her PhD in Organic Chemistry in the year 2001 from National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

Her major research are been under Fisicoqímica Polymer, Theoretical And Computational Chemistry, and Heterocyclic Qimica. Synthesis of heterocyclic compounds by reactions of multicomponent hybrid (RMC) and study of biological and optical activity. Synthesis One pot of nitrogen heterocycles via reactions of multicomponent and evaluation of their chelating properties of heavy metals. Synthesis of hybrid heterocycles by synthetic strategy: RMC (Ugi, Ugi azide, GBB) / post-annulation ( ionic, radical, pericyclic) and in vitro and in silico evaluation.

Hyun-Joon Ha has obtained his BA from Seoul National University (1982) and PhD from Brown University (1987). He has done his Postdoctoral studies from Stanford University (1987-1988). Then he came back to Korea and worked as a Senior Research Scientist at KIST. In the year 1991, he joined the faculty of the Chemistry department at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, and is now a Professor of the Chemistry department at the same University. His research includes aziridine chemistry, synthetic methodology, lipase-mediated reactions, asymmetric synthesis with publications of more than 140 papers and 25 patents. He serves as an Associate Editor of Asian J. Org. Chem.

His research includes aziridine chemistry, synthetic methodology, lipase-mediated reactions, asymmetric synthesis with publications of more than 140 papers and 25 patents.

Yuri S Varshavsky earned his Ph.D. degree in 1965 at the Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia. In 1967-1996 Yuri S Varshavsky was head of laboratory at the Lebedev Institute of Synthetic Rubber, St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1997-2013 he worked as head of research group at the Department of Chemistry at St. Petersburg State University. He is currently involved, as an independent scholar, in the interpretation of experimental data obtained earlier by him and his colleagues. Yuri S. Varshavsky has published more than 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals, delivered over 30 presentations at the international conferences, and received 10 patents. He also published (in co-authorship with M. I. Gelfman) a biography book about his scientific mentor, academician A. A. Grinberg. (“Nauka”, Leningrad, 1974). Varshavsky’s research interests are focused on the coordination chemistry of rhodium.

Inorganic Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry, Organometallics, Coordination Chemistry of rhodium and Metal Complexes, Inorganic Synthesis, Organometallic Synthesis

Craig has completed his Ph.D at the age of 25 years from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, U.K. and was taken on directly by AstraZeneca as a Senior Process Research Chemist in Macclesfield, U.K. He is now the Head of Synthesis for Nestlé Skin Health Research Chemistry for both medicinal and hydrogel research chemistry activities. He has contributed to more than 54 publications, patents and congress papers.

Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry

Stef Stienstra works internationally as consultant or scientific supervisory board member for several medical and biotech companies, merely involved in biodefense. He is also visiting professor for Punjab University in Pakistan and Rhein-Waal University in Germany and visiting lecturer at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. He has finished his studies in Medicine and in Biochemistry at the University of Groningen in 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.

Biochemistry, Biomedical science, Microbiological and chemical threats, Biotechnology, bioweapons, chemical weapons, inflammation science, blood transfusion, medical and technical writer (science journalist), Transfusion Medicine, International and Humanitarian Medicine, Infectious Diseases, cell biology, immuno-hematology, biodefense

Prof. Dr. Kreuter studied pharmacy from 1968 to 1971 at the Philipps-University Marburg, Germany. He did his Ph.D. from 1972 to 1974 at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) under the supervision of Prof. P. Speiser. His doctoral thesis was honoured with the ETH-Medal. He received his habilitation (D.Sc.) in 1982 at the ETH. In 1977 he worked as a postdoc with Prof. T. Higuchi in Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A. and in 1979 with Prof. W. I. Higuchi in Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. In 1983 he was a guest professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, U.S.A. 1984 he became associate professor in pharmaceutical technology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University in Frankfurt. Simultaneously he was offered the position of a full professor in pharmaceutical technology in Vienna but remained in Frankfurt. In 1990 he became full professor in Frankfurt. Twice he was dean, 1988/89 and 1997/98. In addition, from 1987 to 1990 he was Governor of the Controlled Release Society. He is recipient of the APV-Price 1981, the PPD Award of the Japanese Society of Powder Technology 2009, the Takeru and Aja Higuchi Honorary Lecture Award of the Japanese Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2010, the Best Paper Award and the Most Cited Paper Award of the European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics in 2000 and in 2012, respectively, and the Jorge Heller Outstanding Paper Award of the Journal of Controlled Release 2009.

His research areas include drug-targeting, nanoparticles, drug transport across the blood-brain barrier using nanoparticles, microspheres, trans-dermal transport, polymeric drug delivery systems, adjuvants for vacccines, solid solutions, stability testing by microcalorymetry, and container materials. He has over 300 publications.

Wei Zhang, PhD Professor and Director of the Center for Green Chemistry Department of Chemistry University of Massachusetts Boston

Chemistry

Wei Li, Ph.D. Professor and Faculty Director of Instrument Facility University of Tennessee Health Science Center 881 Madison Avenue, room 561 Memphis, TN 38163 901-448-7532

Instrument Facility

Hiroshi Maeda is a world renowned expert in macromolecular therapeutics. He created the world first polymeric-conjugate drug, SMANCS, approved for treatment of hepatoma in Japan. Consequently, he discovered the concept of EPR effect of macromolecular-drugs, ubiquitous mechanism for solid tumor selective targeting of polymeric drugs. He received MS, University of California, Devis, Fulbright student, Ph.D., M.D., Tohoku University. He published more than 450 papers in reputed journals. He was awarded Lifetime-Achievement-Award at Royal-Pharmaceutical-Society, Princess-Takamatsu-Award in Cancer Research, Tomizo-Yoshida-Award, highest award of Japan-Cancer-Assoc., and also selected as most cited influential scientist in pharmacology by Thomson Reuters 2014, and H-index of 89.

His key areas of research includes concept of EPR effect of macromolecular-drugs, ubiquitous mechanism for solid tumor selective targeting of polymeric drugs. He created the world first polymeric-conjugate drug, SMANCS, approved for treatment of hepatoma in Japan

Frank M. Boeckler received his Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Erlangen (Germany) in 2004 under supervision of Prof. Peter Gmeiner. He is specialized in computational chemistry and drug design, ranging from QM methods to in silico screening. In 2006, he joined Prof. Sir Alan R. Fersht at the MRC Center for Protein Engineering in Cambridge/UK as Marie Curie fellow and discovered there p53 mutant stabilizers as potential new cancer therapeutics. While working in Cambridge at the interface of experiment and theory, he focused on molecular biology and biophysics. In 2008, he was appointed as Professor (W2tt) for Bioanalytics at Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) Munich. In 2010, he moved to Eberhard Karls University Tubingen as Professor for Medicinal Chemistry/Drug Design, where he now heads the Laboratory for Molecular Design & Pharmaceutical Biophysics. Since 2014, he is also member of the Center for Bioinformatics Tubingen. He received several awards, including the Klaus-Grohe Award in Medicinal Chemistry, the Research Award of the Dornhecker Foundation and the PHOENIX Pharmazie-Wissenschaftspreis. In 2014, he was announced to be runner-up for the EFMC Prize for a Young Medicinal Chemist in Academia. His work is dedicated to understanding molecular interactions, particularly -hole bonding effects, as the foundation for chemical biology and drug research and to apply theoretical, chemical, biological, structural and biophysical methods to cancer research, particularly, for targeting the human kinome and the extensive p53 network.

• Understanding molecular interactions particular focus is halogen bonding, an innovative, bifunctional interaction. In drug research by generating tools, models, strategies and concepts for molecular design and fragment-based screening. Diversity-optimized and target-focused halogen-enriched fragment libraries (HEFLibs), use medicinal chemistry in combination with structural biology and computational chemistry for lead optimization of HEFLibs. • Develop and optimize biophysical and computer-aided techniques for screening, innovative assay formats, based on semi-automated titration, magnetic beads, and solid-phase synthesis by plate-spotting. With DEKOIS2.0, we have established tools for benchmarking of virtual screening strategies. • Extending the idea of molecular design to structured therapeutic peptides, developing a chemical tool-kit that can be used for selecting antibody-like, structured peptides, such peptides will be useful for therapeutic, diagnostic, analytical procedures, because they can be easily functionalized or linked to proteins, ligands, materials, radioisotopes, etc. • He is particularly interested in innovative therapeutic concepts in oncology, including individualized therapy und novel targets: e.g. p53 mutant rescue and therapeutic intervention in the p53 pathway; studying the paradigm of molecular chaperones for protein-(mis)folding diseases, targeting protein-protein interactions, kinase polypharmacology, epigenetic targets, etc.

Asunción Barbero was born in Burgos, Spain. She studied Chemistry at the University of Valladolid, and received her PhD degree at the same university working with Prof. Pulido. She joined Prof. Ian Fleming’s group at the University of Cambridge as Marie Curie fello for two years working in the study of stereocontrol in organic synthesis using silicon chemistry. She came back to Valladolid as Assistant Professor, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2001 and obtained the spanish habilitation to full Professor in 2012. In 2013 she was appointed as Coordinator of the Grade of Chemistry of the University of Valladolid. She has co-authored around 50 international scientific publications and has delivered several invited and plenary lectures. Her current interests include the study of the silyl-cupration of multiple bonds and its application to the synthesis of natural and related products.

Organic synthesis, synthesis of heterocycles, Organometallic synthesis, Synthesis of carbocycles, synthesis of natural products

Carlos Feleder was selected by the Italian Ministry of Health to review grant applications for biomedical research. He reviews grants in the fields of neuroscience, immunology, and endocrinology. Dr. Feleder servers as a Principal Investigator at the Albany Center for Computational Nano-Neuroscience at The State University of New York. He has done his M.D. from School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina and completed his PhD. from The Frauenklinik fur Experimentelle Endokrinologie, University George-August, Gottingen, Germany; and Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Dr. Feleder has a long-standing interest in uncovering the mechanisms underlying the body's response to immune challenges, i.e., how the central nervous system controls the physiologic functions that protect the body from the harmful effects of infectious agents. In 2008, Dr. Feleder was awarded a three year research grant totaling $231,000 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the effects of the spleen in managing fever.

Dr Laurent Désaubry is a CNRS research director in the University of Strasbourg in France (website: http://desaubry.u-strasbg.fr/) and professor at Tianjin University of Science and Technology (TUST) in China. He is currently editor and board member of Frontiers in Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry and Advances in Oncology Research and Treatments. In 1992, he received a Ph.D. degree in medicinal chemistry from Strasbourg University. From 1992 to 1996, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at SUNY at Stony Brook, USA. He made another post-doctoral internship in Prof. Pierre Chambon’s laboratory before to get a CNRS Research Senior Scientist at the University of Strasbourg-CNRS. He was promoted CNRS research director (corresponds to full professor) in 2014, and became also professor at TUST in 2015.

Medicinal Chemistry and Advances in Oncology Research and Treatments

Dr. Bhargava Karumudi is a research specialist at University of Illinois, Chicago in the field of medicinal chemistry. He has completed his postdoctoral in medicinal chemistry in 2014 at University of Illinois.

Organic Synthesis/Medicinal Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Chemistry of natural products with interesting biological activity, Natural products drug discovery, developing new probes to explore promising drug targets/photoaffinity labeling, LC-MS/MS.

Praveen S Hiremath is currently working as a Principal Scientist at Pharmaceutics International Inc Pii. He has completed Masters and doctoral studies and PhD in Pharmaceutics. Dr. Hiremath has worked in renowned Pharmaceutical companies like Astra Zeneca and Ranbaxy. Also he has Postdoctoral experience in Pharmaceutical drug delivery and formulation from Western University of Health Sciences, California, USA. Dr. Hiremath has published several research articles in peer reviewed international journals. He has extensively presented his research at international conferences/symposiums. Dr. Hiremath has been an invited speaker at international conferences. He has been invited to edit books in Pharmaceutical formulation and technology. Dr. Hiremath serves on editorial board of Journal of Bioequivalence and Bioavailability, Journal of Bioanalysis and Biomedicine and Research in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. He is a full member of Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society and member of AAPS.

Oral drug delivery Pharmaceutical formulation development Controlled release drug delivery systems Pharmaceutical intellectual property (IP) Lipid based drug delivery systems Pharmaceutical technology Quality-by-design (QBD).

Rafat M Mohareb is Head of Organic Chemistry department Faculty of Pharmacy Modern Sciences and Arts University Professor of Organic Chemistry at Department of Chemistry faculty of Science Giza, Egypt. He got his Ph D Organic Chemistry on 1984 Cairo university Full professor of Organic chemistry 1994 Visiting Professor at UC Berkeley University State of California USA from 1999- 2002 Visiting Professor At Kuwait University 19951996. He was Humboldt fellows in Germany in 1988, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2006 and 2009. He received the price of encouragement of research work from Egypt 1995. He published more than 108 Scientific publications in International journals. He Supervised more than 5 PhD M Sc Theses.

Synthesis of new heterocyclic compounds with different pharmaceutical uses. Heterocyclizations of some Human Hormones followed by application of the synthesized compounds in Medicinal chemistry.Synthesis new dyes and their applications towards different fabrics.Recently his research focused on synthesizing antitumor agents.

Dr. Sahar Ahmed is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Taibah University, KSA. She is Currently on leave from the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Egypt. Dr. Ahmed received her B.Sc. from the Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Egypt, and then her M.Sc. From the same Faculty. She subsequently got her Ph.D. from the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Alberta, Canada in 2010 under the supervision of Dr. K. Kaur followed by one year of a postdoc at the same Faculty. She has participated in many international conferences and published 15 publications in international journals and one chapter book.

Her research areas include Organic Synthesis/Medicinal Chemistry, and Cancer Targeting Peptides.

Prof. Wei Zhang is the Director of the Center for Green Chemistry at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He received his PhD and did his post-doctoral research at the University of Pittsburgh with late Prof. Paul Dowd. He was a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, Senior Chemist at DuPont Agricultural Products, and Director of Discovery Chemistry at Fluorous Technologies, Inc. (FTI). Prof. Zhang’s research is in the areas of green chemistry, fluorous chemistry, synthetic free radicals, organocatalysis, and medicinal chemistry. He has published over 160 peer-reviewed papers including three in Chem. Rev., four Tetrahedron Reports, and a book “Green techniques for organic and medicinal applications” (Willey 2012). He is currently an editor and editorial advisory member on three international journals, and a board member of ACS Green Chemistry Institute Curriculum Committee and Green Chemistry Commitment.

Zhang’s research is in the areas of fluorous chemistry, free radical chemistry, medicinal chemistry, and green chemistry

Maolin Guo is working as Professor in Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He received his doctorate from Edinburgh University, 2000, M.S., Shanxi University, 1992, B.S., Shanxi University, 1989. He received Faculty Career Development Award, University of California, Irvine, 2001, SBIC award for young scientists to attend ICBIC10, Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2001.

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Protein Engineering, Structural Biology, Bioinorganic Chemistry & Metals in Biology and Medicine

Dr. Hylton McWhinney is a Professor of Chemistry at Prairie View A&M University. He earned a PhD (1990) from Texas A&M University, College Station in Analytical Chemistry, with specialization in Surface and Interfacial Characterization. In addition to his teaching and research activities, he has served as Assistant Dean in the office of Research and Graduate Studies at Prairie View. He directs the operation of the Surface Science Facility located in the Department of Chemistry. His synergistic and collaborative interactions include; the Naval Research Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory, local and International Universities. Dr. McWhinney is the author and co-author of over 20 peer reviewed publications.

Surface phenomena in environmental chemistry and environmental remediation which involve: speciation and transport of contaminants in the vadose zone; surface science applications to energy based pollution systems, Surface chemistry of functional and structural materials, their properties and characterization.

David E Bergbreiter is working as Professor of Chemistry Texas A&M University, Texas. He received his B. S., 1970, Michigan State University. Ph. D., 1974, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received Student Led Award for Teaching Excellence, Southwest Regional Award (2008), University-Level Association of Former Students, Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence (2006-present).

Catalysis, Macromolecular Chemistry, New Avenues in Synthesis

Dr. John Goodenough is a Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, and holds the Virginia H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering. Dr. Goodenough's research into the relationships between the chemistry, structure, and electronic/ionic properties of solids addresses fundamental solid state problems in order to design new materials that can enable an engineering function. For example, his work on ionic transport in solid electrolytes and on mixed electronic/ionic conductors has enabled realization of the rechargeable lithium-ion battery used in cellular telephones and laptop computers; it also continues to provide alternative materials for the realization of a medium-temperature solid oxide fuel cell and an oxygen-permeation membrane. His group grows single-crystal specimens as well as synthesizing new ceramic materials. Chemical and structural characterization of his materials accompanies an array of fundamental measurements in which high pressure as well as temperature and chemical composition are used as variables. Technical materials are also studied for engineering performance. In addition to developing new materials for energy conversion and storage, Goodenough has been uncovering the physical mechanisms responsible for unusual physical phenomena such as high temperature superconductivity and the colossal magnetoresistance that occur at the crossover from localized to itinerant electronic behavior. Dr. Goodenough is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the nation's highest honor for engineering professionals. He is a recipient of the 2009 Enrico Fermi Award, laureate of the 2001 Japan Prize, and a foreign member of the Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas, y Naturales of Spain and the Royal Society of England.

Electronic and Photonic Materials, Energy Materials, Transition-metal oxides; lithium ion batteries; fuel cells; oxygen-permeation membranes

Richard Spontak, Alumni Distinguished Professor at NC State, completed his BS from Penn State, his PhD from UC Berkeley, postdoctoral studies at Cambridge University and industrial research at P&G. He has received numerous (inter)national awards for his research, reported in over 230 papers published in peer-reviewed journals. He sits on the editorial advisory board of 21 journals and is an elected fellow of the APS, IOM3 and RSC, and a member of the NTVA.

Polymer Morphology and Phase Stability. Multifunctional and Nanostructured Polymers, Blends and Networks. Application of Microscopy Techniques to Polymer Science and Engineering.

Salah S Massoud received his PhD from Boston University and has Postdoctoral studies at Basel University (Switzerland), University of Alberta (Canada) and visiting Professor at Ohio and Houston Universities. He has published more than 140 papers in peer-reviewed journals and he has been serving in Editorial Board of Magnetochemistry Journal, Journals of Advances in Chemistry and Modern Chemistry and Applications (JMCA) and Dataset Papers in Materials Science. His research interest is focused on material sciences, bioinorganic and traditional coordination chemistry.

Coordination Chemistry Coordination Compounds,Coordination Complexes,Materials Chemistry,Transition Metal Complexes,Coordination Chemistry and Metal Complexes, Crystal Inorganic Chemistry,X-ray Crystallography

Jin Ho Lee, graduated Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, U. S. A. with Ph. D. degree in 1988. Since 1993, he is a professor in the Department of Advanced Materials, Hannam University, South Korea. He was a President of Korean Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society (KTERMS) (2012) and served as Conference Chair in Asia-Pacific Meeting of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Societies (TERMIS-AP) (2014).

His research area includes biomaterials for tissue engineering and bioactive molecules delivery. He published more than 220 Scientific research papers, 35 Book chapters, and 55 patents.

Cornelia Gabriela Palivan was born in Brasov, Romania where she was educated until University level. She obtained both her BSc (1982) and MSc (1983) degrees at the University of Bucharest. After 7 years at the Institute of Chemical & Pharmaceutical Research, Bucharest, as project leader in various drug research oriented projects, Cornelia took up a position as Teaching Assistant at the University of Bucharest. Between 1992 - 1994, she made the experimental part of her PhD under the supervision of Professor Michel Geoffroy at the University of Geneva where her long held interest in Electron Paramagnetic Resonance of metal complexes began. In 1995, she gained her PhD degrees with Summa cum Laudae at the University of Bucharest, under the supervision of Professor Voicu Grecu. Two years later, Cornelia was appointed as a University Lecturer at Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest. In 1999, she moved to the Department of Chemistry at the University of Basel where she was involved in projects using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance to characterise paramagnetic centers in free radicals, metal complexes, and proteins. The introduction to pulse EPR methods was made during her research stage with Professor Arthur Schweiger at the ETH Zurich (2003-2004). She returned to Basel in 2004, as Senior Group Leader in the group of Prof. Wolfgang Meier, and started to develop new hybrid materials at the nanoscale by combining self-assembling copolymers with compounds possessing biological activity, such as enzymes and enzyme-mimics. Currently Cornelia is Professor in Physical Chemistry of the University of Basel, and the expertise of her group lies in particular in the design of bio-synthetic hybrid systems (nanoreactors, processors, electron-transfer nanodevices, and metal-exposed polymer membranes). Cornelia was awarded a number of fellowships during her career: Royal Society fellowship, EC-COST research fellowship, and TEMPUS mobility fellowship, supporting her collaboration with Dr. Bernard Goodman, at the Scottish Crop Research Institute, UK (1992, 1993, and 1998). In 1999 she was Academic guest at the Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva. In addition to research which is run jointly with Professor Wolfgang Meier, Cornelia is scientific reviewer for Elsevier, Wiley, and ACS publications, and is involved in organising the Swiss Soft Days workshops (since 2010).

Cornelia G.Palivan research interests include to develop new hybrid materials at the nanoscale by combining self-assembling copolymers with compounds possessing biological activity, such as enzymes and enzyme-mimics. Currently Cornelia is Professor in Physical Chemistry of the University of Basel, and the expertise of her group lies in particular in the design of bio-synthetic hybrid systems (nanoreactors, processors, electron-transfer nanodevices, and metal-exposed polymer membranes).

Hee-Woo Rhee obtained his PhD at the age of 32 years from University of Connecticut, USA in 1987 and then joined KIST, Korea. He moved to Sogang University in 1993 and has served as a professor. He is a full professor now and also has been serving as a director of Sogang-Samsung Display Research Center supported by Samsung Display Company, Korea. He has published more than 202 papers in reputed journals, 3 books and 77 registered/filed patents. He is now serving as a lead guest editor for special issue of International Journal of Polymer Science.

Polymer Electrolytes,Electrolytes,Dye-sensitized Solar Cells,Polymerization,Fuel Cells,Battery,Materials

Jorge Morgado has completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico and postdoctoral studies from the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge UK. He is Associate Professor at IST and vice-president of IST for academic affairs. He has published more than 125 papers in reputed journals.

Current research interests range from conjugated polymers and low molecular weight systems synthesis and their applications in various devices (light-emitting diodes, photovoltaic cells, thin-film transistors, memories and electrochromic displays). In addition, there is also a research line devoted to the “unimolecular” electronics, encompassing the self-organization of molecular systems on conducting substrates and their electrical characterization.

Aleš Ručigaj has completed his PhD at the age of 27 years from Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia and continues his work as a Professor and researcher.

His current work is oriented around the field of benzoxazines and their appliance in self-healing processes.

Marc Devocelle has completed his PhD at the University of Lille (France) under contract with a pharmaceutical company. He subsequently joined RCSI in 1999 as a postdoctoral researcher and became manager of the Peptide Synthesis Laboratory in 2000. He has since been appointed as a Lecturer in 2004, a Senior Lecturer in 2008 and an Associate Professor of Chemistry in 2014. His laboratory is involved in over 25 collaborations with 14 academic groups across 8 HEIs in Ireland, 2 SMEs and 1 MNC.

Research interests include the synthesis, modification and labelling of peptides and peptidomimetics, used as chemical tools for the investigation of cell signalling pathways and lead discovery; the synthesis of biomolecule-peptide and polymer-peptide conjugates, for the generation of delivery systems and/or of prodrugs; the synthesis of chemical libraries for lead optimisation.

Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud Nasef is a Professor at Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, University Technologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia. He is also a Deputy Director the Centre for Hydrogen Energy at the same university. Dr. Nasef holds a PhD in Chem. Eng. from UTM. He is one the panel of experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the field of radiation modification of polymers. Dr. Nasef authored numerous articles in renowned journals, book chapters and review articles (H-index 27). His research interests include ionic and functional polymeric materials such as new adsorbents/membranes for separation/purification technologies and electrochemical devices.

Ion Exchange,Ion Exchange Resins,Environmental Chemistry,Chemical Engineering Education Research,Grafting,Membranes,Electrochemistry,DSC,Films

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