After successfully completing the third Edition of USCC-2023, Unite Scientific Explores is glad to announce the 4th edition of the "Unite Scientific Chemistry Conference (USCC-2024)" which is going to be held during July 18-19, 2024 in Munich, Germany. We have heartily opened the invitation to Participants who are involved and working in Chemistry Research.
This Conference consists of multiple presentations, interesting breakout sessions, and demonstrations. Our strong objective is to give the best platform for the community of researchers, industrialists, doctors, professors, and students to share their research experiences and participate in interactive discussions for improving their networking opportunities.
Here we Unite world-class researchers, International Communities and Industrial Heads in this event and promote quality research to international scientific associations, and chemistry societies that identify future demands and needs in the fields of chemistry.
USCC-2024 is focused to introduce the latest achievements, technologies, and breakthroughs in chemistry research. We believe that your new ideas and inventions will get global recognition.
This Conference will strengthen the ideas about chemical sciences and medical fields and different chemistry-related areas. We provide a global stage for Researchers, Scholars, and Scientists to share data and their experiences and empower people with their deep knowledge. You can explore insights on recent new advancements, techniques, accomplishments, and experiments, learn from our expertise and get to interact with our honorable speakers.
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Ichiro Yamashita received a B.S. degree in electronics engineering from Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, in 1976, an M.S. degree in electronics engineering from Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, in 1978, and the Ph.D. degree in biophysics from the graduate school of Science, Nagoya University in1998. From 1978 to 2013, he was a Researcher at Panasonic Central Research Laboratories, International Advanced Applied Research Laboratory and Advanced Technology Research laboratories. 2003-2021.7 Visiting professor Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 2014-2022, Visiting Professor National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. 2013.4-2021.3, Specially Appointed Professor, Osaka University. 2021.4-2022.3, Specially Appointed Researcher, Medical School, Osaka University, and 2022.4-present, Specially Appointed Professor, Osaka University.
His research interest includes Nanotechnology, Biomineralization, Aptamer (Site-specific binding peptide), and Biosensors. He proposed the inorganic nanostructures fabrication process, Bio Nano Process in 1997. He started its feasibility study in 1999. In 2004, he and his colleagues succeeded in fabricating the floating gate memory using the nanoparticle array made and arrayed by cage-shaped proteins. He is now engaged in two projects. One is the biological fabrication of electronic device key components, which function mainly based on quantum effects. The other is the Biosensor project which detects DNAs and biomolecules from blood, teardrops and body fluids. Awards and honors include Human Frontier Science Program. He is a fellow of the Japan Society of Applied Physics.
Prof. Niranjan Panda is working in the Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India. His areas of interest in Natural product synthesis, Heterocyclic chemistry, and Heterogeneous catalysis. He has published 36 scientific articles in many international journals. Niranjan got sponsorship for his current 6 working projects.
Cedric Clarfeler Boungou is a doctor in Condensed Matter Physics. He obtained his Ph.D. (Physics) in 2019 at the Marien Ngouabi University from Congo Brazzaville with high distinction. Currently, he is teaching the faculty of science and technics at the Marien Ngouabi University. His research is focused on atmospheric pollution and renewable energies. He participates in several research activities and publishes these works in international journals indexed and abstracted.
Padminee Ramsaroop is an MPhil candidate, focusing on Bio-Inorganic Chemistry at the University of the West Indies ST. Augustine. Currently, her research is aimed at modifying the curcumin molecule, creating metal complexes, and performing biological studies to produce anti-cancer agents. She received her BSc in Biology and Chemistry in 2020 and began her MPhil shortly. She is currently employed as a demonstrator at the University where she assists undergraduate students with their laboratory work. In her spare time, she volunteers at the Autistic Society of Trinidad and Tobago as well as the Trinidad and Tobago Cancer Society.
Huasheng FENG is a Founder and Director of the Molecular Simulation Laboratory, Division of Catalytic Science, SINOPEC (Beijing) Research Institute of Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. From 1994-1998 he completed his B.S in Chemistry at Peking University, 1998-2004 Ph.D. in Quantum Chemistry at Peking University and in 2004 become a Senior Engineer. His research on catalyst mechanism and catalyst design by quantum chemical calculation, including polyolefin ZN catalysts and single center catalysts, hydroformylation catalysts.
Prof. JOHN (JIANLI) HU is a Chair in Engineering for Natural Gas Utilization at West Virginia University. He completed his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering in 1991 at Tsinghua University. From 1991-1995 Worked as a Chemical Engineering Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Pittsburgh. From 1999-2002 completed Business MBA at Washington State University. Currently working as Statler Chair Professor and Director of Center for Innovation in Gas Utilization and Research (CIGRU), West Virginia University. He Collaborates with U.S. national laboratories including NETL, PNNL, INL, and ORNL. He discusses the research on Methane catalytic pyrolysis and thermal heating over CNT-supported catalysts.
Markus Baenziger has more than 25 years of experience as an industrial chemist in the Chemical, Analytical Development of Sandoz, and later Novartis in Basel (Switzerland) as a lab chemist. He gained experience as a process chemist in the Pilot plant and Kilo plant during job rotations (six to twelve months). He is the author or co-author of 21 peer-reviewed scientific journals (orcid.org/0000-0003-1021-1680) and contributor to 8 patents. He had the scientific lead and was the project coordinator of CROs, custom manufacturers and internal GMP manufacturing on the project LSZ102.
He was born in 1940 in Sukhumi (Georgia). 1946-1957 - school, 1957-1962 Sukhumi Pedagogical Institute - Faculty of Physics and Mathematics. 1967-1969 - worked at the Sukhumi Institute of Physics and Technology in the mass spectral laboratory. He developed and manufactured the first dual-focusing spark ion source mass spectrometer in the Soviet Union for the analysis of impurities in solids. 1969-2018 moved to Chernogolovka (Moscow region) and worked at the Institute for Problems of Technology of Microelectronics and High-Pure Substances - engineer, junior researcher, senior researcher, head of the mass spectrometry laboratory. In 1974 he defended his candidate's thesis, in 1989 - Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. He mainly worked on the creation and improvement of plasma ion sources. In 2000, he began working on a new glow discharge ion source for multielement analysis of various substances with high sensitivity based on a hollow cathode.
Aigul Koizhanova is head of the Laboratory of Special Methods of Hydrometallurgy named after B.B. Beisembayev. She is a project leader of the research (2011–2020 ), projects with industrial enterprises (2013–2018), under her guidance in 2014 a technology for the rehabilitation of sorption factory tailings from cyanide and arsenic was introduced at the gold extraction plant of «Altyntau Kokshetau» JSC, in 2016 industrial tests were conducted at the Akbakai gold extraction plant; she is an author of more than 150 scientific papers in the field of non-ferrous and noble metals metallurgy (including articles in rating foreign journals «Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry», «Non-ferrous metals»), including 20 secure records of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Thomas Koch studied mechanical engineering in Karlsruhe from 1993 until 1998. He joined ETH Zürich in 1998 where he received his Ph.D. in 2002. After a year as a postdoc in Zürich, he joined former DaimlerChrysler (today Daimler Truck) in 2003 where he developed the new Medium-Duty Diesel Generation MDEG OM934/936. In the year 2013, he joined the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology as head of the institute of internal combustion engine research.
Dr Ali Altaee is an Associate Professor at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia since Apr 2016. He is working at the forefront of renewable energy, water engineering, and soil remediation, developing innovative technologies in alternative water sources. A senior lecturer in Engineering and Information Technology at UTS, Ali is a member of the UTS Centre for Green Technology (CGT), and of the Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater (CTWW), which is a leading research centre in the field of alternative water sources. He has developed industrial and academic expertise working at both industrial research centres and institutes of higher education and has particular research expertise in the areas of reverse osmosis and membrane technology.
Lawrence Berliner is a pioneer in protein structure and diagnostic technique research starting at Stanford University, then Ohio State University, and now retired from the University of Denver and the Graduate Toxicology Program, Univ. of Colorado School of Pharmacy. His team was the first to develop thiol-specific spin labels, which became the basis of Site-Directed Spin Labeling (SDSL) for studying membrane protein structure and other proteins that cannot be crystallized. He has been a leader in the early detection and prevention of destructive free radical processes. His other research has involved protein-protein interactions, blood coagulation, serine proteases, and lactose biosynthesis.
Abdelhak Mesbah is a Ph.D. student in analytical chemistry at the University of Djillali Liabés in Algeria, he is focusing his research on the retention of organic pollutants, specifically herbicides Diuron and Glyphosate, by clay materials. He is a member of two research projects: "SAFE, PRIMA-2021," aimed at enhancing safety in agriculture, food, and the environment, and "PRFU-2022," focused on studying organic pollutant retention by clay. He is also participated in doctoral days, national and international conferences.
Dr. Turick has over 40 years of research experience in academia, industry and federal laboratories. Part of his background includes microbial ecology, physiology and biophysics involving extracellular microbial electron transfer. The current focus is on defining bacteria as electrochemical entities by combining electrochemical and microbiological techniques in order to monitor microbial activity in-situ and in real time. The specific technical focus is on remote microbial sensors directed to technologies for a sustainable environment. Part of his current activities at ElectroBioDyne, LLC is directed at linking microbiology, physiology and electrochemistry for sensor design.
Kitouni Saida received a Ph.D. degree in physics from the University of Constantine, Algeria in 2013. She is currently a lecturer and her current research interests are porcelains. Participate in some international conferences in Algeria and others countries in the world. Research Interest are Porcelain, lightweight concretes
Alejandro Goñi is ICREA Research Prof. at ICMAB-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain. He graduated in physics (Balseiro Institute, Argentina), received his Ph.D. at Max-Planck Institute FKF in Stuttgart, and performed postdoctoral stays at AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, and MPI-FKF Stuttgart. He was appointed Research/Teaching Associate at the TU Berlin (Habilitation). He was awarded the Karl-Scheel Prize of the Physical Society of Berlin for his achievements in high-pressure semiconductor physics. He is an experimental physicist with broad interests and expertise in the physics of nano-structured materials, optical spectroscopy, and high-pressure techniques and leads research activities on metal halide perovskites and plasmon-driven hot-electron generation.
Timo Rabe, Business Development Manager with Quintus Technologies AB, holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Kiel in Germany. He has been working on battery and electrolyte chemistries in previous roles and currently works at Quintus Technologies on developing ISP technologies for use in the Solid-State Battery market.
Kemi Oloyede is a British-born environmental scientist, writer, and visual artist of Nigerian descent. She is currently doing a Ph.D. in Clinical Medicine Research (Public Health) at Imperial College London and enjoys exploring meaningful connections between the sciences and the creative arts in her spare time.
Enock Olugbenga Oladepo DARE is presently a Professor of Nanotechnology and Materials at the Federal University of Agric. Abeokuta, Nigeria. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria, and an Advanced Research Diploma in Chemical Engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. Postdoctoral training at Princeton University, NJ, USA. He is a UNESCO and MONBUSHO fellow (Japan); FULBRIGHT and USAMI fellow (Princeton University, USA); Taiwanese National Science Foundation fellow (Taiwan); A regular associate of ICTP, Trieste, Italy. He recently got the world's most prestigious Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) – Georg Forster fellowship. He is presently an AvH fellow, an awardee, and a Professor at the University of Regensburg, Germany. He has made excellent research output in Hybrid nanocomposites based on POSS, nanoporous membrane technology, transdermal drug delivery, nano bimetallic for sensor and catalysis, green nanotechnology, nanobiotechnology, etc. His most current research lies on “nano-enabled materials for anti-counterfeiting, fingerprinting for criminality detection
Dr. Joel Díaz-Reyes received his doctorate from CINVENTAV-IPN. He enrolled in the Applied Biotechnology Research Center of the National Polytechnic Institute. The work team regularly publishes articles on electrospinning nanofibers with applications in catalysis.
Alexander Shmatov is Chief Researcher and Professor of the Belarusian National Technical University, Professor and Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Professor of Wuhan Textile University, D.Sc. in Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering. His area of scientific interests: strengthening mechanisms and compositional structures of materials formed during chemical-thermal, thermocyclic and thermohydrochemical treatments; environmentally friendly “Green” technologies for producing coatings and ceramics based on nanomaterials; computer modeling of processes. Author of 148 scientific publications, 4 monographs, 2 textbooks and 64 inventions. He led ten major scientific projects. The technologies he developed were used at 17 enterprises in Belarus and Russia.
Thorsten Wack graduated in theoretical physics at the Technical University of Dortmund in 1995 and received his doctorate at the Ruhr University Bochum in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. He has been at Fraunhofer UMSICHT since 1995, where he is now head of the business unit "process digitalization".
Dr. González holds a Personal Chair in Biophysics at the Technological University of Querétaro, Mexico. He has 7 years of biophysical research experience at this university. He regularly publishes in the molecular and nanomaterials literature, and regularly presents data at national and international scientific meetings. His group has studied the ionization properties of nucleobases in short DNA models, either by spectroscopic methods or computational ab initio algorithms, applying this knowledge to develop DNA-based inorganic and organic nanomaterials, even coupled to other biopolymers such as polysaccharides, or inorganic substrates composed by metal oxides.
Dr. Chen-Kuei Chung received his B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Materials from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, in 1989 and 1994. From 1994 to 2002, he worked at the Industrial Technology Research Institute for developing MEMS technologies & key components such as inkjet printhead, IR sensor array and biochip. He joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering, at National Cheng Kung University in 2002 and has worked till now. He has expertise in micro-nano material science and engineering, and fabrication, characterization and process integration of MEMS/NEMS devices for sensor, actuator and LIGA application, especially in the advanced hybrid pulse anodization, characterization, SERS and application; laser processing, polymer molding and mechanical energy harvesting from unique microneedles-triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG).
Dr. Siham Amra is a teacher-researcher at the University of Bejaia (Algeria), where she works as a Master Assistant B, specializing in analytical chemistry. A very eclectic background and an ever-lively curiosity have enabled him to acquire and appropriate multiple and diverse skills. His research contributes to the development of sensors by implementing electrodes based on modified carbon pastes for applications in the electroanalysis of ultra-traces of pesticides and pharmaceutical products. She has produced 15 communications and publications. She did several internships in France at the National School of Chemistry in Rennes. The lines of research were centered on the valorization of natural materials and their application in the design of efficient, sensitive analysis devices capable of quantifying several pollutants, the protection of the environment and human and animal safety.
Mariem Khouja holds a Ph.D. in biological engineering from the National Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology-Tunisia. She is part of the research group of the nanobiotechnology and valorization of natural phytoresources laboratory. The group's current research involves the characterization and enhancement of aromatic and medicinal plants.
Benedek I. Karolyi is a senior medicinal chemist at Gedeon Richter Plc., Hungary. He has 11 years of experience in the field of medicinal research and discovery. His first article was published in 2009 in the field of organometallic chemistry. Back then he also published works in organocatalysis and quantum chemical modeling. His current research involves design, synthesis, and SAR studies of CNS-targeted small molecules as modulators of various receptors.
Gabriel Santos Pessoa Graduated in Chemistry (2023) and he is actually a Master's student in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Brasilia. He was part of the Institutional Program of Scholarships for Initiation to Teaching (PIBID) and participated in the Pre-PAS project at the Federal Institute of Brasilia (IFB). Has experience in Inorganic Chemistry, with emphasis on Crystallography, acting mainly in Structural, Theoretical, and Biological Investigation of Bioactive Compounds, oriented by Professor Dr. Claudia Cristina Gatto.
Lucas Menhô Dias Graduated in Chemistry and is actually a Master's student in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Brasilia. he was part of the Institutional Program of Scholarships for Initiation to Teaching (PIBID), participated in a project as a monitor at the Federal Institute of Brasilia (IFB), was a student of scientific initiation in which he developed work with experimental activities in the teaching of atomic models. Conducted research related to organic synthesis and green chemistry and currently conducts research related to chemical and crystallographic analysis of vitamin B6 derivatives in the area of inorganic chemistry oriented by Professor Dr. Claudia Cristina Gatto.
Thaís Soares is a master's degree student at the University of Brasilia. She graduated with a bachelor´s degree in chemistry from the University of Brasília in 2022. She has experience in Inorganic Chemistry with an emphasis on Crystallography, investigating crystal structures and biological properties of compounds such as metal complexes derivate from Schiff bases ligands. She integrates the research group of the Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Crystallography in the institute of Chemistry at the University of Brasilia and is advised by Professor Claudia Cristina Gatto.
Professor Dr. Hélio A. Stefani received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of São Paulo in 1988 and 1991 respectively, working under the supervision of Professor Dr. João V. Comasseto in the field of organic selenium and tellurium chemistry. Currently, he is a Full Professor at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences – USP. He spent one year (2001) at the University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia, PA-USA, working with Professor Dr. Gary A. Molander. His interests in chemistry include the development of synthetic methodologies of selenium, tellurium, boron compounds, heterocyclic chemistry as well as cross-coupling reactions.
Prof. Jaichan Lee is a professor of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Korea. He completed his doctorate in ferroelectric thin films for non-volatile memory application at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA in 1993. After his material study of ferroelectrics and ferroelectric non-volatile memories in Bell Communications Research (Bellcore), USA as a postdoctoral Member of Technical Staff, he joined Sungkyunkwan University at 1995, He served as the President of the Korean Dielectrics Society. He had been a director of the BK21 Center for Emergent Materials supported by the Ministry of Education, Korea. He has published more than 180 papers in reputed journals including a paper titled “Isostructural metal-insulator transition in VO2” published in Science (2018) and “Lanthanum-substituted bismuth titanate for use in non-volatile memories” published in Nature (1999). His current research includes computational Materials science and materials informatics.
Dr. X. Nancy Xu is an elected AAAS Fellow and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Sciences, Biochemistry, and Chemistry at Old Dominion University. She has built a state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research laboratory and successfully developed a nationally and internationally recognized and well-funded interdisciplinary research program at the intersection of chemistry, biology, engineering, and medicine. Dr. Xu has pioneered the development of a suite of highly innovative nano-photonics tools for biomedical applications, and she is especially well recognized for her work in single nanoparticle optics, nano-optical biosensors, single molecule detection, and single live cell imaging.
Dr. Xu has received several prestigious national awards, including Tech Briefs’ Nano50 Innovator Award and Nano50 Technology Award, NSF BRAIN Initiative EAGER Award, Finalist of NIH Follow That Cell Challenge, ACS Roland F. Hirsch Award, and AAAS Mentor Award. Dr. Xu was elected as an AAAS Fellow for her distinguished contributions to the fields of nanobiotechnology and ultrasensitive bioanalysis, including single nanoparticle optics, nano biosensors, single molecule detection, and single living cell imaging. Dr. Xu has also received several university-distinguished awards, including Distinguished Research Award and Faculty Research Achievement Award (the highest university research honor bestowed to a faculty), and multiple student-nominated awards including Shining Star Recognitions, and Most Inspired Faculty Member Designation. Her profile is at https://www.odu.edu/directory/x-nancy-xu
Fayard Leo is a final year Ph.D. student at the LAPLACE laboratory of Toulouse. His group specializes in the study of the physical mechanisms of energy conversion through to the systems that implement them. His team is particularly focused on all aspects of hydrogen. In addition, he works in collaboration with the industrialist ERGOSUP, of which he is an employee, to develop its decoupled water electrolysis process.
Severin Martz studied chemistry at the University of Bern and graduated in organic chemistry. After his master's degree, he joined the Spiez Laboratory to write his dissertation in the field of biomarkers of chemical weapons. In collaboration and as part of the research group of C. Bochet at the University of Fribourg, he successfully earned his Ph.D. in chemistry for the development of new detection methods for chemical weapons use. After his studies, he continued to work as a researcher in analytical chemistry in the private sector.
Emanuele Curotto Graduated from the University of Massachusetts Lowell in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Worked with Dr. J. Cross at Yale University, and Earned a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1996. Worked with Dr. D. L. Freeman at the University of Rhode Island. Appointed as an assistant professor at Arcadia University in 1998. Current research of the group involves the development of spectroscopically accurate potential energy surfaces for reactive systems, method development rooted in non-relativistic gauge theories.
Gietu Yirga Abate is a Ph.D. student at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) in Applied Science and Technology college under the membrane science and technology research group.
Dr. Sami Ullah is serving as a lecturer at the Department of Physics, University of Balochistan Quetta, Pakistan. He has done Ph.D. in photovoltaics, with a research focus on the electron-transport layer for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells. He has joined the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV), Bratislava, Slovakia in 2019-2020 for the development of transport layer engineering of perovskite solar cells. In 2022 he joined the Chimie ParisTech-PSL research institute( Thierry Pauporté group), Paris France for the development and optimization of stable and efficient perovskite solar cells.
Sakun Preedavijitkul is studying for a Ph.D. in chemical engineering at the Center of Excellence on Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering, Chulalongkorn University. He joins the research group of Prof. Bunjerd Jongsomjit in 2018. He received a scholarship as an exchange Ph.D. student at the University of Western Ontario, Canada, under the research group of Professor Jose E. Herrera. His research focuses on the development of catalysts for ethanol dehydrogenation as high-value products.
Tien V. Pham has 15 years of experience as a Chemist at Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam. Current research of the group involves mechanism and kinetics of reactions in gaseous and liquid phases. He rejoined the research team of Prof. M. C. Lin at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, and in March 2020 he established his Junior Research Group in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry at Hanoi University of Science and Technology.
Edward Hingha Foday completed his Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Engineering at Chang’an University, China, and completed his Master of Engineering at the University of Technology, Malaysia (UTM). He got an Excellent Award for Innovative Achievements of International Students in Shaanxi Province, China. 2022.
Chien-Yen Chen has completed his Ph.D. from the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford in 2005 and postdoctoral studies in Earth Science Department at the same University. He was a visiting researcher at the Engineering Department at the University of Cambridge from 2011 to 2012. He was the head of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at National Chung Cheng University in Taiwan from 2016 to 2018. He has been now serving as the Dean of the College of Science at National Chung Cheng University in Taiwan since 2018 and the president of the Taiwan Chapter of, the International Medical Geology Association (IMGA) since 2014. He has published more than 90 papers in reputed journals.
Prakash Jayabal has an impressive academic background, holding a B.Sc. degree in Microbiology, an M.Sc. degree in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Biotechnology), an M.Phil degree in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, and a Ph.D. in Nanotechnology. Currently, he is working as a SERB-National Postdoctoral Fellow at the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), an autonomous institute under the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. Throughout his research career, he has focused on Biomaterials for tissue engineering, drug delivery, targeted drug delivery, and nanotoxicology. His expertise lies in the synthesis and characterization of nanoparticles, which he has utilized for various applications such as tissue engineering, drug delivery, and targeted therapies.
Nattaphon Hongrutai, is a Ph.D. candidate in chemical engineering at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. He joined the research group of Prof. Joongjai Panpranot in 2020 and also joined the research group of Prof. Magda Titirici as Visiting Ph.D. student at Imperial College London in 2022. They are interested in electrochemical reduction and characterization of the electrocatalyst.
Vesna Ocelić Bulatović is an Assistant Professor at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology (FCET), in Zagreb, in the field of Interdisciplinary Engineering Sciences, specialization Environmental Engineering. Vesna's research interests include the development, preparation, and characterization of multicomponent polymeric materials/biomaterials and composites/biocomposites (micro- and nanomaterials), their biodegradation potential, and environmental impact.
As an author and co-author, she has published more than 60 scientific papers in leading international journals and proceedings. Vesna is actively involved in promoting collaboration and the transfer of knowledge, skills, and experience from the university field to the industry, having already participated in professional projects, studies, and expertise for the industry. She has actively participated in scientific projects, z-projects (2007-2013), European Regional Development Fund projects, and several research grants (2014-2021). Vesna is currently a collaborator in a research project funded by the Croatian Science Foundation and in a European Regional Development Fund project, as well as a leader in a research grant. She brings her scientific and educational work closer to the public by popularizing science through regular participation in workshops and open days and organizing workshops in the framework of lifelong learning.
Vesna has been an active member of several scientific and organizational committees of national and international conferences, and since 2020 she has been the Vice President of the international conference Ružička Days. Vesna is a proud member of the Scientific Council for Oil and Gas Economics and Energy of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts and a member of numerous societies related to her field of research and the profession itself.
Youngkwan Lee is a professor at Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea since 1993, He has 30 years of experience as a Polymer Scientist at Sungkyunkwan University. He has a Ph.D. degree from the School of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Southern Mississippi, USA. He publishes more than 300 papers on Functional Polymers for diverse applications. Recently he studied natural polymers for energy storage applications such as Li-ion, Li-S, K-S, and Zn-ion batteries.
Dr. Simona Onori is an Assistant Professor in Energy Science and Engineering at Stanford University where she also holds a courtesy appointment in Electrical Engineering. Upon joining the Stanford faculty, she funded and currently directs the Stanford Energy Control lab where she leads a team of graduate/undergraduate students, postdocs and international visiting scholars conducting research on the experimental characterization, modeling, control and optimization of energy storage and conversation systems for sustainable transportation and power grid applications. She is an SAE Fellow (2022), and the recipient of the 2020 U.S. DoE Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E) Award, Category Research, the 2019 Board of Trustees Award for Excellence, Clemson University, the 2018 Global Innovation Contest Award by LG Chem, the 2018 SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award and the 2017 NSF CAREER award. She is Editor in Chief of the SAE International Journal of Electrified Vehicles, a distinguished lecturer for the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (2020-2022) and an IEEE Senior Member (2015).
Belfun Arslan graduated from the Department of Chemical Engineering at Izmir Institute of Technology in 2021 and is a master's degree student at Gebze Technical University in the Department of Chemical Engineering. She is an R&D engineer at Mutlu Battery. She is currently working on the state-of-health prediction of lithium-ion batteries and thermal management of Li-ion batteries.
Shin Aoki received Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo in 1992 under the supervision of Prof. Kenji Koga. He became an assistant professor at the University of Tokyo in 1990 and a postdoctoral fellow at the Scripps Research Institute, USA, to work with Prof. Chi-Huey Wong from 1992-1994. After he came back to Univ. Tokyo, he joined Prof. Eiichi Kimura’s group in 1995 at Hiroshima University. In 2003, he was promoted to a professor at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science and became a vice director of the Research Institute for Science and Technology of Tokyo Uni. Sci.
Thorsten Wack graduated in theoretical physics at the Technical University of Dortmund in 1995 and received his doctorate at the Ruhr University Bochum in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. He has been at Fraunhofer UMSICHT since 1995, where he is now head of the business unit "process digitalization".
Dr. Amgad M. Rabie, Professor & Researcher of Pharmaceutical Organic (Medicinal) Chemistry & Drug Design/Discovery, Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. He is the editor-in-chief & the chairman of the peer-reviewing committee of the famous journal in biotechnology and bioengineering worldwide, the International Journal of Biotechnology and Bioengineering (IJBB), USA & Europe. His major role is to help the American Chemical Society (ACS)to improve people’s lives through the transforming power of chemistry. He is the editorial board director & chairman of the multidisciplinary and internationally famous & comprehensive journal in all pharmaceutical & medicinal sciences worldwide, the Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Research (JPMR).
Dr. Turick has over 40 years of research experience in academia, industry and federal laboratories. Part of his background includes microbial ecology, physiology, and biophysics involving extracellular microbial electron transfer. The current focus is on defining bacteria as electrochemical entities by combining electrochemical and microbiological techniques in order to monitor microbial activity in-situ and in real-time. The specific technical focus is on remote microbial sensors directed to technologies for a sustainable environment. Part of his current activities at ElectroBioDyne, LLC is directed at linking microbiology, physiology and electrochemistry for sensor design.
Dr. X. Nancy Xu is an elected AAAS Fellow and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Sciences, Biochemistry, and Chemistry at Old Dominion University. She has built a state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research laboratory and successfully developed a nationally and internationally recognized and well-funded interdisciplinary research program at the intersection of chemistry, biology, engineering, and medicine. Dr. Xu has pioneered the development of a suite of highly innovative nano-photonics tools for biomedical applications, and she is especially well recognized for her work in single nanoparticle optics, nano-optical biosensors, single molecule detection, and single live cell imaging.
Dr. Xu has received several prestigious national awards, including Tech Briefs’ Nano50 Innovator Award and Nano50 Technology Award, NSF BRAIN Initiative EAGER Award, Finalist of NIH Follow That Cell Challenge, ACS Roland F. Hirsch Award, and AAAS Mentor Award. Dr. Xu was elected as an AAAS Fellow for her distinguished contributions to the fields of nanobiotechnology and ultrasensitive bioanalysis, including single nanoparticle optics, nano biosensors, single molecule detection, and single living cell imaging. Dr. Xu has also received several university-distinguished awards, including Distinguished Research Award and Faculty Research Achievement Award (the highest university research honor bestowed to a faculty), and multiple student-nominated awards including Shining Star Recognitions, and Most Inspired Faculty Member Designation. Her profile is at https://www.odu.edu/directory/x-nancy-xu
Jianhui Liu received a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) degree in Chemical Engineering and Technology from Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) in China. He then did a Ph.D. study at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) under the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS), followed by a short Post-doctoral Fellow appointment. He is now a Post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) and Forsyth Institute in the USA. His research interests lie in materials chemistry, nanotechnology, self-assembly, bio-inspired materials, and polymer science.
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