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.

Dr. Xijuan Tan is a lecturer at Chang’an University, China since April 2014. Dr. Tan did her Ph. D in Chemibiology on protein-small molecule interaction characterization at the College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, China. In September 2018, she joined the group of Prof. Dr. Detlef Günther at ETH Zurich and started her one-year post-doc on element composition and lithium isotope study of spodumene by LA-(MC)-ICP-MS. Her research interests are trace element characterizations of different samples from geological science (rocks, sediments, minerals, clays, etc.) to biological materials (human hair, garlic bulbs, etc.) by ICP-MS and LA-ICP-MS. She is also interested in figuring out the potential factors (such as signal beat) affecting the quantification accuracy of LA-ICP-MS analysis. 

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.

Heiko Hoffmann studied Chemistry in Darmstadt and Münster (Germany). Subsequently, he worked as a lecturer and head of a laboratory at Provadis University of Applied Sciences in Frankfurt am Main. At that time, his two scientific focuses were Organic Photochemistry and Chemical Education. Accordingly, he wrote his dissertation in parallel to his employment in Frankfurt as an external Ph.D. student at the University of Wuppertal (Supervisor Professor M. Tausch). In 2022, he accepted a position as a professor of Food Chemistry and Analysis at the Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland.

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.

Charlotte Mappa is a doctor in chemistry&biology since October 2018. In her thesis, she worked on the development of a rapid approach to identify microorganisms without any a priori by tandem mass spectrometry. She joined DGA CBRN Defence as an LC-MS analyst. The chemical analytical laboratory is an Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Warfare (OPCW) Designated Laboratory for the identification of Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) chemicals and related compounds in various unknown environmental, material, and biomedical samples.

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.

Fernando Alvarez is a full professor, the Instituto of Physics, University of Campinas, and coordinator of the Plasma Laboratory of Ion Implantation and Treatment of Surface (PlasmaLIITS). Current research in the laboratory is focusing on High Entropy Alloys, Hard Coatings thin films, and advanced nano-structured thin films obtained by several deposition technics and studies of structural, and optical properties, photoemission electron spectroscopy, and nano-friction. The University of Delaware, US (Ph.D., physics); Institute of Energy Conversion, US (researcher); La Sapienza, Italy (researcher). Visiting, professor Orsay, Nantes (France).

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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.

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.

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.