Diane R Bienek has 15+ years of experience conducting translational science in the Biomedical and Dental field. A primary focus has been to establish applied research and product development studies designed to improve patient care by advancing point-of-care technologies for mitigating and treating post-operative complications. At the ADA Foundation, Volpe Research Center, she is part of an interdisciplinary team for the advancement of bioactive polymeric materials. To ensure biocompatibility of novel antimicrobial dental materials, her recent efforts include conducting in vitro toxicological assessments on eukaryotic cell types associated with the oral cavity.

Biomedical and Dental field, Bioactive polymeric materials, Biocompatibility of novel antimicrobial dental materials.

Joseph D Lichtenhan is a Co-Founder of Hybrid Plastics Inc. and served at its CEO and President for 18 years. He is a pioneer and world authority in the field of POSS® additives. POSS has been hailed as the first entirely new chemical class of monomers to be developed since 1955. His insights into their commercial utility launched the global sales for POSS® in 1998. He has excelled at technology transition and the establishment of a global footprint for POSS® via innovative sales and marketing techniques.

Polymer industry, POSS additives in optical coatings Nanocomposites Applied Polymer Science

Michael Wells has served in various positions with in the polymer industry for 30 years. He has held positions with such organizations as Procter and Gamble, A. O. Smith, Witco, Arkema, and currently holds the position of Director of Research and Development for Reynolds Polymer Technology. He is a graduate of Arkansas State University with a Bachelor’s in Chemistry and Lehigh University with a M. Eng. In Polymer Science and Engineering. He was until recently, President of the Rocky Mountain section of the Society for Plastics Engineers, and previously served on the board of the Lehigh Valley section of SPE. His main areas of research are polymer initiation systems and polymer structure/property modification. More recently, he has been working with flame retarded acrylic materials and adhesives. He holds two US patents and 1 application in process. Michael currently resides in Grand Junction, Colorado

Polymer Science and Engineering

Tadeusz Biela is Head of the Department of Polymer Chemistry,Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, He holds PhD in Chemistry, Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies in 1992 and worked Assistant Professor, Department of Polymer Chemistry, Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences from 1994-2009, In year 2009 he is Docent (Associate Professor), group leader, Department of Polymer Chemistry at the Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, at present he is Head of Department of Polymer Chemistry at the Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, He has Author or co-author of more than 60 scientific papers, published mostly in the highest impact factor polymer journals and more than 60 contributions to the international symposia

Molecular and Macromolecular, Polymer Chemistry

Guoqian Chen is a Professor, Laboratory of Systems Ecology and Sustainability Science, College of Enginnering, Peking University, Beijing, China completed his education from Huazhong Institute of Technology, Wuhan, China. He is a recipient of the Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers Award, and among the Thomson Reuters China Citation Laureates. He is an editorial board for dozens of international journals. He has more than 100 international publications in reputed prestigious journals.

1.Computational Fluid Dynamics 2.Environmental Hydrodynamics 3.Energy and Water Resources 4.Climate Change Thermodynamics

Michael Wells has served in various positions with in the polymer industry for 30 years. He has held positions with such organizations as Procter and Gamble, A. O. Smith, Witco, Arkema, and currently holds the position of Director of Research and Development for Reynolds Polymer Technology. He is a graduate of Arkansas State University with a Bachelor’s in Chemistry and Lehigh University with a M. Eng. In Polymer Science and Engineering. He was until recently, President of the Rocky Mountain section of the Society for Plastics Engineers, and previously served on the board of the Lehigh Valley section of SPE. His main areas of research are polymer initiation systems and polymer structure/property modification. More recently, he has been working with flame retarded acrylic materials and adhesives. He holds two US patents and 1 application in process. Michael currently resides in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Polymer Nanotechnology, Materials Chemistry

Dr. Adango Miadonye is Professor of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry in the School of Science & Technology, Cape Breton University, Canada. He obtained his PhD at Loughborough University, Leicestershire, U.K. He has received global recognition in the field of petroleum engineering and petroleum chemistry, and is a recipient of the President’s Award for Excellence in Research. His impressive publication record includes 100 peer-reviewed articles, numerous book chapters, and a number of presentations at important international conferences. An accomplished and respected student supervisor, Dr. Miadonye is extensively cited and has also formed the basis for a number of industrial collaborations. Well-respected by his colleagues nationally and internationally, Dr. Miadonye has been a leader and contributor to his professional academic community holding offices and serving on committees with numerous academic and professional societies

His research interests include upgrading and rheology of crude oil; green chemistry; petroleum and petroleum products characterization, polymeric materials morphology, characterization and processing.

Dr. Robert Luo obtained his BEng in 1981, MEng in 1984 at Central Southern University in China & PhD in 1994 at South Bank University in London and completed his post-doctoral research at Leicester University in UK. He is a Principal CAE Engineer at Trelleborg IAVS in UK. He is also teaching CAE course for post-graduate students in China. He has performed simulation works on several hundred rubber anti-vibration products in industry over 20 years. He is Charted Engineer, Industrial Adviser and Fellow of Institution of Mechanical Engineers in UK. He has published his own book “Numerical prediction & case validation for rubber anti-vibration system” in both English and Chinese. He, as the first author, has also published nearly 40 articles in peer-reviewed journals.

His research interests: stress, fatigue, dynamics, creep and relaxation, CFD with FSI evaluations on design and applications of rubber anti-vibration components

Dr. Jung Kwon (John) Oh is a Canada Research Chair Tier II in Nanobioscience and an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Concordia University in Canada. With his PhD degree from the University of Toronto in Canada, he completed his postdoctoral research at Carnegie Mellon University in USA. He had also R&D experience in industries, Korea Chemical Company and Dow Chemical Company over 10 years. He has authored >105 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters as well as holds 18 international patents. His research has been recognized with several prestigious awards, selectively including PCI Outstanding Paper Award in 2010, Canada Research Chair Award in 2011-2021, and Dean’s award to Excellence in Scholarship-Mid-Career in 2016.

His research interests involve the design and processing of macromolecular nanoscale materials for biomedical and industrial applications

Dr. Ullah received his PhD (with distinction) in Chemical Sciences and Technologies in 2010 at the University of Genova, Italy working together at Southern Methodist University, USA. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow, Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure at the University of Alberta. He teaches a graduate course which deals with fundamentals in bio-based materials development, characterization, and various industrial applications. Aman has published more than 42 papers in reputed journals and 4 patents/patent applications. He has participated and presented his work at more than 90 National and international scientific meetings and conferences, including several invited, keynote and plenary lectures at conferences and research centers in Asia, Europe, and America. In addition, he has received several awards including Canadian Rising Star award in Global Health by Grand Challenges Canada

Aman leads a research group on Lipid utilization - Polymers/Materials Chemistry and mandate of this group is to develop new monomers, biopolymers, biomaterials and bionanomaterials from lipids (plant oils) and other renewable resources for industrial applications. Therefore, his major research interests are on the synthesis of monomers, biopolymers, nano-engineered biopolymers, nano-biocomposites and bioconjugates from renewable resources for various applications.

Karin Larsson is a Professor in Inorganic Chemistry at the Department of Materials Chemistry, Uppsala University, Sweden. She received a PhD in Chemistry in 1988. The research was directed towards investigation of molecular dynamic processes in solid hydrates by using solid state NMR spectroscopy.

The scientific focus is on interpretation, understanding and prediction of the following processes/properties for both solid/gas interfaces, as well as for solid/liquid interfaces; i) CVD growth, iii) interfacial processes for renewable energy applications , and iv) interfacial processes for e.g. bone regeneration (incl. biofunctionalisation of surfaces).

Dr. Oommen Varghese did his PhD in organic chemistry from Uppsala University, Sweden. After his PhD he changed his research area towards biomedical science that combines different disciplines. In 2016, he was promoted as Associate professor at Uppsala University. The focus of his research is regenerative medicine and targeted drug delivery, bridging synthetic organic chemistry and biotechnology.

His research interests are in the fields of designing functional polymers and biomaterials for tissue engineering, drug delivery and nucleic acids therapeutics. He authored several peer reviewed articles and book chapters. He has also filed several patents and is a co-founder of a spin-off called ‘Uppsala Therapeutics AB’.

Bernabé L. Rivas has completed his PhD at the University of Concepcion (1980) and postdoctoral studies from Tuebingen University, Germany with Humboldt Foundation Fellows (1989-1991). He is the Vice Rector of the University of Concepción. Leader of the research group about Synthesis and Applications of -Functional Polymers. He has published more than 400 papers in reputed journals, 29 chapter of books, h factor 34, and has been serving as an editorial board member of journals.

Synthesis and Applications of -Functional Polymers, Polyelectrolytes, Resins with Retention Properties for Pollutants Ions.–Polychelatogens in combination with ultrafiltration membranes. Polymer-metal complexes as biocides. Nanocomposites from polypropylene and biopolymers.

Tien-Yau Luh obtained PhD degree from the University of Chicago and did his postdoctoral research at the University of Minnesota before joining the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1976. He returned to his Amma Mater, National Taiwan University in 1988, where his is now NTU Chair Professor. He has published more than 270 papers in prestigious chemistry and biomedical journals and served as a member of advisory boards of several reputed chemistry journals.

1.Biomimmetic Macromolecules and Biomimmetic Systems 2.Synergies between Organic Chemistry and Polymer Chemistry

Dongmei Cui has completed her PhD from Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences and postdoctoral studies from Riken (Japan). She is the full professor and holder of “A hundred talent scientists programm” of Chinese Academy of Sciences, a group leader of Rare-Earth Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis. She has published more than 180 papers in reputed journals and claimed more than 40 patents.

Rare-Earth Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis

TAO TANG has completed his PhD in 1991 from Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC), Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is a full professor of polymer chemistry in CIAC. He has published more than 230 papers in reputed journals.

comb-like (co)polymers

He is a professor at Rubber Technology Centre, Indian Institute of technology Kharagpur. His research areas comprises Tailor-made polymers via Controlled Radical Polymerization Block (AB & ABA) & graft copolymers Smart and self-healing polymeric materials Tailor-made polymer nanocomposites Thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) Polyurethane Tailor-made modification on elastomers He got MRSI Medal by Material Research Society of India (MRSI) (2013). He also got Fifth Polymer Foundation Award by Professor Sukumar Maiti Polymer Award Foundation (2012). He has numbers of publications in reputed international journals.

1.Block graft copolymers electro-active & bio-active polymers 2.Tailor-made specialty polymers via controlled / living radical polymerization 3.Smart self-healing and self-cleaning and shape memory Polymeric materials 4.Tailor-made Modification of polymers and Elastomers 5.Tailor-made polymer nanocomposites 6.Ionic Liquid in polymer synthesis 7.Polyurethane synthesis

Dr. Sanboh Lee has been endowed Tsing Hua Chair Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University. His previous affiliation was Xerox Company. He was a visiting professor at Lehigh University and National Institute of Standards and Technology. To name several of those awards, he was the recipient of 1998 Roon Foundation Award from Federation Society of Coating Technology. He served as an award committee member, TMS. He awarded Fellows of ASM in 2004 and MRS-Taiwan in 2009. He published 250 articles in peer-reviewed journals.

1.Nanocoposites 2.Material Sciences

Guoqian Chen is a Professor, Laboratory of Systems Ecology and Sustainability Science, College of Enginnering, Peking University, Beijing, China completed his education from Huazhong Institute of Technology, Wuhan, China. He is a recipient of the Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers Award, and among the Thomson Reuters China Citation Laureates. He is an editorial board for dozens of international journals. He has more than 100 international publications in reputed prestigious journals.

1.Computational Fluid Dynamics 2.Environmental Hydrodynamics 3.Energy and Water Resources 4.Climate Change Thermodynamics 5.Systems Ecology 6.Ecological Economics 7.Environmental Modeling and Informatics

Professor Qing Chang graduated from the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and obtained his MD. He is currently a professor at the School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering at Lanzhou Jiaotong University of China. He has been active over 40 years in his field and has been an investigator as the leader to propose, carryout, manage and finish various research project. He has authored over 150 papers published in peer- reviewed journals and four books published by Chinese publishers and one book by Elsevier Inc. He was awarded three prizes by Chinese government for his contribution to science and technology.

Material Sciences and Environmental Engineering

Prior to joining the faculty at Washington University in 2001, Professor Agarwal was the Chair of the Aerospace Engineering Department at Wichita State University from 1994 to 1996 and the Executive Director of National Institute for Aviation Research from 1996 to 2001. From 1994 to 2001, he was also the Bloomfield Distinguished Professor at Wichita State University.

Ramesh Agarwal’s current research interests include ground effect aerodynamics, flow control, rarefied gas dynamics and hypersonic flow, bio-fluid dynamics, wind energy, energy efficiency of buildings, chemical looping combustion and geological carbon sequestration

Dr Bharat Bhushan is an Ohio Eminent Scholar and The Howard D Winbigler Professor in the Professor in the College of Engineering and the Director of the Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio Nanotechnology and Biomimetics NLB2 at the Ohio State University Columbus Ohio He holds two MS a PhD in mechanical engineering/mechanics an MBA and three semihonorary and honorary doctorates His research interests include fundamental studies with a focus on scanning probe techniques in the interdisciplinary areas of bio/nanotribology bio/nanomechanics and bio/nanomaterials characterization and applications to bio/nanotechnology and biomimetics He has authored 7 scientific books more than 90 handbook chapters more than 700 scientific papers h index – 48; ISI Highly Cited in Materials Science since 2007 and more than 60 scientific reports edited more than 50 books and holds 17 US and foreign patents He is coeditor of Springer NanoScience and Technology Series and Microsystem Technologies He has organized various international conferences and workshops He is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards and international fellowships including the Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize for Senior Scientists Max Planck Foundation Research Award for Outstanding Foreign Scientists and the Fulbright Senior Scholar Award He is a member of various professional societies including the International Academy of Engineering Russia He has previously worked for various research labs including IBM Almaden Research Center San Jose CA He has held visiting professor appointments at University of California at Berkeley University of Cambridge UK Technical University Vienna Austria University of Paris Orsay ETH Zurich and EPFL Lausanne

Fundamental studies with a focus on scanning probe techniques in the interdisciplinary areas of bio/nanotribology/nanomechanics and nanomaterials characterization in bio/nanotechnology and biomimetics.

Manijeh Razeghi received the Doctorat d\État es Sciences Physiques from the Université de Paris, France, in 1980. After heading the Exploratory Materials Lab at Thomson-CSF (France), she joined Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, as a Walter P. Murphy Professor and Director of the Center for Quantum Devices in Fall 1991, where she created the undergraduate and graduate program in solid-state engineering. She is one of the leading scientists in the field of semiconductor science and technology, pioneering in the development and implementation of major modern epitaxial techniques such as MOCVD, VPE, gas MBE, and MOMBE for the growth of entire compositional ranges of III-V compound semiconductors. She is on the editorial board of many journals such as Journal of Nanotechnology, and Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, an Associate Editor of Opto-Electronics Review. She is on the International Advisory Board for the Polish Committee of Science, and is an Adjunct Professor at the College of Optical Sciences of the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. She has authored or co-authored more than 1000 papers, more than 30 book chapters, and fifteen books, including the textbooks Technology of Quantum Devices (Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., New York, NY U.S.A. 2010) and Fundamentals of Solid State Engineering, 3rd Edition (Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., New York, NY U.S.A. 2009). Two of her books, MOCVD Challenge Vol. 1 (IOP Publishing Ltd., Bristol, U.K., 1989) and MOCVD Challenge Vol. 2 (IOP Publishing Ltd., Bristol, U.K., 1995), discuss some of her pioneering work in InP-GaInAsP and GaAs-GaInAsP based systems. The MOCVD Challenge, 2nd Edition (Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, 2010) represents the combined updated version of Volumes 1 and 2. She holds 50 U.S. patents and has given more than 1000 invited and plenary talks. Her current research interest is in nanoscale optoelectronic quantum devices. Dr. Razeghi is a Fellow of MRS, IOP, IEEE, APS, SPIE, OSA, Fellow and Life Member of Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Fellow of the International Engineering Consortium (IEC), and a member of the Electrochemical Society, ACS, AAAS, and the French Academy of Sciences and Technology. She received the IBM Europe Science and Technology Prize in 1987, the Achievement Award from the SWE in 1995, the R.F. Bunshah Award in 2004, and many best paper awards.

Nanoscale, Optoelectronic, Quantum devices

Minna Hakkarainen is Professor in Polymer Technology and the Head of Polymer Technology Division at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. Her research interests include sustainable polymers, additives, graphene-derivatives, polymer blends and composites for packaging and biomedical applications, recycling of polymers and biomass to green chemicals and carbon materials, and further utilization of these products for design of functional materials. Recently she developed microwave assisted processes for valorization of biomass to value added carbon products. She has published more than 120 scientific papers in international peer reviewed journals as well as several book chapters. She has led several national and international research projects.

Her research focus is degradable and biobased polymers, nanocomposites and polymer additives for packaging and biomedical applications. She also has special interest in microwave reactions, graphene derivatives and characterization of polymer degradation by mass spectrometry

G.Q. Chen is a professor of energy and environmental resources at Peking University, China and a Distinguished Adjunct Professor at King Abudulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. With distinguished contributions as marked by around 300 publications in prestigious journals, Prof. Chen has won a series of awards and honors, including Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers Award, Thomson Reuters China Citation Laureate. He served as editor, associate editor or advisory member for 50 international journals.

Computational Fluid Dynamics; Environmental Hydrodynamics; Energy and Water Resources; Climate Change Thermodynamics; Systems Ecology; Ecological Economics; Environmental Modeling and Informatics.

Tadeusz Biela is Head of the Department of Polymer Chemistry,Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, He holds His PhD in Chemistry, Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies in 1992 and worked Assistant Professor, Department of Polymer Chemistry, Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences from 1994-2009, In year 2009 he is Docent (Associate Professor), group leader, Department of Polymer Chemistry at the Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, at present he is Head of Department of Polymer Chemistry at the Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, He has Author or co-author of more than 60 scientific papers, published mostly in the highest impact factor polymer journals and more than 60 contributions to the international symposia.

1.Ring-opening polymerization 2.Hyper-branched and star-shaped polyesters 3.Stereocomplex of polymers 4.Supramolecular chemistry of polymers 5.SEC in determination of polymer architecture

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