Dr. H. Hosseinkhani, Chemical Engineer, has broad experience in life sciences and is an expert in nanotechnology, biomaterials, drug delivery, 3D in vitro systems, bioreactor technology, and bioengineering stem cells technology. His working experience is mainly attributed to academia and industry of biomedical engineering research and development (which includes several years of basic science research experience in a number of premier institutions related to the structure and function of biomaterials, and in polymer-based and mineral-based medical implants development in the medical device industry). He has been awarded several prestigious fellowships including the JSPS Fellowship of Japan, and the European Marie Curie Fellowship. He authored more than 100 scientific papers published on peer-reviewed Journals, 5 books, and 10 book chapters (H-index: 46Google Scholar). He is the inventor of 16 National and International patents, several of which are licensed to companies acting in the biomedical fields and translated to 7 commercial products. He is the founder of Matrix, Inc., a world-leading Biotech Company dedicated to healthcare technology to improve patients' quality of life. He is Editor-in-Chief; Recent Progress in Materials, Editor-in-Chief; Journal of Modern Nanotechnology, and Country Editor; Current Drug Delivery

Ian Manners is Canadian and British. After receiving his B.Sc. and Ph.D. in the UK he conducted postdoctoral work in Germany and then in the USA. He joined the University of Toronto, Canada as an Assistant Professor in 1990 and was promoted to Full Professor in 1995 and was made a Canada Research Chair in 2001. In 2006 he returned to the UK to take up an EU Marie Curie Chair at Bristol and in 2018 he became a Canada 150 Research Chair at the University of Victoria, Canada. He also holds a visiting professorship at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. He is an elected member of the Canadian, British, and European Academy of Sciences (EURASC).

Joe Bonem is a Texas (USA) based engineering consultant specializing in the area of polymers. Prior to entering the consulting business as the owner of Process Engineering and Polymers Consulting, he was employed by ExxonMobil Chemicals in the fields of elastomers and plastics. He has been involved in all phases of engineering activities associated with polymers from development and design to manufacturing. Development activities have included techniques for evaluating research efforts at an early stage to allow optimization of skilled resources. He has authored a book on scaleup and commercialization of laboratory developments titled Chemical Projects Scale Up -How to go from Laboratory to Commercial.In addition to this book, he has written 2 other books dealing with a unique engineering approach to technical problem-solving. He has been involved with companies in the UK, Europe, Japan and the Middle East.

Prof. Dr. Ilaria Cacciotti is a Full Professor of Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering and Materials Science and Technology at the University of Rome "Niccolò Cusano", with consolidated expertise in the synthesis and characterization of (bio)materials and eco-sustainable systems. She is a Member of the Research and Projects Committee and Erasmus+ Coordinator for Engineering Area. She graduated in Medical Engineering at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (Master of Science Award ‘Fondazione Raeli’). Afterwards, she completed the Ph.D in Materials Engineering (Ph.D Thesis Award ‘Marco Ramoni 2011, Ph.D. Thesis AIMAT Award 2012) and she obtained the II Level Master degrees in “Forensic Genetics” and in "Protection against CBRNe events". She is an expert in the synthesis, processing and characterization of biocompatible nanostructured materials, particularly for applications in the biomedical, environmental, and agri-food sectors, including bioceramics (undoped and doped calcium phosphates, bioactive glasses), biopolymers and composites. She is a reviewer for more than 100 peer-review journals, e.g. Acta Biomaterialia, Biofabrication, Chemical Engineering Journal, has been/is Guest Editor of several Special issues, and is a member of the Editorial Board of several international journals, including Applied Science-MDPI, Applied Surface Science AdvancesElsevier, Biomedical glasses-DE GRUYTER OPEN, Frontiers in Biomaterials, Open Journal of Materials Science-Bentham Science, Recent Patents on Materials Science-Bentham Science, The Open Materials Science Journal-Bentham Open, Reviews on Advanced Materials Science-DE GRUYTER OPEN, and serves on various grant review committees, such as National Science Foundation (NSF), Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), and National Science Center (NCN, NARODOWE CENTRUM NAUKI).

Dr. Manju Misra is a professor in the School of Engineering and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Plant Agriculture at the University of Guelph. She holds the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Sustainable Biocomposites from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and the Research Program Director of the Bioeconomy Panel for the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance a program between the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) and the University of Guelph. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), and the Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE). Dr. Misra’s current research focuses primarily on novel bio-based composites and nanocomposites from agricultural, forestry, and recycled resources for the sustainable bio-economy moving towards a Circular Economy. She has authored more than 800 publications, including 404 peer-reviewed journal papers, 21 book chapters, and 53 patents. Link to Dr. Misra's Google Scholar. She was an editor of the CRC Press volume, “Natural Fibers, Biopolymers and Biocomposites,” Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL (2005); American Scientific Publishers volume “Packaging Nanotechnology”, Valencia, California (2009); “Polymer Nanocomposites”, Springer (2014) and “Fiber Technology for Fiber-Reinforced Composites”, Woodhead Publishing (2017). She was the chief editor of “Biocomposites: Design and Mechanical Performance” Woodhead Publishing (2015). She was the President of the BioEnvironmental Polymer Society (BEPS) in 2009. She serves on the editorial boards of “Journal of Applied Polymer Science”, “Composites Part A: Science and Manufacturing”, “Polymer Testing”, “Macromolecular Materials and Engineering”, "ACS Omega", and “Composites Part C: Open Access”. Awards, Honours, and Distinctions 2020 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner in the Manulife Science and Technology, Women's Executive Network (WXN), Canada 2020 Featured Author, Publication chosen for the ACS OMEGA publication in the Open Access Virtual Issue “Celebrating 5 Years of Open Access with ACS Omega” 2020 Tier 1 Canada Research Chair – Sustainable Biocomposites, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada 2020 Fellow, Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE), USA 2020 CEPS Undergraduate Supervision Award, University of Guelph, Canada 2020 Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), USA 2020 Featured Female Author, Publication chosen for the ACS OMEGA publication in the Open Access Virtual Issue “Women at the Forefront of Chemistry” 2019 The Prestigious “Glory of India” (Bharat Jyoti) Award, India International Friendship Society. 2019 Featured Author – Open Access Week (Oct 21-27), Featuring authors who frequently publish in ACS OMEGA. 2019 Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK 2019 Woman of Distinction on Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM): Guelph YMCA-YWCA Women of Distinction, Canada 2018 NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada This award honours the most outstanding achievements of the collaboration between academia and industry in the natural sciences and engineering. 2017 Andrew Chase Forest Products Division Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), USA 2017 Featured Canadian Author, Two publications chosen for ACS Publications Open Access Virtual Issue “Hot Materials in a Cool Country” featuring articles authored by Canadians to celebrate the 100th meeting of the Canadian Chemistry Conference 2016 Innovation of the Year Award, University of Guelph, Canada This award is for the creation of the 100% Compostable Bio-composite Resin using coffee chaff (waste stream of coffee roasting industry) for single-serve coffee pods. More awards for this innovation found here: http://purpod100.com/awards/ 2014 Composites Part A Most Highly Cited Paper Award, "Characterization of natural fiber surfaces and natural fiber composites", selected for the award which highlights that the paper has truly generated interest and awareness within the composites community 2012 Jim Hammar Memorial Service Award, BioEnvironmental Polymer Society (BEPS), USA

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Professor Bernd Rehm is the founding Director of the Centre for Cell Factories and Biopolymers at Griffith University Brisbane, Australia. The Centres mission is to research and develop innovative functional materials and technologies that can provide solutions for global health challenges. He has authored over 200 publications that attracted >15,000 citations h-index of 62. He is named inventor on 59 patent applications of which 24 were granted. His teams research focuses on harnessing biological self-assembly systems for in vivo/in vitro self-organization of biological nano micro-structures. He made key discoveries providing critical insights into the biosynthesis of biopolymers and the formation of biopolymer-based supramolecular assemblies. A major research focus is the development of platform technologies for the assembly of precision-engineered materials for uses such as particulate subunit vaccines, immunodiagnostics, biosensors, catalysis, and bioseparations. He will present selected examples showing the design and application of advanced bio-based materials for medical and industrial uses.

" Yasumitsu Uraki,PhD. He is a professor in Laboratory of Wood Chemistry,Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University. His research started with utilization of chitin and chitosan through chemical modifications. His current researches are technological development for effective biomass refinery and utilizations of refined woody biomass components, such as functionalization of lignin and invention of lignin-based macromolecular materials, development of novel cellulosic materials. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, including 7 book chapters. He got The Japan Wood Research Society Prize in 2006, and The Cellulose Society of Japangave him two awards, Jisuke Hayashi Award in 2004, and Prize of The Cellulose Society of Japan in 2020. Now, he is Editorial Board Members for “Cellulose” and “Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technogy”.

Dr. Habil. Vaidotas KAŽUKAUSKAS is a Professor at the Faculty of Physics of Vilnius University, Lithuania. He was awarded Dr. Habil. degree in 1999. The topics of his research work are carrier transport, generation, recombination and trapping phenomena in advanced materials and structures for (opto-)electronic and photovoltaic applications. Prof. V. Kažukauskas is/was involved as a team leader into the six large-scale international projects and other numerous projects. He was awarded the National Science Award of Lithuanian Republic, the National Science Award for the Distinguished Scientist, the Science Award of the Rector of Vilnius University and others. V. Kažukauskas has more than 380 publications, had delivered more than 60 invited lectures at the international conferences, and authored three textbooks.

Önder Pekcan Kadir Has University Prof. Pekcan received his MS Degree in Physics at the University of Chicago in June 1971, and then in May 1974 his PhD thesis on solid state physics was accepted at the University of Wyoming. He started his career at Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey as Assistant Professor in 1974. Habilitation thesis on solid state physics was accepted in 1979. He became Associate Professor at Hacettepe University in 1979. He visited ICTP Trieste, Italy as Visiting Scientist between June and August 1980. Between 1980 and 1981 he was a Visiting Scientist at the Technical University of Gdansk, Poland. He worked as Visiting Professor at the Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Canada between 1981 and 1988. He was appointed as full Professor at the Department of Physics, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey and worked there between 1988 and 2005. He became an Elected Member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences TUBA in January 1995. He became the Dean of School of Arts and Sciences at the Istanbul Technical University in 1997. He received the Science Award from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey TUBITAK in 1998. Prof. Pekcan was elected as Member of the Council of TÜBA in 2001 and Scientific Board of TUBITAK in 2003, respectively. He was Head of the Department of Physics, and then became Dean of School of Arts and Sciences at the Isik University between 2005 and 2008. He worked as Dean at the School of Art and Sciences, Kadir Has University 2008—2012. Now he is Professor at the Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Kadir Has University. Since 2012 he is a member of Science Academy. In the last few years Prof. Pekcan's work covers mostly the area of biopolymers and nanocomposites. onder Pekcan

Dr. Peter E. Sebaaly is a Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the Western Regional Superpave Center (WRSC) and the Pavement Engineering & Science (PES) Program at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). He is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of Nevada & Arizona, USA. He earned his B.S.C.E. (1982) and M.S.C.E. (1983) from the State University of New York at Buffalo and his Ph.D. (1987) from Arizona State University, specializing in pavements/materials engineering. In 1990, Dr. Sebaaly joined the faculty of the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). He is currently working on several research projects on the development of new-engineered materials to enhance the durability and sustainability of asphalt pavements and the incorporation of these materials into design methods and specifications for maintenance, rehabilitation, and construction of pavements. Dr. Sebaaly receives funding from various sources including the Nevada Department of Transportation, several state DOTs, the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and numerous private companies and international sponsors. Under the directorship of Dr. Sebaaly, the Pavement Engineering & Science Program at the University of Nevada has grown to a sizeable research, teaching, and training program. It continuously supports 4-5 full time research professionals and 12-15 graduate students working on various research projects. The program is well known for its high quality and thorough research activities in road materials analysis and design. Past and current graduates of the program have attained high profile positions in both government agencies and the private sector. At this point the program could not keep up with the demand of the industry for graduate pavements/materials engineers. Dr. Sebaaly is a member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the University Representative, the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM), the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT), and International Society of Asphalt Pavements (ISAP).

Associate Professor Reza Nofar is the Director of Sustainable & Green Plastics Laboratory at the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey. He received his MSc and PhD from Concordia University (Montreal, Canada) and University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada), respectively, in 2008 and 2013. Prof. Nofar’s research interests are polymer processing and rheology, biopolymers and polylactide, polymer blends and nanocomposites, microcellular polymer foams,andmicrofibrillated composites. Dr. Nofar has been the recipient of several prestigious awards such as 2021 Outstanding Young Scientist Award by Turkish Academy of Sciences, 2020 PPS Early Career Award,2020 Parlar Research Award and, Turkey’s 2017 Young Scientist Award. Dr. Nofaris the author oftwo bookspublished by Elsevierin 2017 and 2021, which are, respectively,entitled “Polylactide Foams” and “Multiphase Polylactide Blends”. He has also contributed his research output as4book chapters, 3 patents, over 80journal articles, and over 90 conference papers. More information about Dr. Nofar, his research activities, and his research group could be found at: www.SGPL.itu.edu.tr

Dr. Patrick C. Lee received his M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto in 2001 and 2006, respectively. Then he pursued Postdoctoral study in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Minnesota under Prof. Chris Macosko. Dr. Lee began his professional career at The Dow Chemical Company in 2008. He was a Research Scientist in Dow’s Core Research and Development organization. Dr. Lee joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Vermont as an assistant professor in 2014, then joined the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at The University of Toronto starting July 1st, 2018. Since joining U of Toronto, he created the research platform on the lightweight composite structures. Dr. Lee has 61 research journal papers, more than 100 refereed conference abstracts/papers, 2 book chapters, and 19 filed or issued patent applications. He is the PI or co-PI on domestically and internationally awarded grants from various government agencies and industries. Among his honors, Dr. Lee received the US National Science Foundation Early Faculty Career Development Award (CAREER) in 2018, the PPS Morand Lambla award in 2018, the Hanwha Advanced Materials Non-Tenured Faculty Award in 2017, 3 “best paper” awards from the Society of Plastics Engineer (2005, 2 in 2011). He also served for ANTEC TPM&F 2019 as the Technical Program Chair.

Biography: Christopher Koroneos is a chemical engineer. He did all his studies at the Department of Chemical Engineering of Columbia University in New York, USA, where he later was a professor and continues to be associated with the Earth Engineering Center as a Research Associate.

I am a progress-driven Scientific Researcher with an extensive background in Sustainability and Environmental Justice. During my career, I had the opportunity to give contributions to the Circular Economy and dissemination of important issues related to environmental protection that are entangled with the improvement of worldwide society life. After graduation in Applied Chemistry, I joined the Enersis to develop the production of biopolymers using the byproduct of biodiesel and other industrial wastes. The technological value of the biopolymer developed was confirmed by a World Patent. The results were reported in scientific papers and included in my master's thesis in Biotechnology. Simultaneously, I supported an international cooperation with the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil which aimed at the bioproduction, extraction, and characterization of biopolyesters (polyhydroxyalkanoates). I was awarded with a PhD grant from the FCT to evaluate the microbial production of biopolymers from cheese whey at FCT-NOVA and CIB (Spain). With those work projects, I had the opportunity of developing the bioconversion of industrial wastes into Polyhydroxyalkanoates and Exopolysaccharides by modeling and optimizing bioreactor processes, as well as to make and evaluating its downstream process. Posteriorly, at IPMA in collaboration with FCT-NOVA, I empowered my skills in Ecotoxicology and Analytical Chemistry analyzing the Persistent Organic Pollutants on MicroPlastics, Water, and Sediments, where the impact on marine organisms where studied. Later, at ITQB I was invited to pursue complex and interesting aspects of antimicrobial biopolymers, in particular, functional biomaterials composed of polyester that mimic the barrier properties of lipid polymers in plants. I had the chance to contribute to the optimization of a catalytic process used to purify plant lipid polymers (cutin and suberin) obtained from industrial plant wastes. During this period, I also developed and implemented analytical methods for the chemical deconvolution of these polymers, where their bio functionality, physic-chemical properties were also studied to develop knowledge in this field and to enhance its applicability in devices to release to the market. The constant involvement in European Consortiums (Academia and Companies), the organization of the International Symposium, and other collaborative events gave me the chance to be engaged with experts with different backgrounds and points of view. Their Science and Entrepreneurial mindset have boosted my knowledge and enlarged my landscape regarding natural polymers, that are emerging and trying to be commercially available. My pedagogic and reviewer activities have fostered my competencies to mentor students/collaborators and help them in building their technical/soft skills and knowledge and to support and guide their professional development. The business environment has encouraged other specific capabilities that complement and add value to the research activity, emphasizing a quick read and critique of the technical feasibility of a process. The work developed during my Master, Ph.D., and Postdoc research has resulted in several publications in international peer-reviewed journals, a world patent, and different dissemination actions. Recently, at MARE, I embraced the RIVER SEA project that lies at the interface among several disciplines and is aimed at developing knowledge about land-based sources of marine litter and microplastics, a problem of global concern with still many unknowns regarding the nature and extensions of its impacts. My ambition is to contribute to the development of new environmentally-friendly solutions to improve the safety of our global Blue Society, creating and transferring value with the knowledge and products/processes developed through entrepreneurship, partnerships, cooperation, and services.

Ivan Bozovic received his PhD in Solid State Physics from Belgrade University, Yugoslavia, where he was later elected a professor and the Physics Department Head. After moving to USA in 1985 he worked at Stanford University,the Varian Research Center in Palo Alto, California, andin Oxxel, Bremen, Germany.Since 2003, heis the MBE Group Leader at Brookhaven National Laboratory, and since 2014 also an Adjunct Professor at Yale University. He is a Member of European Academy of Sciences, Foreign Member of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts, Fellow of APS, and Fellow of SPIE. He received APS McGroddy Prize for Materials Physics, Bernd Matthias Prize for Superconducting Materials, SPIE Technology Award, M. Jaric Prize, BNL Science and Technology Prize, was Max Planck and Van der Waals Lecturer, and is a Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation PI. Ivan’s research interests include basic physics of condensed states of matter, novel electronic phenomena including unconventional superconductivity, innovative methods of thin film synthesis and characterization, and nano-scale physics. He published11 research monographs and over 300 research papers, including 30 in Science and Nature journals.

Dr. Venkatesan Renugopalakrishnan has obtained his Ph.D. in Biophysics from the State University of New York at Buffalo. His graduate studies span both Columbia and the State University of New York. He is a Professor at Northeastern University and Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School where he teaches at the HMS. He is the author of more than 250 papers, Editor of three monographs and is a Member of scientific academies.

Chamil Abeykoon is an Associate Professor of the Department of Materials at the University of Manchester and he is working mainly with the Aerospace Research Institute and the Northwest Composts Centre and supervising research students affiliated with the Department of Materials and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UoM. Chamil received the B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, in 2007, with the award of best performance in mechanical engineering, and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the Queens University Belfast, U.K., in 2011, with several publications, in which one of his publications received the Young Author Best Paper Award from the IEEE in 2011. After completing the Ph.D. degree, he briefly worked as a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering with the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, a Research Fellow with the University of Bradford, U.K., and a Lecturer of Engineering with the Wrexham Glyndwr University, U.K., before joining the UoM. So far, he has authored 70+ peer-reviewed journals/conference papers. Moreover, he has authored a monograph, “Polymer Extrusion: A Study on Thermal Monitoring Techniques and Melting Issues.” His current research interests include: process monitoring, modeling, and control; soft sensors and soft sensing; process instrumentation; renewable energy technologies; 3D printing, phase change materials; and heat transfer. He is an Associate Member of the professional bodies, including IESL, IMechE, IOM3 and ICPM; and also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, U.K. Moreover, he is currently serving as an Associate Editor of 8 academic journals including Composites Communications and Journal of Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer. Also, he is serving as a visiting professor of Southwest University, China. He has been served on scientific committees, and he has also been invited for keynote speeches of several international conferences.

Dr. Alexander L. Kalamkarov is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada since 1993, and Director of Smart Materials Centre since 1995. He was awarded PhD degree from the Moscow Lomonosov State University in 1979 and the Doctor of Sciences (Habilitation) from the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1990. His academic career spans over 42 years in Research and University teaching. He has taught in Universities in the USA, England, France, Australia, Japan, Brazil and visited numerous Universities and Research Institutes around the world. Prof. Kalamkarov is awarded the CANCAM Gold Medal for the outstanding contribution in the area of Applied Mechanics in 2011. He is awarded the Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in 2002; the Fellow of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME) in 2001; and the Fellow of the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) in 2007. Prof. Kalamkarov is a Member of numerous prestigious International Editorial and Advisory boards and the International Conference Organizing Committees in the area of advanced composite materials and smart structures. Research performed by Prof. Kalamkarov in the areas of advanced composite materials and smart materials and structures is internationally recognized. He has authored more than 350 research publications, including over 160 refereed journal papers, 8 Research Monographs, and 2 US patents. Prof. Kalamkarov has made a major contribution to the fundamental analysis, design, and optimization of composite materials and smart composite structures, composite reinforced shells, and plates.

Dr. Bogdana MITU received her PhD in Physics, plasma specialization at the University of Bucharest in 2003; she is Senior Scientist 1st degree at National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, since 2011. Nowadays she holds the position of deputy-head of Innovation Centre in Photonics and Plasma for Advanced Materials and Eco-Nano Technologies Main activities relevant for the International Forum on Biopolymers and Polymer Science may be grouped in the following directions: 1) Plasma processing of polymeric materials and surfaces; 2) Development of plasma functionalized or composite track membranes for various filtration processes; 3) Fundamental processes in plasmas and plasma diagnostics for design plasma polymerization and plasma induced graft polymerization processes; 4) Multifunctional materials and polymeric based nanocomposites deposited by plasma and laser techniques (for optical, electrical, stimuli-responsive, biomedical, energy applications). The obtained results have been published in more than 85 ISI papers, which have been cited around 600 times, excluding self-citations, H-index 15.

Dr. Olga V. Alekseeva studied Chemistry at the Ivanovo Institute of Chemistry and Technology (USSR) and graduated in 1977. She received her PhD degree (physical chemistry) in 1988 at the Institute of Solution Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences. From 1995 to the present time, she has been working as a senior researcher at the Institute of Solution Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Ivanovo, Russia). From 2003 to 2011, she combined her scientific activities with pedagogical work at the Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, as an associate professor at the Department of Chemistry and Technology of Higher Molecular Compounds. Research interests: obtaining and studying the properties of functional hybrid materials for use as medical materials, as well as sorbents for removal of harmful and toxic substances from aqueous and aqueous-organic media.

Dimitrios P. Nikolelis received his PhD from University of Athens in 1976 and he is a professor of analytical and environmental chemistry in Department of Chemistry, University of Athens. Prof. Dimitrios Nikolelis has coordinated 3 European Projects on environmental biosensors (CIPA96-0231, IC15-CT96-0804 and QLK3-2000-01311). He also was twice a. NATO Director in the following Advanced Research Workshops: 1. Biosensors for Direct Monitoring of Environmental Pollutants in Field, Smolenice, Slovakia,: May 1996 and 2. Portable biosensors for the Rapid Detection of Biochemical Weapons of Terrorism, July 2012. Prof. Dimitrios Nikolelis has over 200 scientific papers in scientific journals and conferences. He is the Editor of 5 books on Biosensors (1. Biosensors for Direct Monitoring of Environmental Pollutants in Field, Springer, 1996, 2. Portable Chemical Sensors- Weapons against Bioterrorism, Springer, 2012 and 3. Portable Biosensing of Food Toxicants and Environmental Pollutants, CRC, 2013 3. 4. Biosensors for Security and Bioterrorism Applications, Springer, 2014. 5. Nanotechology and biosensors: recent advances, Elsevier, 2017. He is the Editor of many scientific journals. His research is targeted on the fabrication of portable biosensors for in the field uses and he has authored a large number of scientific papers on the detection of environmental pollutants such as hydrazines, dioxins, insecticides, toxins, etc. His current interests also include the construction of novel chemical nanosensors that can be used for the rapid detection of environmental pollutants directly in the gas phase. Prof. D. P. Nikolelis group has recently utilized graphene and ZnO to develop chemical nanosensors based on polymer lipid films for species of clinical or food significance such as urea, uric acid, cholesterol, etc. In progress, there is the evaluation and validation of nanosensors that are based on stabilized polymerized lipid films supported on glass fiber filters using a dry spot test using optical methods of analysis (i.e., fluorescence) to detect environmental pollutants such as insecticides, plant hormones, toxins, hydrazines, etc.

Author details: Dr.Baig, MMFA is a registered pharmacist, and currently a post-doctoral fellow (PDF) at the Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, under the supervision of Professor Dr.Chengfei Zhang. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD), and MPhil (Pharmaceutical Chemistry) degrees from the Faculty of Pharmacy, BahauddinZakariya University (BZU), Pakistan, and a Ph.D. degree from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University (NJU), China under the supervision of Prof.Dr. Xing-Hua Xia. During his PharmD research, he worked on a clinical trial in the Cardiology Ward of Nishtar Hospital, Multan, Pakistan (2009-2011). Later, he worked as a “Research Assistant” on a breast cancer project in the Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, BZU, Pakistan (2011-2012). His task was to analyze genetic polymorphism in the DNA extracted from the WBCs of the freshly collected blood samples. Then, he joined “Novartis Pharma, Pakistan” as a “Medical Information Officer” in the cardiovascular group (2012-2015) and won the “National Performance Award” in 2015. After that, he switched to academia in 2015 and worked as a “Lecturer of Pharmacology and Biochemistry” in Multan Medical & Dental College, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. He also taught Pharmacology and Physiology as a visiting lecturer at China Pharmaceutical University, and Nanjing Medical University in summer 2019. His MPhil research was focused on DNA Nanotechnology, Polymers, Material Chemistry, Drug Delivery, Biomedical Engineering, and Molecular Pharmaceutics. During his PhD, he won an excellent PhD student award in 2019 and worked on MechanoPharmacology, Advanced DNA NanoTherapeutics, Developmental Biology, Neuroscience, Biophysics, Bio-sensing, Bio-imaging, and Diagnostics. Currently, his research focus is designing DNA-based novel functional & bio-active nanomaterials to apply in Restorative Dentistry, Oral Microbiology & Oncology, Regenerative Therapeutics, and Stem Cells Research. He has published 50 peer-reviewed articles, and 3 book chapters including 19 publications as a first author in prestigious biomedical and nanotechnology journals such as Nano Letters (ACS, USA), indexed in Harvard University Library Press, USA. He has an H-index of 12, and a total of 425 citations (google scholar) with a cumulative impact factor of 173.

Current Research Interests: • Stimuli-responsive polymers and hydrogels, Nanoparticles in Hydrogels • Chemistry and technology of Superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) • Water-soluble polymers and hydrophobically modified associating polymers • Polymeric Adhesives for Automotive Applications • Electrospinning of polymers for bio-medical applications Education: • Ph. D. (Chemistry), University of Bombay, India, 1989 • B. Sc. (Tech)[Polymers], UDCT, Bombay, India, 1982 • B. Sc. (Chemistry), Karnatak University, Dharwad, India, 1979 Experience: • Jan-March 2016 Visiting Professor to Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan • Nov 2008 Visiting Professor to University of Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris • 2019 July- Emeritus Scientist,CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune • 2014- 2019, Chief Scientist (Scientist G), CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune • 2008- 2014, Scientist F, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune • 2002- 2008, Scientist E-II, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune • 1997- 2002, Scientist E - I, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune • 2004, 2005, 2006(one month each time) Visiting Scientist, ESPCI, Paris, France • 1997-1999, Humboldt Fellow, University of Mainz, Germany • 1992-1997 Scientist - C, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune • 1991-1993, CEC post-doctoral Fellow, University of Strathclyde, UK • 1992 March, Visiting Scientist, Virginia Tech, USA • 1987-1992, Scientist - B, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune • June - November 1982, Technical Officer, COSMO FILMS LTD., Bombay Achievements: • Author/Co-author of more than 100 papers in refereed International journals ;5US Patents • Project Leader in Projects funded from DST, CSIR(NMITLI) New Delhi; P&G, USA; Ranbaxy, Gudgaon; IFCPAR, New Delhi; CAL, Faridabad; RGSTC, Mumbai • Recognized by Pune University for guiding students for their Ph.D and M.PhilChemistry and Engineering degrees (15-Ph Ds completed) • Life Member of the National Magnetic Resonance Society of India,Bangalore • Life Member of the Society for Polymer Science (SPS), India; Secretary, SPS Pune Chapter (2009-2012), President SPS Pune Chapter 2014- • Life Member of the Asian Polymer Association (APA), New Delhi • Life Member (LM-61) of Society for Advancement of Natural Resins and Gums (SANRAG), Ranchi • Vice-President, Humboldt Academy, Pune • In the Editorial Board of Trade Science Inc. Macromolecules, An Indian Journal (TSI Journals- Media for Rapid Publication) • Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences • Scientist of the Year Award 2009 from CSIR-NCL Research Foundation • 45 Invited talks in International conferences: India, Nepal, Germany, France, UK, Italy, Turkey, South Korea, Japan. • Member of the Research Council (RC) of Biomedical Technology wing of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Science and Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum • Member of the CSIR-URDIP Task Management Committee (TMC), Pune

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Dr. Osman Adiguzel graduated from Department of Physics, Ankara University, Turkey in 1974 and received PhD- degree from Dicle University, Diyarbakir-Turkey. He studied at Surrey University, Guildford, UK, as a post doctoral research scientist in 1986-1987, and his studies focused on shape memory alloys. He worked as research assistant, 1975-80, at Dicle University and shifted to Firat University in 1980. He became professor in 1996, and he has been retired due to the age limit of 67; following academic life of 45 years. He published over 60 papers in international and national journals; He joined over 120 conferences and symposia in international and national level as Plenary Speaker, Keynote Speaker, Invited speaker, speaker or Poster presenter. He served the program chair or conference chair/co-chair in some of these activities. In particular, he joined in last even years (2014 - 2020) over 80 conferences as Speaker, Keynote Speaker and Conference Co-Chair organized by different companies in different countries. Additionally, he retired at the end of November 2019, and contributed with Keynote/Plenary Speeches to 12 Virtual/Webinar Conferences in the first year of his retirement, 2020. Dr. Adiguzel served his directorate of Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Firat University in 1999-2004. He supervised 5 PhD- theses and 3 M.Sc theses. He is also Technical committee member of many conferences. He received a certificate which is being awarded to him and his experimental group in recognition of significant contribution of 2 patterns to the Powder Diffraction File – Release 2000. The ICDD (International Centre for Diffraction Data) also appreciates cooperation of his group and interest in Powder Diffraction File. Scientific fields of Dr. Adiguzel: Shape memory effect and displacive phase transformations in shape memory alloys and other alloys, molecular dynamics simulations, alloy modeling, electron microscopy, electron diffraction, x-ray diffraction and crystallography.