University of Athens, Greece
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.
The University of Chicago
Prof. Pekcan received his MS Degree in Physics at The University of Chicago in June 1971, then in May 1974, his PhD Thesis was accepted in Solid State Physics in University of Wyoming. Habilitation Thesis was accepted in Solid State Physics in 1979. He worked as Visiting Professor, in University of Toronto, Department of Chemistry, CANADA between 1981-1988. He was appointed as full Professor in Istanbul Technical University in Department of Physics, TURKEY and worked there between years of 1988-2005. He was Elected Member of Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA), in January 1995. Now He is Professor at Kadir Has University, in Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics. Since 2012 he is a member of Science Academy.
His Researches mainly covers; Sol-Gel Phase Transitions and other Critical Phenomenon in Polymers, Latex Film Formation by Steady State Fluorescence, Polymer Film Dissolution, Liquid Crystal Polymers, Polymer- Ceramic Composite Materials, Swelling and drying Mechanisms of Polymeric Gels, Phase Transitions in Biopolymers, Proteins and Enzymes, Carbon nanotube doped gels and latex films, Conductivity Percolation, Ceramic coated Nano latexes (Nano lenses, photonic Crystals) and Graphene-polymer composites. He has published about 400 journal paper, related to above topics with citation about 6000, and his h index is 40
Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
Mahnaz Eskandari degrees are in Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran(B.Sc. in Polymer Engineering, May 1994), Amirkabir University of Technology (Polytechnic of Tehran), Tehran, Iran (Master of Science in Polymer Engineering, May 1996) and Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, IL, USA (Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, May 2006).
Currently she is working as an Assistant Professor, Amirkabir University of Technology, Biomedical Engineering Department, Tehran, Iran.
He got Excellent Research Award of HKUST School of Engineering in 2012. He obtained Gold Medal and The Best Award in the Invention & Innovation Awards 2014 held at the Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) 2014, which was hosted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 20-22 Feb 2014. He is a Member of EU Academy of Sciences (EUAS) since July 2017.
degrees from California South University (CSU), Irvine, California, USA
Prof. Dr. Alireza Heidari, Ph.D., D.Sc. is a Full Distinguished Professor and Academic Tenure of Chemistry and also Enrico Fermi Distinguished Chair in Molecular Spectroscopy at California South University (CSU), Irvine, California, USA. He has got his Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees from California South University (CSU), Irvine, California, USA. Furthermore, he has double postdocs in Project Management, Oncology, Human Cancer Tissues and Synchrotron Radiation from Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and also in Nanochemistry and Modern Molecular Electronic–Structure Computations Theory from California South University (CSU), Irvine, California, USA. His research interests include Biophysical Chemistry, Biomolecular and Biomedical Spectroscopy, Quantum Chemistry, Nanochemistry, Modern Electronic Structure Computations, Theoretical Chemistry, Mathematical Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Vibrational Spectroscopy, Molecular Modelling, Ab initio & Density Functional Methods, Molecular Structure, Biochemistry, Molecular Simulation, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Oncology, Synchrotron Radiation, Synchrocyclotron Radiation, LASER, Anti–Cancer Nano Drugs, Nano Drugs Delivery, ATR–FTIR Spectroscopy, Raman Spectroscopy, Intelligent Molecules, Molecular Dynamics, Biosensors, Biomarkers, Molecular Diagnostics, Numerical Chemistry, Nucleic Acids, DNA/RNA Monitoring, DNA/RNA Hypermethylation & Hypomethylation, Human Cancer Tissues, Human Cancer Cells, Tumors, Cancer Tissues, Cancer Cells, etc.
Shenzhen University, China
Dr. Biao HU is currently an Assistant Professor at the College of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen University, P.R. China. He obtained his Ph.D. from the City University of Hong Kong in 2017. His main research focuses on composite materials & structures, structural retrofitting, and sustainable construction materials. He has published 47 SCI journal papers. The publications have attracted more than 1370 citations recorded in Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com.hk/citations?user=dgo3y7gfI3AC&hl=zh-TW ) with a H-index of 19. He is the principal investigator of 6 research projects and the co-investigator of more than 10 research projects.
National Laboratory of Engineering and Geology (LNEG), Portugal
Dr. Miguel Nuno Miranda received the degree in Energetic Engineering (University Autonomous of Lisbon) in 1998 and the Ph.D. degree in Environmental Science (University of Aveiro) in 2009, Portugal. Dr. Miguel Miranda has authored more than 60 scientific works (including chapters, papers in international journals and book of proceedings, and poster presentations) and his commitment to working at interdisciplinary boundaries is evidenced by his involvements as Editorial Board Member of several scientific journals as well as in International Conferences as Organizing Committee Member. His main research interests include waste management and/or valorization of different materials through thermochemical conversion processes, production of fuels and biofuels and solar energy concentration (SEC) solutions towards the production of solar fuels.
Aligarh Muslim University, India
Prof. Mohammad Arif Kamal have around 20 years of Teaching, Research and Professional Field Experience. His SCOPUS Author ID is 56921383300 with an h-index of 13 with around 865 Citations (Highest in Architecture in India).
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fdV0F4QAAAAJ&hl=en
His areas of Research are Environmental Design, Sustainable Building Materials, Composite Materials, Green Buildings, Architectural Engineering, Building Materials.
Recently he have published 12 books on Building Construction Technology and have also edited 5 Special Topic Volumes Related to Sustainable Building Materials (Scopus Indexed) , published by Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.
Hebei University of Technology, China
Thomas J. Webster’s (H index: 126) degrees are in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh (B.S., 1995; USA) and in biomedical engineering from RPI (Ph.D., 2000; USA). He has formed over a dozen companies who have numerous FDA approved medical products currently improving human health in over 30,000 patients. His technology is also being used in commercial products to improve sustainability and renewable energy. He is currently helping those companies and serves as a professor at Brown University, Saveetha University, Hebei University of Technology, UFPI, and others. Dr. Webster has numerous awards including: 2020, World Top 2% Scientist by Citations (PLOS); 2020, SCOPUS Highly Cited Research (Top 1% Materials Science and Mixed Fields); 2021, Clarivate Top 0.1% Most Influential Researchers (Pharmacology and Toxicology); 2022, Best Materials Science Scientist by Citations (Research.com); and is a fellow of over 8 societies. Prof. Webster is a former President of the U.S. Society for Biomaterials and has over 1,350 publications to his credit with over 55,000 citations. He was recently nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Prof. Webster also recently formed a fund to support Nigerian student research opportunities in the U.S.
Ghent University Belgium, Belgium
Prof. Gustaaf Schoukens was professor of polymer technology at the Ghent University (Belgium), faculty of Engineering, retired since October 1, 2014.
He received his degree in Chemical Engineering from the K.U. Leuven (Belgium) in 1971 where he also obtained his Ph.D. in 1978. The subject of his Ph.D. research was “Non-linear viscoelastic behavior of dispersions”. This subject has a renewed interest due to the presence of nanoparticles in the air (pollution) and even in blood and longs and their possibility to form gel-like structures.
He worked as senior researcher from 1978 till 2004 in the private industry (Solvay; Central Research Laboratory) in the field of polymerization and polymer processing.
National Institute of Research and Physicochemical Analysis, Tunisia
Dr. Mohsen Mhadhbi obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Sfax, Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, Tunisia. He is currently Assistant Professor in National Institute of Research and Physicochemical Analysis, Tunisia. His research interests include material engineering, ceramics, composites, energy, powder technology, simulation and modeling. Her published works in national and international impacted journals and Books. He is a teacher in material sciences. Hence, he supervised several researchers. He is a member of various scientific journals and associations and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute.
He got Excellent Research Award of HKUST School of Engineering in 2012. He obtained Gold Medal and The Best Award in the Invention & Innovation Awards 2014 held at the Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) 2014, which was hosted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 20-22 Feb 2014. He is a Member of EU Academy of Sciences (EUAS) since July 2017.
University of Kashan, Iran
Prof. Dr. Gholamhossein Sodeifian (1971) graduated in chemical engineering (M.S) from University of Tehran, in 1997 and received his doctorate (Ph.D), in polymer Engineering from Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, in 2002. After that, he has worked till now as a chemical engineering professor, at University of Kashan. His researches focuses on polymer science, extraction of essential and seed oils, solubility measurement of solid drugs, micro and nano-particle formation of pharmaceutical materials in supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2), drug delivery systems, and other new techniques. He has developed for the first time in the world a new and efficient technique for nanoparticle formation, i.e., US-RESOLV. He has published more than 102 ISI scientific papers with 5 inventions and 9 books in Persian language. Also, professor Sodeifian is named in the world’s top 2% of scientists list in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. He is currently Guest Editor of Molecules (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules/special_issues/N93L52OK0W) and for an special issue on Recent Advances in Drug Delivery Systems at following link https://ojs.gs-publishing.uk/index.php/BMEH/catalog/category/Drug-Delivery-Systems
