Thomas J. Webster’s (H index: 123; Google Scholar) 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 served as a professor at Purdue (2000-2005), Brown (2005-2012), and Northeastern (2012-2021; serving as Chemical Engineering Department Chair from 2012 - 2019) Universities and has formed over a dozen companies who have numerous FDA approved medical products currently improving human health in over 20,000 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, Vellore Institute 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.

Professor Sabu Thomas is the Director of Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He is also currently the Chairman of the Trivandrum Engineering Science and Technology Research Park (TrEST Research Park), Trivandrum, Kerala, India. He was the former Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. Prof.Thomas is a highly committed teacher and a remarkably active researcher well-known nationally and internationally for his outstanding contributions in polymer science and nanotechnology. He has published over 1600 research articles in international refereed journals. and has also edited and written 210 books. His H-index is 142 and total citations are more than 98,000. He has supervised 125 PhD theses. He has received many international and national awards and recognitions. Under the leadership of Prof. Thomas, Mahatma Gandhi University has been transformed into a top University in India.

Prof Zhou is a Professor of Environmental Engineering, with a PhD in environmental technology from the University of Manchester, UK. He has extensive research experience in marine pollution, water pollution control, vehicle emissions, and contaminated land remediation. He is an expert evaluator for funding bodies including the EU Horizon, UK (EPSRC, NERC, Defra, Royal Society), Luxembourg (National Research Fund), USA (NSF, Sea Grant Committee, US-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund), China (NNSFC), Italy (Fondazione Cariplo), Romania (National Council for Development and Innovation), and Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission etc. He is a former college member of NERC (UK). He has published 330 articles with a citation of 22,000, and an h-index of 86 (Scopus). He is a World’s Top 2% Scientist, ranked by Stanford University, Mendeley Top 100,000 Cited Researcher in the World, and Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher.

Flemming Cassee, inhalation EUROTOX board certified toxicologist since 1995, supports government authorities, the World Health organisation and other public bodies by coordinating and conducting research and providing advice to policymakers. He is the professor in Inhalation Toxicology at the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences at the Utrecht University, the Netherlands. He has taken various management position and is the senior scientist for the Inhalation Toxicology Unit. He is has been the President Dutch Society of Toxicology, as well as the President of the Inhalation and Respiratory Speciality Section and the Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Speciality Section of the USA Society of Toxicology. He also co-leads the EU Nanosafety Cluster. He is also editor in chief of Particle and Fibre Toxicology and organizer of various scientific events include the International Particle Toxicology Conference (IPTC) of which the next will be held 28-30 August 2022 in Santa Fe, USA. He has regularly published scientific reports and articles in international journals and presents research results at international conferences. In addition, he serves on a number of international advisory committees

Federico Rosei (MSc (1996) and PhD (2001) from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”) is Full Professor at the Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Varennes (QC) Canada, where he served as Director (07/2011–03/2019), currently on leave. He held the Canada Research Chair (Junior) in Nanostructured Organic and Inorganic Materials (2003–2013) and the Canada Research Chair (Senior) in Nanostructured Materials (2016–2023). Since January 2014 he holds the UNESCO Chair in Materials and Technologies for Energy Conversion, Saving and Storage. Since March 2023 he holds the Chair of Industrial Chemistry at the Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste. Dr. Rosei’s research interests focus on structure/property relationships in nanomaterials and their use as building blocks in emerging technologies. His research has been supported by multiple funding sources from the Province of Quebec, the Federal Government of Canada as well as international agencies, for a total in excess of M$ 18. He has worked in partnership with over twenty Canadian R&D companies. He is co-inventor of three patents and has published over 485 articles in prestigious international journals (including Science, Nature Phot., Nature Mater., Nature Chem., Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., Adv. Mater., Angew. Chem., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Adv. Func. Mater., Adv. En. Mat., ACS Nano, Biomaterials, etc.), which have been cited over 25,300 times (H index = 83). He has been invited to speak at over 370 international conferences (50 Keynotes, 30 Plenaries) and has given over 280 seminars and colloquia, over 60 professional development lectures and 50 public lectures in 51 countries on all inhabited continents. He is Fellow of numerous prestigious national and international societies and academies, including: the Royal Society of Canada, the European Academy of Science, the Academia Europaea, the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (Foreign), the African Academy of Sciences, the World Academy of Art and Science, the World Academy of Ceramics, the American Physical Society, the Materials Research Society, AAAS, the American Ceramic Society, Optica, SPIE, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, ASM International, the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), the Institute of Physics, the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the Institute of Materials, Metallurgy and Mining, the Engineering Institute of Canada, the Australian Institute of Physics, the Chinese Chemical Society (Honorary), the Mexican Academy of Engineering (Corresponding), the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (Foreign), Senior Member of IEEE, Global Young Academy (Alumnus) and Member of the Sigma Xi Society. He has received several awards and honours, including the FQRNT Strategic Professorship (2002–2007), the Tan Chin Tuan visiting Fellowship (NTU 2008), the Senior Gledden Visiting Fellowship (UWA 2009), UWA Professor at Large (2010–2012), a Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2001), a F.W. Bessel Award (Humboldt foundation 2011), the Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry (Royal Society of Canada 2011), the Herzberg Medal (Canadian Association of Physics 2013), the Brian Ives Lectureship (ASM international 2013), the Award for Excellence in Materials Chemistry (CSC 2014), the NSERC EWR Steacie Memorial Fellowship (2014), the José Vasconcelos Award for Education (World Cultural Council 2014), IEEE Distinguished Lectureships (NTC 2015–2016, Photonics Society 2020–2022, Electron Devices Society 2022–2024), the Lash Miller Award (ECS 2015), the Chang Jiang Scholar Award (China), the Khwarizmi International Award (Iran), the Recognition for Excellence in Mentorship (American Vacuum Society 2015), the Selby Fellowship (Australian Academy of Sciences 2016), the J.C. Polanyi Award (Canadian Society for Chemistry 2016), the Outstanding Engineer Award (IEEE Canada 2017), the President’s Visiting Fellowship for Distinguished Scientists (Chinese Academy of Sciences 2017), the Sigma Xi Distinguished Lectureship (2018–2020), the Sichuan 1000 talent (short term) award, the Lee Hsun Lecture Award (2018), the Changbai Mountain Friendship Award (2018), the IEEE Montreal Gold Medal (2018), the APS John Wheatley Award (2019), the Blaise Pascal Medal (European Academy of Science 2019), the Guangxi Golden Silkball Friendship Award (2020), the TMS Brimacombe Medal (2021), the Wolfson Fellowship (Royal Society), the Prix Urgel Archambault (ACFAS 2021), the Prix du Quebec “Marie Victorin” (2021), the J.C. Smith Medal (Engineering Institute of Canada 2022), the Premio Nazionale “Gentile da Fabriano” (Associazione Premio Gentile, Italy 2022), the Envoy of People’s Friendship Award (Jiangsu Province, 2022), the Brockhouse Medal (Canadian Association of Physics 2022), the Canadian Light Source – TK Sham Award in Materials Chemistry (CSC 2023), the Spirit of Salam Award (ICTP 2023), a Guggenheim Fellowship in Engineering (2023), Knight of the National Order of Quebec (2023) and the AVS Nanotechnology Recognition Award (2024).

Monica Lira-Cantu is a Full Professor and Group Leader of the Nanostructured Materials for Photovoltaic Energy Group at the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) in Barcelona, Spain. Her research interests are the synthesis and application of nanostructured materials for emerging solar cells like dye-sensitized, hybrid, organic and perovskite solar cells and the integration of different types of energy technologies for self-power electronics and the production of green energy. She has more than 135 publications, including 125 published articles in scientific journals, one book, 10 book chapters, and 11 patents. She is a reviewer for more than 30 scientific organizations and more than 50 scientific journals. She worked as a staff chemist for ExxonMobil Research & Engineering (USA), a visiting professor at EPFL (Switzerland) and has been visiting scientist at the Center for Advanced Science and Innovation (Japan), Oslo University (Norway), and the Risø DTU National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy (Denmark). Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and the Cannon Foundation in Europe. She is currently Editor-in-Chief of APL Energy (AIP Publishing) and Advisory Editorial Board for Discovery Materials and Springer Nature Applied Sciences (Nature); Adv. Energy and Sustainability (Wiley); Chemical Physics Impact (Elsevier) and Matter (Cell Press).

Adolfo Speghini holds the position of Professor of General and Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Verona, Italy, since October 2019. Born in Verona, Italy, he earned a PhD in Chemistry at the University of Padova, Italy. Dr. Speghini has been Visiting Scientist in prestigious research centers worldwide. His collaborations have included institutions such as the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) in Montreal, Canada); the Polish Academy of Sciences (Wroclaw, Poland); Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany); Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Spain); and Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana (Mexico DF, Mexico). Dr. Speghini has been called upon to serve as a referee in numerous international and national Panels for scientific evaluation of research projects. His recent focus lies in the realm of colloidal chemistry and inorganic-based nanomaterials, particularly those activated with luminescent lanthanide ions, which show promise for many applications in biotechnology and nanomedicine. He has published over 350 scientific papers covering various aspects of chemistry and optical spectroscopy of materials, including nanoscale research. His work on nanoscience and nanotechnology has earned him an h-index of 60, with over 10.000 citations.

Dr. Ennio Tasciotti is the Founder and Director of the Human Longevity Program of the IRCCS San Raffaele and a Professor of Applied medical sciences and technologies at the Department of Human Sciences and Promotion of the Quality of Life at the San Raffaele University. Previously he served as the Chairman of the Department of Nanomedicine (18 faculties, 12 admin staff, 120 researchers), as Founder and Director of the Center for Biomimetic Medicine at the Houston Methodist Research Institute (15 affiliated faculties, 80 researchers), and as Founder and Director of the Center for Musculoskeletal Regeneration (20 surgeons, 50 research fellows and residents) at the Houston Methodist Hospital, one of the top 20 hospitals in America. He has been included by Stanford University in the Top 1% of the most influential scientists worldwide and is considered a pioneer in the field of biomimetic medicine and among the first to exploit the regenerative power of the immune system to repair tissues. He contributed to 14 technical books, presented at over 300 conferences and published 185 research articles (H-index: 50, over 10.000 citations). His research output has been featured in press releases, scientific and mainstream media, research outlets, and scientific blogs collectively viewed by over 100 million people. His scientific activity at the intersection of engineering, pharmacology, biology and medicine resulted in 12 international patents on nanomaterials for biomedical use, some of which have been licensed to private companies.

Paulo C. DE MORAIS, PhD, was full Professor of Physics at the University of Brasilia (UnB) – Brazil up to 2013, Appointed as UnB’s Emeritus Professor (2014), Appointed as Guest Professor of Huazhong University of Science and Technology – China (2011), Visiting Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) – China (2012-2015), Appointed as Distinguished Professor at Anhui University (AHU) – China (2016-2019), Appointed as Full Professor at Catholic University of Brasília (UCB) – Brazil (2018), Appointed as CNPq-1A Research Fellowship since 2010. 2007 Master Research Prize from UnB, 2008-member of the European ERA NET Nanoscience Committee, Member of the IEEE-Magnetic Society Technical Committee, Senior Member of the IEEE Society, 2012 China’s 1000 Foreign Expert Recipient, and 2012 Academic Excellence Award from Brazilian Professor’s Union. He held two-years (1987-1988) post-doc position with Bell Communications Research – New Jersey, USA and received his Doctoral degree in Solid State Physics (1986) from the Federal University of Minas Gerais – Brazil. He graduated in both Chemistry (1976) and Physics (1977) at UnB. Professor Morais is member of the Brazilian Physical Society and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – IEEE. He has served as referee for more than 50 technical journals, takes part of the Editorial Board of more than 15 technical journals and has conducted research on nanomaterials for over 40 years. He has delivered 170 Invited Talks all over the World. He is known for his research in preparation, characterization and applications of nanosized materials (magnetic fluid, magnetoliposome, magnetic nanoemulsion, magnetic nanocapsule, magnetic nanofilm, magnetic nanocomposite, nanosized semiconductors, polymeric dots, carbon dots, and graphene quantum dots.

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Dr. Mehdi Anwar currently serves as a Full Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineehttp://www.ee.uconn.edu/anwar-research/keynote-plenary-invited-talks/ring department. As a Jefferson Science Fellow he served as Special Adviser for Technology Transfer and Innovation in the office of Intellectual Property Enforcement, Economic Bureau, U. S. Department of State. He worked on number of issues, including the United Nations High Level Panel on Access to Medicines and a new investment facilitator tool, “WIPO Match.” As the Special Adviser for Technology Transfer and Innovation, he was invited to discuss technology transfer at workshop on Building Bridges: Sharing Best Practices on Commercialization of Technology, in Warsaw, Poland, an event put together by U. S. Embassy Warsaw in partnership with Swiss and Canadian Embassies and several Polish institutions. At present, Dr. Anwar is assisting U. S. Department of State and other U. S. Government organizations and the United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States to stand up the newly established United Nations Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries. Dr. Mehdi Anwar is currently working on (a) ZnO Nanowire based UV detection and energy harvesting, (b) III-Nitrides and Oxide Semiconductor -based high power and high temperature quantumcascade lasers and (c) RF Oxide Semiconductor and III-Nitride HFETs and (d) memristors, to name a few. His team pioneered the design of low noise antimony-based-compound-semiconductor (ABCS) HEMTs with quaternary buffer/barrier and ternary, with a measured fT around 200FGHz and Fmin of 0.82dB at 15GHz. He has presented over 40 plenary and invited talks at national/international conferences, published over 240 archival journal publications, conference proceedings and book chapters and edited 9 volumes. He serves as an Editor of IEEE JEDS and served as an Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (2001 – 2010) and serves as the conference chair of the international conference on Terahertz Physics, Devices and Systems, at SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing (2009-2015). He is an SPIE Fellow.

Dr. Luis Alberto Lightbourn Rojas is a distinguished entrepreneur and scientist whose career has focused on the development of innovations in nanotechnology applied to plant nutrition, with the objective of increasing productivity and sustainability in the agricultural sector. His multidisciplinary expertise spans areas such as plant molecular biology, mathematics and chemical synthesis, which has allowed him to address the complex challenges facing modern agriculture. Throughout his career, Lightbourn Rojas has led numerous research projects that have resulted in important advances in the field of agricultural nanotechnology. His research has been instrumental in the development of nanomaterials that improve nutrient uptake by plants, thereby increasing their yields and their resistance to disease and adverse environmental conditions. For his contributions to the advancement of agricultural science and technology, Lightbourn Rojas has received numerous prestigious international awards. His research has been published in leading scientific journals, contributing to the body of knowledge in his field and consolidating his reputation as a leading expert in plant nutrition nanotechnology. In summary, Dr. Luis Alberto Lightbourn Rojas is a leader in the field of nanotechnology applied to agriculture, whose work has transformed the way food production challenges are addressed globally. His vision, dedication and innovation continue to inspire others to work towards a more sustainable and prosperous future for agriculture.

Shuo Zhao is professor/PhD Superviser in Communication University of China (CUC) and guest professor/PhD Superviser inUniversity of Malaya(UM) and Krirk University of Thailand. He received his two Ph.D in Shanghai International Studies University and Northwestern Polytechnical University. He did his Postdoctoral Research both in Fudan University, Shanghai of China and Universitat of Barcelona, Barcelona of Spain. He is majored in Higher Education, Nanotechnology and Education. He is awarded as International Humanity Scholar by American Common Ground Publishing and CEU of Spain in 2014. In addition he is awarded as Emerging Scholar by American Common Ground Publishing and Imperial College London in 2017. Recently he is awarded as Emerging Scholar by University of Pennsylvania in 2018.

Elisabetta Esposito is an Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology (CHIM09) at the University of Ferrara (Italy). She achieved her University Degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology at the University of Ferrara, Italy in 1991. From 1993 to 1997 she trained a PhD internship on Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology of the Department of Pharmaceutical Science, at the Ferrara University, reaching her PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1997, discussing the thesis "Microparticulate and semisolid systems for controlled release of drugs" at the University of Pavia. From 1998 to 2018 she continued her research activity at the Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, University of Ferrara with 8 fellowships. In 2017 she obtained the qualification of Full Professor in the competition sector 03/D2, Technology, Socioeconomics and Medicine Regulations BANDO D.D. 1532/2016, participating at the National Scientific Qualification Competition. Her research activity in general concerns nanosystems for the controlled release of molecules with biological activity. The main research topics are the production and characterization of ethosomes for topical delivery of natural drugs, the production of nano-and microspheres based on completely biocompatible materials, the production and characterization of semisolid smart dosage form.

Dr. Li Hong received his Bachelor and Ph.D. degrees from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He was awarded the Singapore Millennium Foundation (SMF) postdoctoral fellowship after graduation. In 2013, he joined the Mechanical Engineering Department at Stanford University as a postdoc where he focused on electrocatalysis for green hydrogen generation (affiliated with Center of Sustainable Energy through Catalysis). He also worked with Samsung to develop health monitoring biosensors for wearable devices. Dr. Li Hong joined the School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering/School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in June 2016 as a Nanyang Assistant Professor. He was promoted to Associate Professor with Tenue in March 2022.

Manuela Malatesta graduated with honors in Biology at the University of Urbino (Italy). She was Research Staff member at the Centre of Electron Microscopy of the University of Lausanne (Switzerland), then Assistant Professor at the Institute of Histology and Laboratory Analyses of the University of Urbino. Presently she is Associate Professor of Human anatomy at the University of Verona. She is an expert in morphological and histochemical techniques at light and electron microscopy applied to in vivo, ex vivo and in vitro models under physiological, pathological or experimental conditions. Her research interests mainly concern nanomedicine, regenerative medicine, ageing and neuromuscular diseases. In particular, in nanomedical research she has been applying multimodal microscopy to reveal the spatial and functional relationships between nanoconstructs and cell and tissue components. She co-authored more than 200 peer-reviewed papers, 6 book chapters and about 250 communications at congresses. She is editor of the European Journal of Histochemistry and has been Editor-in-chief of the journal Microscopie for fourteen years.

Dr. Mouaici Khaled holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in renewable energy, mechanics, and energetics. He earned his doctorate from the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene. During his doctoral journey, he had the opportunity to expand his research experience as a visiting scholar at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University (AYBU), where he gained valuable international research exposure. Dr. Mouaici’s research primarily focuses on the analysis of solar energy systems. He explores innovative solutions in the thermal modeling of photovoltaic systems coupled with thermoelectric modules (PV/TEC), including Thermoelectric Generators (TEG), and the involvement of nanofluids. His recent studies investigate the technological limit of solar concentration techniques applied to hybrid photovoltaic-thermal solar collectors equipped with thermoelectric generators incorporating ternary nanofluids.

Dr. Lena Yadgarov received her Ph. D from the Department of Materials and Interfaces at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. After completing her Ph.D., Lena joined Tel Aviv University in the departments of condensed matter physics and chemical physics as a postdoctoral researcher (2016). Seeking to expand her expertise further, she ventured into an additional postdoctoral position at the Weizmann Institute of Science(2018). She then continued to the “ELTA Systems Ltd.” where she was a researcher in the field of algorithm development (2019). Lena is the author of 27 scientific papers on light-matter interactions and optical phenomena in 2D materials and halide perovskites. She is the Head of the Laboratory for Nanophotonics and Photocatalysis and has been a Senior Lecturer (since 2021) in the Chemical Engineering Department. She is also a Scientific Adviser in the Department of Materials and Interfaces at the Weizmann Institute of Science.

Barbara Stella graduated in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology at the University of Turin. She received her Ph.D. both in Italy and France with a co-tutorial research project between the University of Turin and the University of Paris XI (supervisors: prof. L. Cattel and prof. P. Couvreur). From 2001 to 2007 she was granted fellowships for continuous full-time research at the University of Turin and the University of Paris XI. From 2008 to 2017 she was Assistant Professor in the Department of Drug Science and Technology of the University of Turin. From 2017 she is Associate Professor in the same Department.

Dr Shruti Nirantar is a Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow at RMIT University, Australia She received her PhD and M.Eng from RMIT University in 2020. Her research interests are silicon-free nanoelectronics, micro- and nanofabrication, and science communication. Primary research focus is on vacuum nanoelectronics and metal oxide based resistive switching devices. Dr Nirantar has received multiple prestigious awards, including 2022 Australian-American Fulbright Scholarship, Most Innovative Engineer of Australia listing 2019 by Engineers Australia, and Young Scientist Awards 2019 by Royal Society of Victoria, Australia.

Jan J. Dubowski is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Université de Sherbrooke, Canada. His research interests focus on technology of semiconductor materials and laser processing of III-V quantum semiconductors, with specific emphasis on photonic properties of epitaxial nanoheterostructures designed for sensing of surface immobilized electrically charged biomolecules. He has published over 300 research papers, reviews, book chapters and conference proceedings, and he is a holder of 7 international patents. Dr. Dubowski is a Fellow of SPIE – the International Society for Optics and Photonics, and a recipient of the Canada Research Chair in Quantum Semiconductors.

Maria Grazia Ortore obtained a Master Degree in Physics in 2002 in La Sapienza University, Rome, and a PhD in Physics in University of Perugia in 2006. After several postdoc grants, from 2013 to 2021 she was researcher (Applied Physics) in the Marche Polytechnic University. From 2021 she is associate professor. Her research focuses on soft-matter, foremost biological systems, in solution, mainly investigated by Small Angle X-ray and Neutron Scattering techniques. From her PhD Maria Grazia Ortore has been studying proteins in solution. She studied model proteins and their behavior in binary mixtures, developing models to quantitatively describe their solvation shell. Hence, she studied protein-protein interactions, and moved to the wide issue of amyloidogenic proteins. In 2013 she was the recipient of a MIUR grant (FIRB2012) of 845 k€ to study new therapeutic strategies against Alzheimer’s Disease. She was speaker at several national and international conferences, including the Biophysical Society Meeting in the USA, and the European Neutron Scattering Association Meeting. She organized a Mini-colloquium of the Condensed Matter Division of the European Physics Society in Groningen, in 2016, and a PhD School for “X-ray and Neutron Scattering for Life Sciences” in Venice in January 2020. In the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences she is in the committee for “Quality Teaching Assurance” for the Biology Science degree, and she teaches Physics, as fundamental course, from 2011. She is the author of more than 50 internationally refereed papers, received more than 600 citations. Her h-index is 22. She has obtained the national eligibility as full professor in 2018.

Maddalena Sguizzato earned the PhD in Chemical Sciences at the University of Ferrara in 2020. Currently, she is Assistant Professor in Pharmaceutical Technology at the University of Ferrara. She was Visiting Researcher at NC State University, USA, and at University of Oslo, Norway. She obtained the National Academic Qualification of Associate Professor in Pharmaceutical Technology in 2023. She is co-author of several publications in the field of drug delivery. Her research focuses on the formulation of lipid based-nanosystems for targeted delivery of poorly soluble molecules.

Antonio Pantano is full professor at the Engineering Department of the University of Palermo (Italy). He earned is M.S. (1999) and Ph.D. (2002) in Engineering Mechanics from Michigan State University. From 2002 to 2004 he was Postdoctoral Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology working on carbon nanotube enabled materials. In 2004 he moved to the Department of Mechanics, University of Palermo, where he was professor “Rientro dei Cervelli”, a position for outstanding scientist. From 2007 he is professor, first associate and later full, at the University of Palermo. He has published 9 books and more than 100 research articles.

Dr. Nuseibah Al Qtaish Assistant Professor with a PhD in Pharmaceutical Technology. In terms of teaching experience, Dr. Nuseibah has been working as an Assistant Professor at Amman Arab University in Jordan since October 2023. She has also gained research experience as a research assistant at the Cell Therapy Center at the University of Jordan from 2020 to 2022. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy at Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) in 2013. She then pursued a Master's degree in Molecular Biology and Biomedicine at the University of Cantabria (UNICAN) in Spain from 2014 to 2015. She furthered her academic journey by obtaining a PhD in Pharmaceutical Technology from the University of Basque region UPV/EHU in Spain, which she completed in 2023. Dr. Nuseibah has been actively involved in scientific conferences and has presented her research work. She has authored and co-authored several publications in the field of gene delivery and pharmaceutical technology. Her research interests include non-viral gene delivery systems, nanotechnology, and drug delivery.

Dr. Yu Zhang conducts his research in the field of semiconductor thermoelectric nanomaterials and solid-state refrigeration. In 2020, His obtained his Ph.D. degree at the University of Barcelona, Spain, under the guidance of Professor Andreu Cabot, focusing his research efforts on the exploration of nanocomposites for thermoelectric applications. Following the completion of his doctoral studies, he assumed the role of Research Scientist at the Catalan Institute for Energy Research. In 2021, he transitioned to the United States to serve as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Pennsylvania State University, collaborating with Professor Priya. There, he delved into the research of high-temperature power generation devices and low-temperature refrigeration systems. His research interests encompassed a broad spectrum of topics, including thermoelectric generators, thermal management systems, and the development of refrigeration devices. Throughout his academic and professional journey, he has made significant contributions to the field, publishing over 60 papers in prestigious academic journals such as Chem. Soc. Rev., Adv. Mater., Nat. Commun., and Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. His work has garnered widespread recognition, with research findings cited over 1,300 times with h-index of 22.

Prof. Konstantin Borodianskiy is affiliated with the Department of Chemical Engineering and holds the position of Vice Dean for R&D at Ariel University, Israel. He completed his Ph.D. at Bar Ilan University, Israel in 2011 and pursued postdoctoral studies at the University of Windsor, ON, Canada, specializing in coatings utilizing plasma-synthesis methods. Prof. Borodianskiy research interests combine traditional and innovative methods in Materials Engineering, focusing on the metallurgy of non-ferrous alloys, electrochemical methods of surface engineering, and microstructure engineering for renewable energy applications. Prof. Borodianskiy actively mentors undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdoctoral researchers. He has co-authored over 40 papers in esteemed journals and serves on the editorial boards of several. His research work was awarded by the World Innovation Summit in the US. Additionally, he received an Outstanding Teaching award four consecutive years.

Sara Francesconi, PhD is researcher in Plant Pathology at the Department of Agriculture and Forest Sciences (DAFNE) at the University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy. Her main expertise are focused on studying the plant-pathogen interaction in Fusarium head blight-wheat binomion and find novel sustainable management strategies to counteract plant diseases. She is involved in exploiting nanotechnology to establish the so-called thrid generation agrochemicals, novel nanomolecules that specifically target plant pathogens by boosting plant immunity.

Prof. Orchidea Maria Lecian graduated in Theoretical Physics at Sapienza University of Rome and ICRA- International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics in 2005 and completed her International Relativistic Astrophysics Phd at Sapienza University and ICRA. She was post-doctoral Fellow at IHES (Bures-sur-Yvette, France), AEI-MPI (Potsdam-Golm, Germany) and Sapienza University of Rome. She took part in intensive research programmes at AEI-MPI (Potsdam-Golm, Germany) and The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences (Toronto, Canada) and IHES (Bures-sur-Yvette, France). She has been researcher for SAIA- NS'P (The National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic- National Stipendium Program) as Research grantee and Erasmus Lecturer at Comenius University in Bratislava (Bratislava, Slovakia), Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Department of Theoretical Physics and Physics Education- KTFDF i 2017-2018. She was and Visiting Professor at Kursk State University, Faculty of Algebra, Geometry and Didactics of Mathematics Theory (Kursk, Russia) within the Programme Education in Russia for Foreign Nationals of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation in 2022-2023. She was Assistant Professor at Sapienza University of Rome and has been Professor at Sapienza University of Rome; She is member of several Research Consortia. She is author of research papers, conference papers, review papers, invited papers and two books. She is reviewer and editorial-board member of several international Journals.

She received the Ph.D. degree in chemistry in 2012 from the University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania. Now, she works as scientific researcher at National Institute for R&D in Microtechnologies – IMT Bucharest and her research area includes: (i) metallic nanoparticles synthesis (AuNPs, AgNPs, PtNPs) with controllable size and shapes; (ii) controlled assembling of functional nanostructures/nanomaterials for sensing applications (i.e. plasmonic platform for nanoplastics detection); (iii) functional nanomaterials – polymers-metallic nanoparticles-based nanocomposites for methanol electrocatalysis in proton exchange membrane fuel cells; (iv) nanostructurated silicon- based nanomaterials for sensing/drug delivery applications. So far, more the 80 ISI articles have been published in famous international journals, like Scientific Reports, COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Applied Surface Science, JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY.

Gülcihan Güzel Kaya received her B.S. degree (Honors) in chemical engineering from Hacettepe University (Türkiye) in 2013, M.S. degree in chemical engineering from Selcuk University (Türkiye) in 2016, and Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering from Konya Technical University (Türkiye) in 2020. In the course of Ph.D., she has worked as a visiting researcher in Valencia Polytechnic University (Spain) for one year. Now, she works as associate professor in Konya Technical University, Department of Chemical Engineering. Her research interests include silica-based mesoporous materials, polymer composites, photothermal materials and antibacterial phototherapy applications.

As a research scientist, Dr. Omid Akbarzadeh Pivehzhani works with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. He used to work at the Nanotechnology and Catalysis Research Centre, University of Malaya in Malaysia from 2016 to 2020. His main research area is heterogeneous catalysis and catalytic reaction engineering. He has spent 13 years in academic-industrial projects as a research officer and post-doctoral. Dr Omid has worked as a chemical engineer for 5 years in the oil and gas industry. He developed advanced smart catalysts, especially for the oil and gas industries. Dr Omid has contributed to two PETRONAS Research Sdn Bhd industrial catalyst projects and worked on an international Airbus R&D project in NANOCAT. Currently, he is the PI of the graphene catalyst project at Hokkaido University in Japan, a project member of the FRGS grant in UTP and assigned to the NANOCAT centre project. Dr. Omid was the Chairman, keynote speaker and organising committee of many international conferences. He is currently the supervisor of three PhD students from different countries. He has published many ISI papers; and book chapters and has two approved and granted patents. Also, he has hands-on experience and passed several pieces of training on handling different types of equipment which are being widely used for material synthesis, characterization and performance evaluation. He is in close collaboration with other departments, government agencies and universities worldwide. He was a visiting researcher at Jiangsu University China and Hokkaido University Japan. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and a Senior Member of the Hong Kong Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society. Omid was awarded a full fellowship from the University Technology PETRONAS during his PhD and was involved as a lab demonstrator and teaching in the different courses of chemical engineering. He was awarded the Silver Medal at the 27th International Invention & Innovation Exhibition (ITEX 2016), Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Malaysia and the Silver Medal of Post Graduate Research Project at the 35th Science & Engineering Design Exhibition (SEDEX 35).

Cao Guixin, female, professor, doctoral supervisor. Obtained a doctorate from Shanghai University in 2006. After working at the school for one year, he went to Germany to do postdoctoral research at the Max Planck Institute. Worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Ohio State University Department of Physics for about ten years. In December 2019, the talents were introduced to work at the Materials Genome Engineering Research Institute. So far, more than 60 SCI articles have been published. Among them, he has published more than 20 papers as the first author and corresponding author in famous international journals such as Phys. Rev. Lett., Scientific Reports and so on. Some of the research results were selected as one of the six major scientific and technological achievements in the field of physics in the "2006 Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Report". In 2017, he was invited to be appointed editor of the international professional journal Elyns Journal of Material Science and Techniques. He has been invited to give conference or branch special lectures at top international academic conferences many times. He is a special reviewer for Phys. Rev. Lett., Phys. Rev. B, J. Appl. Phys. and Solid State Communications.

Jose Muñoz Martín was born in Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain, on January 17th 1988. In 2006 he started his degree on chemistry at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). In 2010 he received his degree after which he continued with the Master of Science and Technology in Chemistry. In 2011 he graduated for his master assignment under supervision of Prof. Dr. Francesc Teixidor at Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis group at ICMAB-CSIC. The title of the project was ‘Development of a method for coupling aromatic rings to metallocarboranes’. In September of 2011, he was incorporated as Ph.D. student under supervision of Prof. Dr. Maria del Mar Baeza and Prof. Dr. Francisco Céspedes at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, within of group of Sensors and Biosensors. The aim of his project is to study the ratio of physical properties of MWCNTs with electrochemical response of (bio)sensors, owing to the low electrochemical reproducibility of (bio)sensor which contain carbon nanotubes is due to the low homogeneity of raw nanotubes.