Ceramics and Composite Materials

Gennadiy Filippov has his expertise in particle-solid interaction physics. He has completed his Doctor of Physics Dissertation at the age of 54 years from Tomsk State University, Tomsk (Russian Federation). Undergraduate Institution: Moscow State University, Physical Faculty. Moscow, Russian Federation. Date of graduation: January 1961. Physicist. Now he is Professor in Dept. of Gen. and Theor. Phys. in the Chuvash State Pedagogical University in Cheboksary, Russian Federation.

Nuclear theory, Physics

Dr.Omid Akbarzadeh is working with Nanotechnology and Catalysis Research Centre since 2016. His main research area is heterogeneous catalysis and catalytic reaction engineering. He has spent 10 years in academic-industrial projects as a research officer and post-doctoral. Dr. Omid has worked 5 years in the oil and gas industry as a chemical engineer. He developed advance smart catalysts especially for oil and gas industries. Dr. Omid has contributed to two PETRONAS Research Sdn Bhd industrial catalyst projects and worked on international Airbus R&D project in NANOCAT. Currently, he is the PI of graphene catalyst project in Hokkaido University in Japan, project member of FRGS grant in UTP and assigned to the NANOCAT center project. Dr. Omid was the Chairman, keynote speaker and organizing committee of many international conferences. He is currently supervisor of a few postgraduate students. He has published many ISI papers; 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 around the world. He is visiting researcher of Jiangsu University China and Hokkaido University Japan. He is member of the society of petroleum engineers (SPE) and Senior Member of Hong Kong Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society. Omid awarded full fellowship from UTP during Ph.D and were involved for lab demonstrator and teaching in the different courses of chemical engineering. He awarded Silver Medal in 27th International Invention & Innovation Exhibition (ITEX 2016), Kuala Lumpur Convention Center in Malaysia and Silver Medal of Post Graduate Research Project in 35th Science & Engineering Design Exhibition (SEDEX 35).

Nanotechnology, Catalysis research

Gennadiy Filippov has his expertise in particle-solid interaction physics. He has completed his Doctor of Physics Dissertation at the age of 54 years from Tomsk State University, Tomsk (Russian Federation). Undergraduate Institution: Moscow State University, Physical Faculty. Moscow, Russian Federation. Date of graduation: January 1961. Physicist. Now he is Professor in Dept. of Gen. and Theor. Phys. in the Chuvash State Pedagogical University in Cheboksary, Russian Federation.

Nuclear theory, Physics

Yiguang Wang is the professor in Beijing Institute of Technology. He has expertise in the study of flash sintering behaviors and its applications. He found the densification mechanism for 3YSZ ceramics during flash sintering. He also successfully used flash sintering technology to join ceramic oxides and ceramic oxides to metals.

Sintering behaviour and Applications

Dr. Omid Akbarzadeh is working with Nanotechnology and Catalysis Research Centre since 2016. His main research area is heterogeneous catalysis and catalytic reaction engineering. He has spent 10 years in academic-industrial projects as a research officer and post-doctoral. Dr. Omid has worked 5 years in the oil and gas industry as a chemical engineer. He developed advance smart catalysts especially for oil and gas industries. Dr. Omid has contributed to two PETRONAS Research Sdn Bhd industrial catalyst projects and worked on international Airbus R&D project in NANOCAT. Currently, he is the PI of graphene catalyst project in Hokkaido University in Japan, project member of FRGS grant in UTP and assigned to the NANOCAT center project. Dr. Omid was the Chairman, keynote speaker and organizing committee of many international conferences. He is currently supervisor of a few postgraduate students. He has published many ISI papers; 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 around the world. He is visiting researcher of Jiangsu University China and Hokkaido University Japan. He is member of the society of petroleum engineers (SPE) and Senior Member of Hong Kong Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society. Omid awarded full fellowship from UTP during Ph.D and were involved for lab demonstrator and teaching in the different courses of chemical engineering. He awarded Silver Medal in 27th International Invention & Innovation Exhibition (ITEX 2016), Kuala Lumpur Convention Center in Malaysia and Silver Medal of Post Graduate Research Project in 35th Science & Engineering Design Exhibition (SEDEX 35).

Nanotechnology, Catalysis research

Dr Yan Huang leads metallic biomaterials research at Brunel, working on both traditional permanent titanium implants and novel biodegradable magnesium medical devices for orthopedic cardiovascular applications. He recently won three research grants in biomaterials research from the Royal Society, EPSRC and European Commission. Dr. Huang is a founding member and co-investigator of the EPSRC Future Liquid Metal Engineering HUB where he leads the activities on process development and light alloy processing involving both solidification and plastic deformation. He has long-term interests in the characterization of microstructure and texture evolution during thermomechanical processing and fundamental issues of strengthening, plastic deformation and grain boundary migration.

process innovation for combined solidification and thermomechanical processing (semisolid forming, twin roll casting, and integrated cast-forming), solid state joining, severe plastic deformation for light alloys and light metal matrix composites.

Dr Evangelos Kordatos is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Materials Engineering at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He is also Course Leader of BEng/MEng Materials Engineering. Dr Kordatos graduated with a MEng degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Ioannina, Greece, in 2008. He received his MSc in Chemistry and Materials Technology and his PhD in Materials Engineering from the University of Ioannina in 2013. Upon the completion of his PhD, he became a Postdoctoral research associate at the Texas A&M University, Texas (USA). Dr Kordatos’ research is focused on the study of the mechanical and thermal behaviour of advanced materials, such as Metal Matrix Composites (MMCs), Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs), Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers (CFRPs), Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs), smart materials, etc. He has worked extensively on the non-destructive monitoring of materials behaviour developing advanced NDE (Non-Destructive Evaluation) methodologies based on Infrared Thermography, Acoustic Emission and Ultrasounds.

Research Interest: • Non-destructive methodologies for real-time monitoring of damage • Mechanical behaviour of advanced materials • Life prediction and quantification of damage in materials and structures • Energy efficiency of buildings.

PD Dr. habil. Yogendra Kumar Mishra is leading a group with the focus on ‘3D Hybrid Nanomaterials’ at Functional Nanomaterials (FUN) Chair, Institute for Material Science, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany. He received Ph. D. in Condensed Matter Physics (Plasmonics) in 2008 from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and then migrated to Kiel as Alexander von Humboldt Fellow and since then has been working at FUN Chair. In 2015, he finished his Habilitation (Priv.- Doz./Venia Legendi) degree in Materials Science from Kiel University. During his research period in Kiel, he introduced a new fabrication technique, the ‘Flame Transport Synthesis Approach', which allows versatile nanostructuring of metal oxides and their 3D interconnected networks as ‘Flexible Ceramic Materials’. The introduced tetrapodal 3D shaped ZnO nanostructures by him have found lots of application scopes in engineering and biomedical fields. Also the sacrificial nature of ZnO enables tetrapods to be used as templates for the growth of hollow tetrapodal structures from other new materials, like Carbon-Aerographite, Si, GaN, h-BN, etc. which offered wide range of multifunctional applications. He has published more than 100 papers including many in top ranked magazines, such as Materials Today, Advanced Materials, Nature Communications, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and others.

Plasmonics, Nanophotonics, Semicondcutor Nanostructures, Metal Oxides, Nanostructuring, Flexible Cermaics, Porous Materials, Cellular Solids, Nanomaterials, Biomaterials, Antiviral Materials, Photocatalysis, UV Detection, Gas Sensing, Graphenes, Carbon Materials, Hybrid 3D Materials

Chang-Seop Lee received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea in 1979 and 1981, respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree from Oregon State University, U.S.A., in 1991. Presently, He is a chemistry professor in Keimyung University, South Korea. He has published more than 124 research papers and 14 books, and also enrolled 37 patents in the fields of surface chemistry, electrochemistry, sensors chemistry, rubber chemistry, fiber chemistry and composite materials. He is the vice president of Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (Daegu regional Federation).

Synthesis and characterization of Si/graphene/carbon nanofibers and SiO2/graphene/carbon nanofibers composites and testing of electrical performances as an electrode material for Li secondary batteries, including solid lubricants and carbon nanofiber/rubber composite for automotive use

Sokovnin Sergey Yur’evich graduated from the Tomsk Politechnical Institute in 1983 with the diploma of engineer-physicist. After graduating he worked in Institute of High Current Electronics of Siberian Branch of RAS (Tomsk) as an engineer and junior researcher (since 1985). Since 1986 he work in the Institute of Electrophysics Ural Branch RAS as junior researcher. He graduated from the post-graduate courses of the IEP UB RAS and got a degree of Candidate (1994) and Doctor of Technical Sciences (in Electrophysics) in 2005. Since 2011 he is a leader of the Electrophysics Technology Group IEP UB RAS.

He developed several repetitive nanosecond electron accelerators with a semiconductor opening switch and a thyratron magnetic energy compression circuit, which work in the Russian and foreign scientific institutions, and they also are introduced in production. He is carrying out work aimed at applying a repetitive nanosecond electron beam to conduct chemical reactions, perform sterilization, and clean water. He developed method and setups for radiochemical sterilization of hermetically packed medical instruments and liquid, powdered or granulated materials in food industry. He developed a method for production of nanopowders, including evaporation of a target by a pulsed electron beam, condensation of the vapor of the material in a low-pressure gas, and deposition of nanopowders on a large cold square crystallizer.

Dr. Meiyong Liao obtained his PhD in Materials Sciences in 2002 from the Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academic of Science, China. He was a visiting associate professor of Kyoto University, Japan, from 2002-2004. After that he was a postdoctor researcher in National Institute for Materials Sciences (NIMS), Japan, from 2004-2008. Since 2008, Dr. Liao has been employed in NIMS as a Principal Researcher. He had also be a visiting researcher in CNRS, France (2007-2008), and Marie-Curie Fellow (2014-2015) in Aston Unvierstiy, United Kindom. He has published more than 160 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of Scientific Reports and Journal of Nanomaterials.

wide-bandgap semiconductors electronics devices, photoelectrical devices and MEMS/NEMS.

Marcelo Prado is a metallurgical engineer with M.Sc. and Ph.D. on Metallurgical and Materials Science Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ, Brazil). Part of the Ph.D. was performed in the Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials (IRC, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London). Marcelo Prado is currently an Associate Professor in the Military Institute of Engineering (IME, Brazil), being also in chief of the Electron Microscopy Laboratory. He was the President of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine (ISCM) in 2008. Underegraduate course on Metallurgical and Materials Science Engineering at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1991), master's at Metallurgical and Materials Science Engineering from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1994) and Ph.D. at Metallurgical and Materials Science Engineering from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1999). From 1997 to 1998, spent one year of the Ph.D., by a sandwich programme, doing experiments in the Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials (IRC-QMW, U.K.). Post doctoral research on porous bioceramics and composites performed at INEB - University of Oporto (2000-2001).

bioceramics synthesis and processing, bioactive glasses and composites

Dr Anshuman Srivastava, obtained his Ph.D in the field of Material Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, India. He has worked as a Joint Director (R and D), IIP Mumbai, Government of India. He is having long industrial and academics experience. Presently, he is working as Director in SIET Allahabad, India. He has published many research papers in journals like Composites Science and Technology, Journal of Power Sources, Material Research Bulletin, Journal of composites and many others. He is life member of various professional bodies like Electron Microscopy Society of India, International Association of Engineers (IAENG), IAENG Society of Industrial Engineering, IAENG Society of Mechanical Engineering, Material Research Society of India, Indian Society for Technical Education, Asian Polymer Association, Indian Society for Advancement in Material Processing and Engineering, Senior Member Hong Kong Society of Mechanical Engineers SM No 20170612001, Hong Kong Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society.

Physical, Dielectric and Mechanical properties of PVDF/CCTO and modified CCTO composites, Synthesis of high dielectric ceramics, Natural firbres reinforced Polymer composites, Biocomposites, Metal matrix composites, Ceramics matrix composites, thermal engineering and manufacturing.

Koorosh Gharebhaghi holds BC (Eng), MEng, PhD and a MEd. Koorosh has worked as an academic and professional Engineer in both public and private sectors. He has been employed in various municipalities and some large private organisations, specialising in heavy construction. His past projects varies from high rise Buildings to Civil structures. A key aspect of his research include, composite materials for various purposes. Koorosh is currently an academic at RMIT and also consults as a professional engineer and senior technical advisor on mega and large infrastructure projects in both the public and private sectors. His current membership include MIEAust, MITE, MIIE, MCIAust and MATSE.

composite materials

Takashiro AKITSU, PhD is a full Professor for the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Division II at Tokyo University of Science. He completed his under graduate school training (chemistry) from Osaka University, Japan and his graduate school training (physical & inorganic chemistry, especially coordination, crystal and bioinorganic chemistry) from Osaka University (Ph.D. 2000). After Keio University and Stanford university, He moved to the current affiliation since 2008. Dr. Akitsu has published up to about 180 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has had posters presented at international level. He has been a peer reviewer of many journals and acted an organizing committee of several international conferences.

Absorption of light by chiral metal complexes and their hybrid materials

Dr. Lucian Baia is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Advanced Technologies at the Faculty of Physics of the “Babes-Bolyai” University (BBU) of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He is also the Head of the Institute of Research-Development-Innovation in Applied Natural Sciences from BBU. He was awarded the “Constantin Miculescu” Prize of the Romanian Academy (2017) as well as Prizes of BBU for Scientific Excellence (2014 and 2017), Comenius Prize (2012), and STAR Advanced Fellowships for research (2016). Dr. Lucian Baia published more than 130 peer-reviewed papers, three books, five book chapters, 4 patent applications, has an h-index of 23, and is serving as editorial board member for several scientific journals.

obtaining and characterization of nanoarchitectures and materials with controllable morphology and structure for environmental and biomedical applications

Dr. Murugan Ramalingam is Professor at the Centre for Biomaterials, Cellular & Molecular Theranostics, VIT University, India. He is also Adjunct Professor at the Tohoku University, Japan and Associate Professor at the Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Université de Strasbourg, France. He has worked at the WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Japan, as an Assistant Professor. He has also worked at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), under the U.S. National Academies Associateship program. He received his Ph.D. in Biomaterials from the CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, University of Madras. He has also undergone training in Ethical and Policy issues on Stem Cells from Harvard University, USA, and in Operations Management from the University of Illinois-Chicago.

Development of multiphase biomedical materials, through conventional to nanotechnology to biomimetic approaches, microfabrication and bioprinting, cell patterning, stem cell differentiation, tissue engineering and drug delivery

Research fields: solid state physics and chemistry Conception and characterization of rare earth doped materials for optical applications (laser, imaging, photovoltaic, thermal sensing): nanocomposite glass-ceramics, fluoride glasses, transparent fluoride ceramics, single nano-objects. - 117 references in ISI WoS (of which 51 with impact factor > 2), 6 book chapters, 19 proceedings, 187 communications (of which 25 invited international lectures). - Supervisor of 11 PhD, 7 postdoctoral researchers, Supervisor of 13 research contracts - Referee for more than 30 international journals and National Agencies for research

Conception and characterization of rare earth doped materials for optical applications (laser, imaging, photovoltaic, thermal sensing): nanocomposite glass-ceramics, fluoride glasses, transparent fluoride ceramics, single nano-objects.

Dr. Lukasz Witek is currently a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow and Adjunct Professor in Department of Biomaterials at New York University (NYU). Dr. Witek is also the Lab Director of the Materials and Testing Laboratory with the Department of Biomaterials. Dr. Witek conducts research on dental and orthopedic materials, especially those composed of ceramics and titanium alloys. Additionally, the majority of the research Dr. Witek focuses on the use of 3D printers to print custom scaffolds for bone regeneration. Dr. Witek obtained his B.Sci. in Biology from Temple University (Philadelphia, PA), M.Sci. in Biomaterials and Biomimetics from New York University (New York, NY), and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering with a focus on materials science from Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK). In 2014 Dr. Witek received the Jean & Robert Schuetz Distinguished Graduate Fellowship at Oklahoma State University. Dr. Witek has authored and co-authored over 25 publications in biomaterials

Dental and Orthopedic Materials,Ceramics and Titanium alloys

Dr Abbas Amini is an assistant professor at the Australian College of ACK and Western Sydney University, and the member of graduate supervisory board. After obtaining PhD, he conducted research with other Australian universities, as a postdoctoral research fellow at Monash and Deakin Universities, and as a senior research fellow at the University of Melbourne. His fine outcomes have been presented in high impact factor journals, e.g., Nature publication group, and a recent published book in 2016. Abbas is the editor of ten reputed journals, and the committee member of 20 international conferences.

Bionanotechnology

Dr Evangelos Kordatos is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Materials Engineering at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He is also Course Leader of BEng/MEng Materials Engineering. Dr Kordatos graduated with a MEng degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Ioannina, Greece, in 2008. He received his MSc in Chemistry and Materials Technology and his PhD in Materials Engineering from the University of Ioannina in 2013. Upon the completion of his PhD, he became a Postdoctoral research associate at the Texas A&M University, Texas (USA). Dr Kordatos’ research is focused on the study of the mechanical and thermal behaviour of advanced materials, such as Metal Matrix Composites (MMCs), Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs), Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers (CFRPs), Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs), smart materials, etc. He has worked extensively on the non-destructive monitoring of materials behaviour developing advanced NDE (Non-Destructive Evaluation) methodologies based on Infrared Thermography, Acoustic Emission and Ultrasounds.

Research Interest: • Non-destructive methodologies for real-time monitoring of damage • Mechanical behaviour of advanced materials • Life prediction and quantification of damage in materials and structures • Energy efficiency of buildings

Hiroyuki Serizawa is a primal researcher of Japan Atomic Energy Agency. His major is thermodynamics and crystallography. His Resent interest includes a formation and shape control of a cavity named negative crystal that is formed by a precipitation of helium in ceramics. He is a Representation researcher of Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research（B）Representation researcher of JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 23246174. From 2017, he will investigate the formation mechanism of the negative crystal for three years with his colleagues.

Precipitation of helium in ceramics ,Formation mechanism of the negative crystals

Prof Maligno holds a Laurea Degree in Nuclear Engineering (University of Palermo, Italy). Prof Maligno then completed his PhD in Mechanics of Composite Materials at The University of Nottingham (UK). Prof Maligno has significant experience in the R&D analysis and design of structural components. He has been involved in several multi-disciplinary research and industrial projects aimed to investigate the response of advanced engineering materials and structures to various types of external loading and environmental conditions, using a combination of analytical, numerical and experimental techniques. Prof Maligno has worked in Academic institutions at the University of Palermo (Italy); The University of Nottingham (UK); Loughborough University (UK). Prof Maligno held several positions in Industry and Consultancy sector in the field of aerospace, defence, nuclear engineering. He also worked for Rolls Royce UTC as a Research Engineer in collaboration with the University of Nottingam (UK). Prof Maligno has been appointed Professor of Composite Materials at the Institute of Innovative Sustanable Engineering (IISE) - University of Derby. In this role he leads research related to the mechanics of composite materials, design and analysis of advanced structures with particular emphasis on hybrid structures for harsh environment, high temperature applications in the aerospace, defence, energy industry.

Mechanics of composite materials, design and analysis of advanced materials (including C/C, SiC/SiC, MMC composites) and structures for harsh environment, high temperature applications in the aerospace, defence, energy industry.

Lyubov Fedorovna Koroleva - Leading researcher of the Institute of Engineering Science of the Ural branch of the Russian of Sciences, Doctor of Chemistry Science, specialist in inorganic chemistry and chemistry of solid solution, mechanical chemistry, development new inorganic materials. The creation of “Biomaterial based on nanocrystalline doped calcium carbonate- phosphate” was awarded the diploma and the bronze Medal of the International investment Salon Geneva, 2013. American Biographical Institute was selected by a recipient of Albert Einstein Award of Excellence for 2010 to the study of inorganic oscillatory reaction in synthesis calcium carbonate - phosphates. Is a member of the Society of the Marquis Who's Who.

Inorganic Chemistry , Mechanical Chemistry ,New Inorganic materials

Marina Davydova is a Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of Physical Foundation of Strength of Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics Ural Branch Russian Academy of Science. She received a Ph.D. (“Structural-kinetic simulation of the fracture of composite materials”) in 1988 in Mechanics of Solids from the Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics (ICMM), Perm, Russia. More than thirty years she works at the ICMM. First her works were devoted to the simulation of fracture of heterogeneous brittle materials, then her researches focused on the application of fractal theory for the characteristic of fracture process. Following research developments included experimental and theoretical study of fragmentation of brittle material such as glass, quartz, ceramic, granite. Her resent researches involve the study of influence of ceramic structure on fragmentation. She is the author and co-author of around 30 publications on materials science in indexed journals.

Brittle fracture, Fragmentation, Glass, Quartz, Ceramics.

Lavinia Curecheriu is Assistant Professor at Departament of Physics from the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania. She graduated in Biophysics at the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania. Afterwards, she completed the Ph.D in Physics in 2010 at the same university. She has 10 years of experience in investigating by a combined experimental and theoretical approach fundamental phenomena in multifunctional oxides with polar order (ferroelectrics and multiferroics) in relationship with their composition and micro/nanostructure. She has published 56 articles in ISI peer-reviewed journals. For her research activity, she was awarded with: Award "IUVENTAS SCIENTIAES" given by UAIC for young researcher for 2014-2015; Young researcher in Science and Engineering in 2015, and “L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Romania for Women and Science Award 2017”.

Ferroelectrics and Multiferroics , multifunctional oxides with polar order ,

Edesia Sousa is a Scientific Researcher at the Nuclear Technology Development Center, CDTN – Brazil and a team leader of the Laboratory of Multifunctional Nanostructured Materials. She completed his B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Federal University of Minas Gerais in the year 1990. In 1993 she received her MSc in Materials Engineering and in 1996 she obtained PhD in Materials Science from the Federal University of Minas Gerais - Brazil. After obtaining PhD, she conducted research at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, as a postdoctoral research fellow. Dr Sousa's current research interests include Materials Engineering and Metallurgy, with emphasis on Ceramic Materials, working mainly on the following topics: silica mesoporous materials, hybrid systems, sol-gel process, boron nitride nanotubes, hydroxyapatite nanorods and magnetic nanoparticles for use as biomaterials for diagnosis and therapy.

Silica Mesoporous Materials, Hybrid systems, Sol-Gel Process, Boron Nitride Nano tubes, Hydroxyapatite Nano rods and Magnetic Nano particles for use as bio materials for diagnosis and therapy

Lidija Curkovic has published 150 papers, of which 55 research papers in CC journals. She has written a book and five book chapters. She has presented papers in over 30 international and national conferences. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the international journals: Transactions of FAMENA, Advances in Materials, ISRN Corrosion, The Holistic Approach to Environment. She was the project leader of 6 scientific and technological projects, and worked as an associate at many research projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology. Currently she leads a bilateral Croatian-Serbian project. She is now the leader of the research project funded by the Croatian Science Foundation: WECOR Monolithic and Composite Advanced ceramics for Wear and Corrosion Protection.

Material Science and Engineering , Nanomaterials,• Characterization,Advanced Ceramics,Composite Ceramics based on alumina-zirconia,Functional nanostructured ceramics films for advanced oxidation processes (AOP) for water purification.

Dr. Julián J. Reinosa develops his work at Ceramics and Glass Institute of the Spanish Research Council in Madrid (Spain). He received his Chemist Degree by Autonoma University in Madrid in 2006 and his phD at the same university in 2011. In order to obtain multifunctional materials, he achieved ceramic glazes with bright metallic effect, bactericide characteristics and hydrophobic properties thanks to the incorporation of nanotechnology to traditional ceramics. He studied several dispersion methods for nanoparticles and enhanced properties were observed in systems as ZnO/TiO2, where high UV absorption was reached as the disadvantages of nanoparticles decreased. Also he applied the dispersion methods of nanoparticles in compositions made of several raw materials for its sinterization by using microwaves energy. The use of correctly dispersed susceptors supposed higher efficiency systems. J. J. Reinosa is a member of the research spin off AD-Particles whose activity is related to the dispersion of nanoparticles

Ceramics , Nanoparticles

Dr. Rosalía Poyato completed her B.Sc. in Physics at the University of Seville and received her PhD in Applied Physics at the Autonoma University of Madrid. After obtaining PhD, she developed her research at University of Connecticut and Ohio State University (USA), as a postdoctoral research Fulbright fellow. At this moment, she is a Tenured Researcher at the Materials Science Institute of Seville and her current research interests include processing and characterization of ceramic composites including carbon nanostructures (carbon nanotubes and graphene). She has co-authored over 50 papers in international journals. Dr. Poyato is now co-leader of a research project funded by the Spanish National Science Foundation and the European Feder Funding: Processing and microstructural, mechanical and electrical characterization of ceramic-graphene composites

Processing and microstructural, mechanical and electrical characterization of ceramic composites including carbon nanostructures (carbon nanotubes and graphene)

Ilaria Cacciotti is Associate Professor of Materials Science & Technology and Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering at the University of Rome "Niccolò Cusano". 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 Award AIMAT 2012) and she obtained the II Level Master degrees in “Forensic Genetics” and in "Protection against CBRNe events". She is expert in the synthesis, processing and characterisation of materials, particularly for applications in the biomedical, environmental and agro-industrial sectors. She has published more than 70 articles in ISI peer-reviewed journals, is reviewer for more than 50 peer-review journals, is a member of the Editorial Board of several international journals and serves on various grant review committees. For her research activity, she was awarded with: 8th CCT Award “Best Oral Presentation for Young Researchers”, 10th International Award "Giuseppe Sciacca" for Young Students, European Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Doctoral Award 2011, "Top Cited Author 2011-2012 ChemEngJ", “Young Researcher Award Elsevier "Materials Science and Engineering C" 2014, Good Energy Award 2016, “L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Italy for Women and Science Award 2011”, “Under 35 Talents in Lazio”.

Bioceramics, Biopolymers, Biocomposites, Agri-food waste materials, Tissue engineering, Biomedical implants, Drug delivery, Biopackaging

Prof. Zdenek Sofer is an Associated Professor at the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague since 2013. He received his PhD also at University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Czech Republic, in 2008. During his PhD he spent one year in Forschungszentrum Julich (Peter Grünberg Institute, Germany) and also one postdoctoral stay at University Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Research interests of prof. Sofer concerning on Nanomaterials , Graphene based materials and other 2D materials, its chemical modifications and Electrochemistry. He is member of Editorial board of Flatchem. He has published over 250 articles, which received over 3500 citations (h-index of 31)

2D materials synthesis, chemistry, modifications and characterization Wide band-gap semiconductor and thermoelectric materials

Prof. Sokovnin Sergey Yur’evich, head of group of electrophysical technologies, Institute of Electrophysics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia. I was born in 1960 in Tomsk, Russia. I graduated from the Tomsk Politechnical Institute in 1983 with the diploma of engineer-physicist. I graduated from the post-graduate courses of the IEP UB RAS and got a degree of Candidate (1994) and Doctor of Technical Sciences (in Electrophysics) in 2005. I developed several repetitive nanosecond electron accelerators for industrial application in radiation technologies. I developed a method for production of nanopowders, including evaporation of a target by a pulsed electron beam, condensation of the vapor of the material in a low-pressure gas, and deposition of nanopowders on a large cold square crystallizer. By this method, it is possible to produce oxide nanopowders with the specific surface up to 338 sq. m/g at the production rate of up to 10 g/h and the energy consumption about 120 Wh/g.

Nanopowders

Prof. Ahmad Ramazani S.A graduated from chemical engineering department of Laval University in 1999, Canada. He has worked as university professor in Sharif University of Technology in Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering since 1999. His research works are in interdisciplinary subjects mostly relating to experimental and theoretical investigation of polymer relating processes and polymer properties and flow of polymeric and non-Newtonian fluids in different engineering field including polymer, biomedical and petroleum engineering. He has been theses director of more than 150 students in master and Ph.D. levels. He published more than 130 papers in international journals and presented more than 200 more in international congresses. He published several books and chapter books and also several national and international patents including four US patents. He was the executive chair of the several national and international congresses including the ISPST2007 and ICHEC14 (2014) and also cofounder and member of Iranian Rheology Association chair. He acts as editor guest of Macromolecular Symposia Journal, published by Willey and currently serves as editorial board of several national and international journals.

Polymers, Nano, petroleum, biomedical, Modelling and Simulation

Dr. Xiaojian Mao is an associate professor at Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SICCAS). Dr. Mao got his PhD degree at Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, and then worked as a Postdoc at Risoe DTU in Denmark in 2009-2010. He worked as an associate professor at Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics since 2012. He was the winner of Shanghai technological invention award, Shanghai Rising-Star of young scientist. He was a visit researcher at NIMS Japan in 2016 and got the support of “One Hundred Person Project” of SICCAS in 2017. Dr. Mao focuses his research on transparent ceramics and the application for infrared windows and domes. He is the coordinator and participant in about 10 projects in the field of transparent ceramics and infrared windows and domes. He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles and applied 30 patents on ceramic materials and ceramic processing

Transparent ceramics, Ceramic Processing, Infrared Materials

Prof. Dr. J. Ma. Rincón is a Senior Research Professor (Profesor de Investigación) at the Instituto E. Torroja de Ciencias de la Construcción, CSIC, Madrid, Spain, where he is the foundator and Head of the Glass- Ceramics Laboratory. He was the former General Secretary of the Spanish Glass and Ceramic Society and Editor - in- Chief of the scieniific bulletin: Bol. Soc. Esp. Ceram.Vidr (period 1988-92). Since last 2006 he has promoted as Head of the new Department at IETcc, CSIC: Construction Systems for Buildings (Sistemas Constructivos de la Edificación) Dr. Rincón since 1970 has conducted glass-ceramics and electron microscopy researchs and in all type of ceramics, glasses and glass-ceramics and their raw materials, being the author of seven monograph books ( three edited on english ) and 170 scientific papers in glass-ceramics and advanced ceramics. He worked as invited Professor at the Department of Materials Science and National Electron Microscopy Laboratory of the University of Califomia, Berkeley during 1984-85. There he collaborated with Prof. Gareth Thomas in microstructure and microanalysis (AEM and HREM ) characterization of zirconial/ mullite composite ceramics. The group leadered by Prof. Rincon is mainly investigating, under european and industry contracts, in the design and development of new glass-ceramics for coatings and by recycling of industrial wastes. Also is member of several national and international scientific nettworks, such as the TC05 Commitee of the International Commission of Glass focused in inmobilization and recycling of industrial wastes in glassy matrices. He is reviewer of various SCI Bulletins in glasses, ceramics, construction materials and environmental protection. Since last 15 years his group is specially active in the VITRIFICATION and RECYCLING of a wide range of industrial residues, from minerals and natural stone production, metallurgical, ceramics, electronic, energy production, etc…and simulated radioactive industrial wastes. Due to his experience in electron microscopy and microanalysis he has also conducted research in archaeometric characterization of ancient glasses and ceramics giving rise to several SCI papers in this area. In the recent period (2011-15) Prof. Rincón was the President of the Spanish Society of Scientists (AEC) and editor-in chief of the divulgation bulletin: Acta Científica y Tecnológica.

new glass-ceramics for coatings and recycling of industrial wastes

Prof Maligno holds a Laurea Degree in Nuclear Engineering (University of Palermo, Italy). Prof Maligno then completed his PhD in Mechanics of Composite Materials at The University of Nottingham (UK). Prof Maligno has significant experience in the R&D analysis and design of structural components. He has been involved in several multi-disciplinary research and industrial projects aimed to investigate the response of advanced engineering materials and structures to various types of external loading and environmental conditions, using a combination of analytical, numerical and experimental techniques. Prof Maligno has worked in Academic institutions at the University of Palermo (Italy); The University of Nottingham (UK); Loughborough University (UK). Prof Maligno held several positions in Industry and Consultancy sector in the field of aerospace, defence, nuclear engineering. He also worked for Rolls Royce UTC as a Research Engineer in collaboration with the University of Nottingam (UK). Prof Maligno has been appointed Professor of Composite Materials at the Institute of Innovative Sustanable Engineering (IISE) - University of Derby. In this role he leads research related to the mechanics of composite materials, design and analysis of advanced structures with particular emphasis on hybrid structures for harsh environment, high temperature applications in the aerospace, defence, energy industry.

mechanics of composite materials, design and analysis of advanced structures with particular emphasis on hybrid structures for harsh environment, high temperature applications in the aerospace, defence, energy industry.

Dr. Fenniri received all his degrees from the Université de Strasbourg, France. After postdoctoral training at the Scripps Research Institute, he moved to Purdue University, where he initiated his independent academic career, and established the Purdue Laboratory for Chemical Nanotechnology (1999). In 2003, He joined the National Research Council and the University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB, Canada) as Professor of Chemistry (2003-2013). Dr. Fenniri is currently Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. Dr. Fenniri’s contributions appeared in over 220 publications, 20 patents and patent applications, and over 450 contributed national and international conference papers. Dr. Fenniri has also lectured extensively around the globe and he has been an invited professor at several institutes and universities.

Nanotechnology for biomedical applications, nanoscale materials for drug delivery, and cell therapeutics and regenerative medicine

Dr. Li obtained a B.Sc. in Solid Mechanics from University of Science and Technology China (1982), a M.Sc. in Solid-State Physics from Zhongshan University (1985), a PhD in Materials Physics from University of Science and Technology Beijing (1990) and a PhD in Metallurgical Engineering from McGill University (1995). Before joining U of Alberta in 1998, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Pennsylvania State University (1995 – 97). He is an Adjunct Professor in Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, U. of Alberta, a visiting professor at the National University of Singapore (2004, 2012) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2011), and a foreign doctoral advisor at the Harbin Institute of Technology. Dr. Li is on the editorial board for eleven technical journals, and has in excess of three hundred publications.

wear, corrosion and tribology, nano-materials, surface science & engineering, computational materials science, and biomedical engineering

Dr Abbas Amini is an assistant professor at Western Sydney University and Australian College of ACK, and the member of graduate supervisory board. After obtaining PhD, he conducted research with other Australian universities, as a postdoctoral research fellow at Monash and Deakin Universities, and as a senior research fellow at the University of Melbourne. His fine outcomes have been presented in high impact factor journals, e.g., Nature publication group, and a recent published book in 2016. Abbas is the editor of ten reputed journals, and the committee member of 20 international conferences.

Bionanotech

Hiroyuki Serizawa obtained his Ph. D. from Osaka University at the age of 31. He is a research scientist at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency. He was a guest researcher at the Joint Research Centre’s Institute for Transuranium Elements, Germany (ITU) from 2000 for one year as a student sent abroad by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. He has published more than 50 papers in reputed journals. His work on image crystals will be published by Nova Science Publishers in the near future.

Thermodynamics, Ceramics, Crystal Growth, Crystallography, RIETVELD Analysis

Ajay Kumar Mishra has completed his PhD at the age of 30 years from Delhi University and postdoctoral studies from University Free State and University of Johannesburg at the Department of Chemistry. He is also working as “Adjunct Professor” at Jiangsu University, China which is well known University in China. He has published around 100 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute.

Synthesis of multifunctional nano-materials, nano-composites

Prof. Alexander Karamanov obtained his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Sofia in the year 1996. Since 2011 he is working as a professor at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

Synthesis, characterization and production of glasses, glass-ceramics and ceramics materials, Hazardous waste vitrification and immobilization, Kinetics of phase formation and sintering and Theory and application of sinter - crystallisation technology and Formation of induced crystallisation porosity

Dr. habil. Yogendra Kumar Mishra is working as Group Leader at Functional Nanomaterials, Institute for Materials Science in University of Kiel, Germany, After Ph. D. in Sept, 2008 (Condensed Matter Physics - Plasmonics) from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, he joined Functional Nanomaterials group as a visiting scientist and subsequently continued as Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (Feb. 2009 to Feb. 2011) in the group. Recently in 2015, he finished his Habilitation degree in Materials Science and currently leading a sub-group on 3D Nanomaterials at Functional Nanomaterials. In Kiel, he introduced a new fabrication technique known as 'Flame Transport Synthesis-FTS' which offers versatile nanostructuring of different metal oxides and their three-dimensional (3D) interconnected ceramic nano-networks. His main research focus is the growth of highly porous and mechanically flexible 3D interconnected materials built from ZnO nano- and microtetrapods by FTS approach which could be used as next generation 3D flexible semiconducting ceramic materials for potential technologies or as sacrificial templates for fabrication of new 3D nanomaterials including hybrids. His recent research developments include growth of carbon based ultra-light weight Aerographite material, Aerographite-GaN hybrid 3D networks, ZnO tetrapods network based devices, and SnO2 nanowire based stretchable ceramic materials for sensing, UV detection alongwith several other multifunctional applications. He has published more than 75 papers in high rank magazines. He is referee for more than 100 peer-reviewed magazines and also serves as an Editorial Board Member in Nature-Scientific Reports, as an Academic Editor in PLoS ONE including Advisory Board Members in several international conferences.

Plasmonics, Nanophotonics, Semicondcutor Nanostructures, Metal Oxides, Nanostructuring, Flexible Cermaics, Porous Materials, Cellular Solids, Nanomaterials, Biomaterials, Antiviral Materials, Photocatalysis, UV Detection, Gas Sensing, Graphenes, Carbon Materials, Hybrid 3D Materials