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.

Piedad N de Aza studied Chemistry at the Autonoma University of Madrid and Ceramic at the Santiago de Compostela University where she received her PhD. She did a postdoctoral stage at the IRC in Biomaterials at the Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London (U.K.) working on in vitro and in vivo behavior of bioceramics. At this moment, she is the Head of the Materials Science, Optic and Electronic Technology Department, Professor of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering and Researcher in the Bioengineering Institute at the Miguel Hernandez de Elche University.

Design and developing new polycrystalline biomaterials (dense and porous) with controlled microstructures making use of appropriated phase equilibrium diagrams and to study, a part of their physical properties, their behaviour in vitro (stem cells) and in vivo (bioactivity in rats and rabbits). Actually, main emphasis is putting on the tissue engineering field study of the tissue-ceramic implant interfaces.

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.

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

Irena Žmak graduated Mechanical Engineering and completed Master’s and PhD studies in Materials Engineering at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, where she currently holds the tenured assistant professor position at the Department of Materials. Her primary research and teaching fields include the artificial neural network modelling of material properties and process parameters, and the analysis of structure and properties of composite materials, modern bio- and biodegradable materials, and materials recycling. She teaches advance materials technologies too. She has published many scientific papers in relevant scientific journals, edited a special issue of a high-impact journal, written a few book chapters, and edited two conference proceedings .

Artificial Neural Network Modelling of Material Properties and Process Parameters,Analysis, Structure and properties of Composite Materials, Modern Bio- and Biodegradable Materials,Materials Recycling

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

Piedad N de Aza studied Chemistry at the Autonoma University of Madrid and Ceramic at the Santiago de Compostela University where she received her PhD. She did a postdoctoral stage at the IRC in Biomaterials at the Queen Mary & Wetsfield College, University of London (U.K.) working on in vitro and in vivo behavior of bioceramics. At this moment, she is the Head of the Materials Science, Optic and Electronic Technology Department, Professor of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering and Researcher in the Bioengineering Institute at the Miguel Hernandez de Elche University.

Design and developing new polycrystalline biomaterials (dense and porous) with controlled microstructures making use of appropriated phase equilibrium diagrams and to study, a part of their physical properties, their behavior in vitro (sterm cells) and in vivo (bioactivity in rats and dogs). Actually, main emphasis is putting on the tissue engineering field study of the tissue-ceramic implant interfaces.

Dr Frédéric Aguesse received his PhD degree from Imperial College London, UK, in 2012 following a Master Science degree at the University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France. In February 2012, Frédéric Aguesse started as a postdoctoral researcher and then Associate Researcher (from 2015) at CIC Energigune on ceramic materials for all-solid state batteries and post-mortem analysis. Since his early start Frédéric developed collaborations with worldwide institutes such as ETH Zürich, MIT Boston, the London Centre of Nanotechnology and the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan, where he worked as research visitor in 2010. He also performed a 6-month stay at Argonne National Laboratory in the Battery and Energy Storage Division. Dr. Aguesse presents a large knowledge on the development of ceramics, functional materials and thin films by means of physical vapour deposition techniques. During his PhD he studied the magnetoelectric effect in thin films and at CIC Energigune he works in developing all-solid state batteries and dedicates his skills for the preparation of ceramics with high Li-ions conductive properties and their integration in full cells. Frédéric constantly looks for opportunities to develop new skills and aptitudes and he is acquiring further experience by developing an inspiring protocol for a fast characterisation of aged/end-of-the-life Li-ion cells in close collaboration with international battery companies. His research has been published in more than 20 peer-reviewed papers and he owns a patent on all-solid-state batteries.

Functional materials, Thin films

R&D Responsible in Minera Sabater S. L. (2000-2004), dedicated to the exploitation of white clays for the ceramic sector. R&D Director in Tierra Atomizada S.A. (2004-2012), producer of spray-dried powder for the ceramic tiles industry, where I developed my doctoral thesis totally focused on the industry. My work was focused on the formulation of new ceramic pastes and additives applied on the industrial plant from previous laboratory studies, on the managing and maintenance of equipments for the characterization of materials (rheometer, diffractometer, spectrometer of X-rays, laser diffraction analyser of particle size distribution, differential and thermogravimetric analyser dilatometer, hot stage microscope, spectrophotometer, analyser of organic and inorganic carbon, optical microscope and scanning electronic microscope). In addition, I took part in the production of several subsidized projects by Spanish Government, focused on the revaluation of Spanish clays for the ceramic sector. Since 2013 until now, I am a researcher in the Research Group of Solid State Chemistry in the department of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry of Universitat Jaume I, led by the full professor Juan B Carda Castelló. My research is focused on the development of ceramic and glass-ceramics materials formulated from industrial residues as recycled glass, ceramic chamottes, ashes from the thermal power station, etc. My objective consists of revaluing all these industrial residues in materials of high added value to reduce the consumption of natural raw materials, to save energy during the industrial process and to promote the circular economy and the friendly environment industrial processes. It is emphasized the use of these materials as supports to replace the soda-lime glass in thin films solar cells based on the chalcogenides technology, able to promote the “Building Integration Photovoltaics” concept. I take part in projects subsidized by the Department of Economy and Competitiveness of Spanish Government. I am author of several articles published in scientific journals such as Ceramics International, Bulletin of the Spanish Society of Ceramics and Glass, Materials Letters, etc. I have taken part in international congresses as the International Conference European Ceramic Society or the EUCheMS Chemistry Congress and in national congresses such as the Congress of Spanish Society of Ceramics and Glass.

New glass-ceramics and ceramics from recycled industrial residues to produce highly added value materials.

Maximina Romero (Ph.D, Scientific Researcher at the Spanish National Research Council - CSIC) joined the Group of Vitreous and Ceramic Materials in Construction in 1991. From October 1996 until 1998 she was Marie Curie fellowship at the Department of Materials, Imperial College, London, UK, acquiring a wide knowledge on glass nucleation phenomena and its study by means of differential thermal analysis (DTA). Dr. Romero has co-authored more than 150 scientific publications in the field of glass, ceramics and glass-ceramic materials. She is also scientific co-editor of 3 materials science books. Her papers published in SCI journals have been referenced about 1500 times, which leads an h-index of 24. Dr Romero's current research interests include compositional design, processing and characterization of frits for ceramic glazes; development of new building materials by sintering and crystallization of glasses; foam glasses and porous ceramic materials; valorization of industrial and mining wastes by vitrification and sintering processes and processing and technological characterization of ceramic tile.

compositional design, processing and characterization of frits for ceramic glazes; development of new building materials by sintering and crystallization of glasses; foam glasses and porous ceramic materials; valorization of industrial and mining wastes by vitrification and sintering processes and processing and technological characterization of ceramic tile.

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

Prof. Oleg Figovsky is the founder and R&D the Polymate Ltd. - International Nanotechnology Research Centre where he is working on research in nanostructured corrosion-resistant composite materials and protective coatings based on a polymer and silicate matrix. He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Head of the UNESCO Chair "Green Chemistry". For his inventions in nanotechnologies he was awarded gold and silver medals at IENA-98 and Gold Angel Prize at the Genius 2006 exhibition.

Advanced composite materials based on polymer & silicate binders, Testing of materials and structure under extreme conditions, including strength and creep of structural materials (metals & composites) in the three-dimensional stress state, Advanced coating for corrosion protection of metals and concretes, Nano materials & technologies

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

Nate Newman serves as the Lawrence Professor of Solid State Sciences and is a faculty member in the Materials Program at Arizona State University. Current work involves synthesis, characterization and modeling of novel superconductor junctions and materials, III-N semiconductors, low loss microwave dielectrics, and novel photovoltaic material. He has authored or co-authored over 200 technical papers and 12 patents. He received the IEEE Van Duzer award, is a Fellow of the IEEE and the American Physical Society. He serves as Editor for Materials in the IEEE Trans. of Appl. Superconductivity and has served as Chair of the U.S. Committee on Superconductor Electronics and ASU’s LeRoy Eyring Center for Solid State Sciences.

low loss microwave dielectrics and novel photovoltaic material

Dr. Dongyang Li is a professor of Department of Chemical & Material engineering of Unviersity of Alberta. He is a doctoral advisor at the Harbin Institute of Technology in China and has been a visiting Scientist and Professor in Japan and Singapore. He has a PhD in Metallurgic Engineering from McGill University and a PhD in Material Physics from the University of Science and Technology in Beijing. Dr. Dongyang Li is also one of the Technical Research and Development Advisors in Cryotron . Along with his work conducting projects with major oil sands clients, Dr. Li provides valuable third party research and wear analysis capabilities to the Cryotron team. Dr Li is the Editor and chief of the International Journal of Nano and Biomaterials. Dr. Li has in excess of 240 publications including more than 190 refereed journal publications. He is a co-author or contributor to the Smithells Metals Reference Book (8th edition, 2004, Elsevier Ltd., UK) and Encyclopedia of Tribology (Springer, in press). Since joined Unversity of Alberta, Dr. Li has established a world-class surface/wear program that has gained high international reputation. Dr. Li has served as an editor-in-chief for International Journal of Nano and Biomaterials and also serves as a member of editorial boards for several other journals. He has also served for a number of international conferences, reviewed journal manuscripts and grant applications for national and foreign agencies.

Nano- and bio-tribology, Tribo-materials, Surface science & engineering and Bio-medical interfacial interactions

Prof. Kwang-Leong Choy (D.Phil., DSc, FIMMM, FISC) joined University College London in 2014 to take up the role of Director of UCL Institute for Materials Discovery. She has extensive experience in materials creation, discovery and exploitation of eco-friendly, cost-effective and sustainable thin films and nanomaterials processing technologies, especially for structural, functional and biomedical applications. She has published over 200 papers, including 2 books and 20 patents. She obtained her D.Phil in Materials Science from the University of Oxford, where she was awarded the Hetherington Prize and Oxford Metallurgical Society Award. She was a Violette and Samuel Glasstone Research Fellow at Oxford before joining Imperial College in 1994. She pioneered the innovative Electrostatic Spray Assisted Vapour Deposition (ESAVD) based methods, which have led to the Grunfeld Medal Prize by Institute of Materials (UK). She was awarded a Visiting Professorship (2001/03) by the Swedish Engineering Research Council at the University of Uppsala, Visiting Professorship by Chinese Academy of Sciences (2011/2013). She has been awarded multimillion pounds research from EPSRC, HEFCE, the Royal Society, EU-FP 6 &7, Marie Curie, TSB, Regional Development Agency (RDA) and many companies.

materials creation, sustainable thin films, nanomaterials processing technologies

Eugenio Zapata-Solvas has completed his Ph.D. studies on the role of grain boundaries in the plasticity of advanced ceramics at the University of Seville in 2008. Then, he carried out postdoctoral studies about physical and chemical properties of UHTCs at Imperial College London and about flash sintering of advanced ceramics at the University of Oxford. He was a research fellow for 3 years of the Materials Science Institute of Seville working on high temperature physical properties of UHTCs and new technologies for ceramics sintering. Since August 2015, he joined the Centre of Nuclear Engineering of Imperial College London as a Research Associate to work in MAX phases development for nuclear applications. He has published around 25 papers in indexed journals.

Materials Science, Structural Stability, Hypersonic Vehicle, Ultra-high temperature ceramics, nuclear

Iwona Pokorska is an Associate Professor at the Technical University of Czestochowa. In 1986 she received her MSc in Civil Engineering and in 2002 she obtained PhD in Materials Science from the Technical University of Czestochowa. She is the author of one monograph and three university textbooks as well as the author and co-author of 35 publications on materials science.

powder metallurgy, materials science and mechanics of porous materials.

Jiang Chang, Professor, Fellow of International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE), vice president of the Interdisciplinary Research Society for Bone and Joint Injectable Biomaterials., received a Ph.D in 1991 in Chemistry from the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany, and worked as a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the Medical University of Luebeck in Germany from 1991 to 1993. Then he worked as a research fellow at the School of Medicine, University of Auckland in New Zealand (1993-1997). In 1997, He moved to USA and was appointed as a Research Assistant Professor in the Medical School at New York University from 1997 to 1999, and a research scientist at Johnson&Johnson from 1999 to 2000. Since 2001, Professor Chang has been the director of the Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Research Center at the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

bioactive materials, bioceramics, bioactive glasses and composites

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.

Ceramics Cavities, Image crystal, Polyhedral negative crystals

VOJISLAV V. MITIĆ completed his B.Sc. from University of Nis in the year 1982, M.Sc. from University of Belgrade in the year 1990 and Ph.D. from University of Nis in the year 1995. Currently he is working as a Full Professor as a Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Nis.

Electrochemistry and fractals

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

Dinesh Agrawal obtained his master degrees in Physics and Materials Science from Banaras Hindu University and Indian Institute of Technology, India, respectively; and Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University in 1979. He has been recently appointed as HIR (High Research Impact) ICON, University of Malaya, Malaysia. Appointed Member of De Tao Academy, Shanghai, China in 2013, Guest Professor at Tianjin University of Technology, China in 2012. Visiting Professor at University Malaya, Malaysia in 2011, Guest Professor at Kunming University of Science & Technology, China. He was elected Fellow of American Ceramic Society in 2008. He was also elected Professional member (academics) of World Academy of Ceramics in 2006. Dr. Agrawal was honored by the International Union of Materials Research Societies by “Innovations in Real Materials Award” on his research in microwave processing area and by National Association of Science, Technology and Society (NASTS) for his research on “New Zero Expansion Ceramic Family NZP-CTP”

Microwave processing of materials, Sintering phenomena, Synthesis, characterization & fabrication of materials, Low thermal expansion materials

Professor Ramesh K. Agarwal is the William Palm Professor of Engineering and the director of Aerospace Engineering Program and Aerospace Research and Education Center at Washington University in St. Louis from 1994 to 200. He was the Sam Bloomfield Distinguished Professor and Executive Director of the National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University. Dr. Agarwal received Ph.D in Aeronautical Sciences from Stanford University in 1975, M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1969 and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India in 1968. Professor Agarwal has worked in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), renewable energy systems and nanotechnology. He is the author and coauthor of over 300 publications and serves on the editorial board of fifteen journals. Dr. Agarwal is a Fellow of fifteen societies including American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), American Physical Society (APS), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Academy of Mechanics (AAM), and Institute of Physics. Astronautics (AIAA), American Physical Society (APS), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Academy of Mechanics (AAM), and Institute of Physics.

Nanomaterials,Carbon Nanostructures, Nanoparticles, Numerical Modeling and Simulation.

Dr. Ram Gupta joined Pittsburg State University as an Assistant Professor in 2013. Before joining to Pittsburg State University, he worked as an Assistant Research Professor at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO then as a Senior Research Scientist at North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC. Dr. Gupta’s research focus on green energy production and storage using nanomaterials, optoelectronics and photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic hetero-junctions for sensors, nanomagnetism, conducting polymers and composites. Dr. Gupta has published over 130 articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented/attended more than 100 conferences. He is a member of several editorial boards and reviewer for various leading science journals.

green energy production and storage using nanomaterials, optoelectronics and photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic hetero-junctions for sensors,nanomagnetism, conducting polymers and composites

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

Dr. Murugan Ramalingam is Professor at the Centre for Stem Cell Research (a unit of the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine-Bengaluru), Christian Medical College Campus, India. Concurrently he is Adjunct Professor at the Tohoku University, Japan. Prior to joining the CSCR, he was Associate Professor of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering at the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, 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 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. His current research interests are focused on the development of multiphase biomedical materials, through conventional to nanotechnology to biomimetic approaches, microfabrication, cell patterning, stem cell differentiation, tissue engineering and drug delivery. He is the author of over 190 publications, including peer-reviewed journal papers, conference proceedings, book chapters, authored books, edited books, and patents relevant to biomaterials, stem cells, and tissue engineering. His current h-index is 23 with over 4250 citations. He has organized several international conferences and chaired Biomaterials, Nanobiotechnology, Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering sessions. He also serves as a board member of several international scientific and research committees in various public and private bodies and grant reviewer of various international funding agencies. He serves on the editorial boards of multiple biomaterials and tissue engineering-related journals, including as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, the Journal of Bionanoscience and the American Journal of Stem Cell Research. He is a recipient of several prestigious fellowships and awards, including CSIR Fellowship (India), SMF Fellowship (Singapore), NRC National Academies Fellowship (USA), Nationale Professeur des Universités (France), Fellow of Institute of Nanotechnology (UK) and Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (UK).

micro fabrication, stem cell differentiation, tissue engineering, drug delivery

Prof. Ajay Kumar Mishra is currently working as Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He is a group leader of the research area for the composites/nanocomposites, water research and bio-inorganic chemistry. He has hosted several visiting researchers/scientists/postdocs in his group. Prof. Mishra has also developed a number of collaborations worldwide. Prof. Mishra has pursued PhD in Chemistry from Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, India. In 2006, he moved to the University of Free State, South Africa for Postdoctoral studies in the area of composites/nanocomposites. His research contribution includes many publications in international journals. He has delivered a number of including Plenary/Keynote/Invited Lectures. For his outstanding research profile, he was awarded a number of awards. Prof. Mishra also served as Associate Editor as well as member of the editorial board of many international journals. He has edited several books by the renowned publishers. He has been reviewing a number of international journals and member of a number of scientific societies.

Synthesis of multifunctional nano-materials, nano-composites, biopolymer and/or petrochemical based biodegradable polymers and polymers based materials/composites for various applications. Nanotechnology towards to the development of smart materials for various applications in the field of Materials Science/Polymer Science/Water Research/Bio-inorganic Chemistry. Organometallic Chemistry/Bio-inorganic Chemistry in the area of Inorganic Chemistry. Biopolymer based mesoporous materials. Biopolymer-metal/ metal oxide nanocomposites. Designing of novel conducting polymers and their copolymers/composites. CNT and graphene based composite materials for technological applications.

Dr. Ram Gupta joined Pittsburg State University as an Assistant Professor in 2013. Before joining to Pittsburg State University, he worked as an Assistant Research Professor at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO then as a Senior Research Scientist at North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC. Dr. Gupta’s research focus on green energy production and storage using nanomaterials, optoelectronics and photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic hetero-junctions for sensors, nanomagnetism, conducting polymers and composites. Dr. Gupta has published over 130 articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented/attended more than 100 conferences. He is a member of several editorial boards and reviewer for various leading science journals.

green energy production and storage using nanomaterials, optoelectronics and photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic hetero-junctions for sensors,nanomagnetism, conducting polymers and composites

Dr.Sheikh A. Akbar is a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Founder of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Center for Industrial Sensors and Measurements (CISM) at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH, USA. His recent work deals with synthesis-micro structure-property relations of ceramic bulk, thin-film and nano-structures. Dr. Akbar was the Chair of the 12th International Conference on Chemical Sensors (IMCS-12) held in 2008. This meeting was attended by 330 participants from more than 30 countries. His sensors received three (3) R&D 100 Awards as part of the 100 best inventions of 2007 and 2005 selected by R&D Magazine and 2005 NASA TGIR (turning goal into reality) award. Dr. Akbar is the recipient of the 2012 Electrochemical Society Sensor Division Outstanding Achievement Award, the 2002 Tan Chin Tuan Fellow of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and the 2001 Fulrath Award and the 2002 W.E.Cramer Award of the American Ceramic Society. He was elected a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society in 2001. He also received the 1993 B.F. Goodrich Collegiate Inventors Award for the development of a rugged and durable CO/H2 sensor; one of three national awards. Dr. Akbar served on the International Advisory Committee of CIMTEC conferences, Steering Committee of the International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEE), Technical Steering Committee of the US-DOE Sensor and Controls Program, and the Steering Committee of the US-Japan Conference on Sensor Systems for the 21st Century. He has co-organized sensor symposia for the American Ceramic Society, the Electrochemical Society, ICMAT (Singapore) and ICC3 (Japan). Dr. Akbar has co-edited 2 books on sensors. In 2003, he served as the Guest Editor for two special sections of the Journal of Materials Science, “Chemical Sensors for Pollution Monitoring and Control” and “Chemical and Bioceramics.” Recently, he was the Principal Editor of special issues entitled, “Nano-structured Ceramic Oxides: Challenges and Opportunities” and “Energy and Environment: Role of Advanced Materials” published by the American Scientific Publisher in 2011 and 2014, respectively. He is also the Guest Editor of a special issue entitled, “Sensing at the Nano-scale: Chemical and Biosensing” published in 2012 in Sensors. Dr. Akbar is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanomanufacturing, Materials Focus, Ceramics International, Journal of Nanomaterials and Sensor Letters. He has published more than 200 technical papers and holds 8 patents.

nano-structures, thin-film, ceramic bulk

Dr. Abu-Reziq completed his doctorate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in catalysis and sol-gel chemistry. After receiving his Ph.D. degree in 2004, he moved to Ottawa University, Canada, to do his postdoctoral research in the field of nanocatalysis. In 2006 he joined the company Sol-Gel Technologies as Senior Researcher and spent two years in developing micro and nano-encapsulation systems based on sol-gel process as drug delivery systems. In 2008, Dr. Abu-Reziq was appointed as Senior Lecturer at Institute of Chemistry and Casali Center for Applied Chemistry. His research focuses on nanocatalysis, green chemistry and developing micro and nanoencapsulation methods.

nanocatalysis, green chemistry, micro and nanoencapsulation methods

Prof A. Gorin is working for Swinburne University of Technology from year 2011. Prior to that he worked as a Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering and Associate professor of Chemical Engineering for Curtin University Sarawak Campus to which he joined after his service for The University of Auckland from 2000 to 2003.

Turbulent flows, heat and mass transfer in laminar and turbulent separated flows, film flows, transport phenomena in porous media and packed beds

Xiaozhi Hu is a professor of applied mechanics and advanced materials department of mechanical and chemical engineering at the university of western australia.

Fracture Mechanics modeling and fracture of materials

Eugenio Zapata-Solvas has completed his Ph.D. studies on the role of grain boundaries in the plasticity of advanced ceramics at the University of Seville in 2008. Then, he carried out postdoctoral studies about physical and chemical properties of UHTCs at Imperial College London and about flash sintering of advanced ceramics at the University of Oxford. He is currently a research fellow from the Materials Science Institute of Seville working on high temperature physical properties of UHTCs and new technologies for ceramics sintering. He has published more than 20 papers in indexed journals.

Materials Science, Structural Stability, Hypersonic Vehicle, Ultra-high temperature ceramics

Sergey V. Dorozhkin received his MS in chemical engineering with honors in 1984 from Moscow Institute of Chemical Technology, Moscow, Russia, and PhD in chemistry in 1992 from Research Institute of Fertilizers, Moscow, Russia. From 1992 to 1994 he worked as a senior researcher at the same institute, and from 1994 to 1996 he worked as a biotechnologist at a Swiss–Russia joint venture. From 1996 to 2004 he held five temporary postdoctoral positions on various aspects of calcium orthophosphates at five universities of four countries (France, Portugal, Germany and Canada). At present, he serves as a reviewer for several international scientific journals. Dr. Dorozhkin has authored more than 60 research papers, about 20 reviews, about 15 book chapters and 3 monographs.

Calcium phosphates, Biomaterials, Bioceramics, Biomineralization

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.

Ceramics Cavities, Image crystal, Polyhedral negative crystals

Dr. Min Wang is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Programme Director of the Medical Engineering Programme at The University of Hong Kong. His research interests include biomedical materials, tissue engineering, controlled release, and bionanotechnology. He has a large number of publications in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings and has given many conference presentations, including more than 110 invited talks, at international conferences. He is an elected fellow or academician of professional societies in the UK, USA, Hong Kong and the world (FIMMM, 2001; FIMechE, 2007; FHKIE, 2010; FBSE, 2011; AIMBE Fellow, 2012; WAC Academician, 2013).

biomedical materials, tissue engineering, controlled release , and bionanotechnology.

I had received my BS and MS in organic chemistry from California State University (San Jose , California , USA ) in 1968 and 1972 , respectively and my PhD in polymer science and technology from Liverpool University ( England) in 1977. I had worked as an organic chemist at Stanford Research Institute, SRI (Menlo park, California, USA) from 1968 till 1974. I have worked as a researcher at the Materials and Energy Research Center (MERC) for 30 years. Through these years, I have worked on many research projects in which polymers have had critical roles and applications in their syntheses and properties. I am a full professor and have served as an International Advisory and Editorial Board member in many world scientific journals. I have published many scientific papers in the word journals and international conference proceedings.

Mullite nanofibres, Electrospun nanofibres, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

Dr. Murugan Ramalingam is Professor at the Centre for Stem Cell Research (a unit of the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine-Bengaluru), Christian Medical College Campus, India. Concurrently he is Adjunct Professor at the Tohoku University, Japan. Prior to joining the CSCR, he was Associate Professor of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering at the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, 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 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. His current research interests are focused on the development of multiphase biomedical materials, through conventional to nanotechnology to biomimetic approaches, microfabrication, cell patterning, stem cell differentiation, tissue engineering and drug delivery. He is the author of over 190 publications, including peer-reviewed journal papers, conference proceedings, book chapters, authored books, edited books, and patents relevant to biomaterials, stem cells, and tissue engineering. His current h-index is 23 with over 4250 citations. He has organized several international conferences and chaired Biomaterials, Nanobiotechnology, Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering sessions. He also serves as a board member of several international scientific and research committees in various public and private bodies and grant reviewer of various international funding agencies. He serves on the editorial boards of multiple biomaterials and tissue engineering-related journals, including as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, the Journal of Bionanoscience and the American Journal of Stem Cell Research. He is a recipient of several prestigious fellowships and awards, including CSIR Fellowship (India), SMF Fellowship (Singapore), NRC National Academies Fellowship (USA), Nationale Professeur des Universités (France), Fellow of Institute of Nanotechnology (UK) and Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (UK).

micro fabrication, stem cell differentiation, tissue engineering, drug delivery