Mark Thompson received his B.S. degree in Chemistry in 1980 (U.C. Berkeley), his Ph.D. in chemistry in 1985 (California Institute of Technology) and was a postdoctoral fellow at Oxford University in the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory and in 1987 took a position as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University. In 1995 he moved to the University of Southern California as an Associate Professor and promoted to the rank of Professor in 1998. Thompson currently holds the Ray R. Irani Chair of Chemistry. Thompson’s research involves the study of materials for a wide range of applications including electroluminescence, photovoltaics, solar cells, chemical/biological sensing and bioadhesives. The last topic is the area he will speak on, involving the design of polymer hydrogels for efficiently biding and releasing from damaged tissue. Thompson is the author of approximately 400 papers in refereed professional journals with 96,000 citations and h-index of 142.

Prof. Chung is a Jade Mountain Chair professor (Yushan Scholar) at the Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology of NTUST, Taiwan. Before joining NTUST, he was a Provost’s Chair Professor at the ChBE department of NUS in 2011-2021. His research focuses on polymeric membranes for clean water, clear air, clear energy and pharmaceutic separation. In 2005-2008, he worked as a Senior Consultant for Hyflux, led and built its membrane research team. He became a Fellow in the Academy of Engineering Singapore in 2012 and received the Underwood Medal from IChemE (Institute of Chemical Engineers, UK) for exceptional research in separations and Singapore President’s Technology Award in 2015. He was a highly cited researcher in Chemical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering by the Elsevier and Shanghai Global Ranking in 2016 and received Distinction Award in Water Reuse and Conservation from International Desalination Association (IDA) in 2016. He was also a highly cited researcher from Clarivate Analytics in 2018 and 2019. He was ranked as No. 7 in Chemical Engineering worldwide by the list of “the top 2% scientists in the world” published by Stanford University in 2020 (http://www.globalauthorid.com/WebPortal/EliteOrder. 2020). He was one of the top 0.1% of scholars on Water Purification over the past 10 years, as "World Expert" by Expertscape (2021). (Water Purification: Worldwide - Expertscape.com). His H-index =120 (Scopus) or 138 (Google Scholar) (Aug 3, 2022). He is an editorial board member of journals including J. Membrane Science, Env. Sci. & Tech., AIChE J., Separation & Purification Tech., J. Applied Polymer Science, and many others.

Prof. Sabu Thomas is one of India’s most renowned scientists known for his contributions in polymer science and Nanotechnology. He is a scientist, administrator and an excellent teacher who has students all over the world. He joined Cochin University of Science and Technology to pursue his bachelor’s degree in Polymer science and Rubber Technology. He went on to complete his Ph.D at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur under the eminent guidance of Prof. S K De. After attaining industrial experience, he returned to serve his homeland, Kottayam and joined Mahatma Gandhi University as a lecturer. He has been the Visiting Professor of several institutes abroad. He currently serves as the Vice Chancellor of the Mahatma Gandhi University. He has guided over 118 PhD students. He has received several national and International awards for best researcher and is a member of numerous scientific bodies and committees. So far, 3 universities have honored him with honorary doctorates, which include University of South Brittany, France, University of Lorraine, France and Siberian Federal University, Russia. He received a total grant of Rs. 40 crores for research funding from India and abroad and have organized 50 international conferences in the campus. He has authored more than 1,200 research publications and 160 books. He has a notable h-index of 122 and has accumulated over 71,842 citations. Recently, he has been ranked 114th in the list of the world’s best scientists that has been compiled by Stanford University in the US. He figures in the list as the 2nd-best scientist in India in the field of polymer science. This year he was also selected for the DST Nanomission award 2020. He received Honorary Professorship from Siberian Federal University on May 2020. Last year he was honored with C.N.R Rao Award Prize Lecture in Advanced Materials by Materials Research Society of India (MRSI).He was elected as the Foreign Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (EurASc)-2019. He had also won the 6th contest of “mega-grants” organized by the Government of the Russian Federation designed to support research projects implemented under the supervision of the world’s leading scientists -2017.Recently he was honored with Bailey Medal Award. In January 2021 Prof Sabu Thomas was awarded the KairaliLife time Research Award 2021 by Kerala Government. As per the new report of German based “European Science Evaluation Centre” Prof Sabu Thomas is ranked 1st in the Kerala state 19th in the Country and 236th in Asia. Recently Prof Thomas was elected as a member of Editorial Boards and Editorial Key Reviewers Committees member in the World Academy of Materials and Manufacturing Engineering and the Association of Computational Materials Science and Surface Engineering, Poland. He is ranked as best scientist in the state of Kerala and 19th in India in the ranking by ADScientific Index 2022. Professor Thomas has contributed a major part of academic life for the up-gradation of Mahatma Gandhi University to an international level. Prof Sabu Thomas has contributed a lot academically and under his tremendous effort and leadership, Under his leadership, now the University has been ranked 713 in the world University ranking and 154 in the Asian Ranking by TIMES and 142 The Times Higher Education -THE Young University Rankings 2021.Mahatma Gandhi University could bag Chancellor's award, NIRF ranking of 30 and “A” grade in NAAC reaccreditation. Recently Mahatma Gandhi University could win the Chancellors Award for the best Universities under his excellent leadership.

Thomas J. Webster’s (H index: 111; Google Scholar) degrees are in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh (B.S., 1995) and in biomedical engineering from RPI (Ph.D., 2000). He has served as a professor at Purdue (2000-2005), Brown (2005-2012), and Northeastern (2012-2021) Universities and has formed over a dozen companies who have numerous FDA approved medical products currently improving human health. He has directed numerous international centers in biomaterials and has graduated over 200 students with over 750 peer-reviewed publications. Prof. Webster is a fellow of over 8 academic societies and is a SCOPUS highly cited researcher (top 1% citations for materials science and mixed fields) as well as a Public Library of Science (PLoS) World Top 2% Scientist by Citations in all fields.

Prof. Bin Liu received her BS degree and Ph.D. degree from Nanjing University and National University of Singapore, respectively, before her postdoctoral training at University of California, Santa Barbara. She joined NUS in late 2005, where she is currently the Provost’s Chair Professor, Head of Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Vice President in Research and Technology. For her research focusing on organic nanomaterials for biomedical and energy applications, Prof. Liu has received many highly prestigious awards, including Singapore President’s Technology Award 2016, and Asian Scientist Top 100 List in 2017, Micro-Nano Letters Researcher Award in 2018, ACS Nano Lectureship Award in 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2021 Centenary Prize. Prof. Liu was named as the Top 1% Highly Cited Researchers in Materials Science by Thomson Reuters and Clarivate Analytics from 2014 to 2019. She is the Fellow of Singapore Academy of Engineering, Asia-Pacific Academy of Materials, and the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Prof Chul Park received his PhD from MIT in 1993. He is Distinguished Professor of Microcellular Engineered Plastics at University of Toronto. He is also the NSERC Senior Industrial Research Chair in Multi-Functional Graphene-Based Polymer Nanocomposites and Foams. He has an international recognition in polymer foam area. He has published more than 1500 papers, including over 480 journal papers and four books with 25,500 Scopus Citations and 96 Scopus H-index. Prof Park serves as Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Cellular Plastics. He has been inducted as an Academician Fellow into 6 academies including the Academy of Sciences of the Royal Society of Canada, the Korean Academy of Science and Technology, and the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He is also a Fellow of 6 other professional societies including the Society of Plastics Engineers.

Do Y. Yoon has been Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University since 2012. He obtained his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Seoul National University, Korea (1969), earned his Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering from University of Massachusetts Amherst (1973), and did his postdoctoral study with Paul J. Flory in Chemistry Department of Stanford University (1973-1975). He then worked in IBM Research Laboratory in California as Research Staff Member and Manager of Polymer Physics Group (1975-1999). From 1999 to 2012, he was Professor of Chemistry at Seoul National University, Korea, and served as the Korean spokesman of the Germany-Korea International Research Training Group on “Self-Organized Materials for Optoelectronics” (2006-2012). He published about 260 research papers (h-index: 73), was elected a fellow of American Physical Society (1985), received Humboldt Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany (1999), and received Academic Achievements Award from the Alumni Association of Seoul National University (2017). His research areas included molecular conformations & dynamics, semi crystalline molecular morphology, liquid crystalline state, surface and thin film characteristics of polymers, and structure-property relationships of polymers for information technology, organic electronics, and clean energy. He is a co-editor of "Selected Works of Paul J. Flory" and a co-author of "Paul John Flory: A Life of Science and Friends."

Richard Spontak received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Penn State and UC Berkeley, respectively, and pursued post-doctoral studies at Cambridge University (UK) and the Institute for Energy Technology (Norway) before joining Procter & Gamble in 1990. In 1992, he transitioned to NC State University, where he is a Distinguished Professor. He has >300 peer-reviewed journal publications and >35 book chapters and invited works, and his research has been featured on 31 journal covers and cited about 15,000 times. He has received numerous honors including the ACS Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers Award (Rubber), the ACS Roy W. Tess Award for Coatings (PMSE), the SPSJ International Award, the IOM3 Colwyn Medal and the SPE International Award. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, IOM3, and the ACS PMSE Division, and he is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.

Professor Raman Singh’s primary research interests are in the relationship of Nano-/microstructure and Environment-assisted degradation and fracture of metallic and composite materials, and Nanotechnology for Advanced Mitigation of such Degradations. He has also worked extensively on use of advanced materials (e.g., graphene) for corrosion mitigation, stress corrosion cracking, and corrosion and corrosion-mitigation of magnesium alloys (including for the use of magnesium alloys for aerospace, defence and bioimplant applications). Prof Singh is a senior professor at Monash University, Australia. He is a Guest Professor at ETH Zurich, Switzerland (2020, 2023, 2024), US Naval Research Lab, Indian Institute of Science, and University of Connecticut. He worked as a scientist at Indian Atomic Energy and as a post-doc fellow at University of New South Wales, Australia. Prof Singh’s professional distinctions and recognitions include: Guest Professor of ETH Zurich, Editor of a book on Cracking of Welds (CRC Press), Lead Editor of a book on Non-destructive Evaluation of Corrosion (Wiley), Editor-in-Chief of an Elsevier and two MDPI journals, leader/chairperson of a few international conferences and numerous plenary/keynote lectures at international conferences, over 265 peer-reviewed international journal publications and 15 book chapter, and several competitive research grants (that includes 4 Discovery, 7 Linkage and one ITRH grants of Australian Research Council). Prof Singh has supervised 52 PhD students. His vibrant research group at Monash University comprises of PhD students from different disciplines (Mechanical, Chemical, Materials and Mining Engineering, and Science) as well as from different cultural backgrounds (Australian, Middle-eastern, Chinese, Malaysian, Indian, African, North American and Israeli).

Professor Vladimir G. Chigrinov is Professor of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology since 1999. He is an Expert in Flat Panel Technology in Russia, recognized by the World Technology Evaluation Centre, 1994, and SID Fellow since 2008. He is an author of 6 books, 31 reviews and book chapters, about 322 journal papers, more than 677 Conference presentations, and 121 patents and patent applications including 38 US patents in the field of liquid crystals since 1974. He got Excellent Research Award of HKUST School of Engineering in 2012. He obtained Gold Medal and The Best Award in the Invention & Innovation Awards 2014 held at the Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) 2014, which was hosted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 20-22 Feb 2014. He is a Member of EU Academy of Sciences (EUAS) since July 2017. He got A Slottow Owaki Prize of SID in 2018 http://www.ee.ust.hk/ece.php/enews/detail/660. He is 2019 Distinguished Fellow of IETI (International Engineering and Technology Institute). http://www.ieti.net/news/detail.aspx?id=184 http://www.ieti.net/memberships/Fellows.aspx Since 2018 he works as Professor in the School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering in Foshan University, Foshan, China. 2020-2024 Vice President of Fellow of Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (IDSAI) Since 2021 distinguished Fellow of Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. Since March 2022 he is A Fellow of National Academy of Technology for his contributions to Information Electrical and Electronic Research : http://www.usnat.org/fellows.html

Wenxin Wang is Full Professor in Skin Research and Wound Healing, a Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Principal Investigator at the Charles Institute of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University College Dublin (UCD), and a member of UCD Academic Council. He won the highly prestigious “Young Scientist Prize in Regenerative Medicine” in 2010 at TERMIS-EU conference, the “SFI Principal Investigator award” in 2011 and the DEBRA Award for Excellent EB Patient Service in 2014, which highlight his work ethic and achievements. Prof. Wang’s scientific interests are in the areas of biomaterials, stem cell and gene therapy for the treatments of skin wounds, cartilage/bone regeneration, dental tissue regeneration, tissue sealant/adhesive. His scientific contribution and achievements have been recognized both nationally and internationally including over 210 peer-reviewed scientific journal papers (Nat. Commun., Nat. Rev. Chem., Sci. Adv., Angew. Chem., JACS, Chem. Sci. and Nano Letters etc.), 5 book chapters, 34 patents, 143 conference abstracts and presentations, and 114 invited lectures and keynote presentations. Since 2009 he has graduated 19 PhD students and mentored over 25 postdoctoral researchers. His achievements have gained the increased interest in the wider public community with publicity media activities (56 times in TV Documentary, Videos and Newspapers), for example in RTE-TV, ‘The Sunday Times’, ‘The Irish Times’, ‘Science Daily’ and ‘Chemistry World’. He has been awarded significant funding (ca. 11.57 million Euros) from different sources, e.g., SFI, Health Research Board (HRB), Irish Research Council (IRC), Enterprise Ireland (EI) and European Union (EU-FP7 & EU Horizon 2020) to support his research activities. Prof. Wang has acted as the symposium convener and chair, the member of organizing committees and the member of the conference advisory board for 32 international conferences and has been selected as an expert reviewer and panel member by 26 international research councils and funding bodies. As the founder, Prof Wang has launched 5 companies - Vornia Ltd (acquired by Ashland - a Fortune500 US company in Jan. 2018, renamed as Ashland Specialties Ireland), Blafar Ltd. (http://www.blafar.com), Branca Bunús Ltd. (https://brancabunus.com/), Blafar (Hangzhou) Biotechnology Ltd. (http://www.blafar.cn/), Ruixi Tianchuang Biotechnology Ltd. Furthermore, he has licensed 17 new technologies to 5 companies: Ashland, Amryt Biopharm, Blafar, Ruixi, and Branca Bunús, and successfully launched and commercialized newly developed technologies onto the market.

Mike Brook is an expert in silicon, silica and silicone chemistry. His research has three main axes related to Sustainability: using HSi-containing silicones in the degradation of elastomers, particularly used automobile rubber; incorporation of natural materials in silicones to convey new properties and more facile breakdown at end of life; and developing synthetic strategies to create high molecular weight silicones with explicit structural control and very narrow ranges of properties. He was awarded Canadian Institute for Chemistry Award in 2023, Macromolecular Science & amp; Engineering Award 2017, and the Frederic Stanley Kipping Award for Silicon Chemistry (ACS) in 2016. He did a PDF at the ETH Zurich; a PhD from McGill University and BSc from the University of Toronto.

Prof. Regina Jeziorska has received the M.Sc. (1984), the Ph.D. (1998), and the D.Sc. (2008) degrees from the Warsaw University of Technology, Industrial Chemistry Research Institute and Lublin University of Technology, Poland. Currently she leads a group of researchers working on various aspects of recycling and reactive extrusion of bio(polymers), nanocomposites and their applications, and polymer technology. She is the author and co-author of over 150 publications, including 56 from the Philadelphia list, over 90 papers at national and international conferences and over 40 patents.

Marc Marín has completed his PhD at the age of 34 years from Polytechnical University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain - Barcelona. He, actually, is professor of Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona (Spain). He has over 40 publications that have been cited over 330 times, and his publication H-index is 10 and has been serving as an editorial board member of reputed Journals.

Rita Magri is associate professor of Physics of Matter at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, since 2010. She got her Master Degree in Physics, mark summa cum laude, in 1985 and her PhD in 1990 with a thesis on Density Functional Theory calculations applied to semiconductor superlattices. In 1990-1991 she was a Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Assistant at the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) (now National Renewable Energy Laboratory), in Golden, Colorado, USA, under the direction of Dr. Alex Zunger. From 1992 to 1993 she worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada, in the group of Prof. J. Dahn. Her research interests have focused and focuses mainly on the theoretical modelling and atomistic computations of the structural and electronic properties of semiconductors, with particular regard to low dimensional systems and nanostructures. She has been principal investigator of international and national research projects, single author and co-author of more than 100 articles in international journals, and an invited speaker in many international workshops and conferences.

Born in Prague in 1971, in 1996 he graduated from the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague and at the same university he defended his PhD in 2002. In the same year he joined the Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, where in 2014 he defended the DSc, a Doctor of Chemical Sciences, and in 2015 he became a senior scientist and head of the scientific department. During his studies he stayed at prestigious universities (University of Rostock, Germany, New University of Lisbon, Portugal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University of Newcastle, UK; Haifa Technion, Israel, University of Heidelberg, Germany. P. Izak dealing with separation of gases, vapours and liquids through non-porous membranes for 25 years. He won a number of awards: Outstanding Performance Award, US Department of Energy, Czech Head of Engineering, E.ON Global Energy Award, ERSTE Corporate Banking, He published more than 100 scientific publications with a total number of citations above 1700, H-index = 25. He is a member of a wide range of scientific councils and national and foreign scientific committees including former Vice-president of European Membrane Society.

Super’s research leverages protein engineering to design therapeutic and diagnostic devices to treat cancer, and infectious and immunological diseases. Prior to joining the Wyss, Super spent 17 years in the Biotechnology industry, employed in companies ranging from start-ups to large Pharma. In industry, Super was the Director of the Protein Biochemistry, Immunobiology and Hybridoma Antibody groups, focusing on the design, development and production of therapeutic antibodies for cancer and autoimmune disease therapy. Super received his M.Sc. in Biomolecular Organization at Birkbeck College and his Ph.D. in Medical Immunology at the Institute of Child Health, University of London, followed by postdoctoral work at Harvard in Hematology/Oncology and Infectious disease.

Jingwei Xie received his B.S. and M.S. from Nanjing University of Technology, China, and his Ph.D. from the National University of Singapore (2007). He worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the Xia group at Washington University in St. Louis. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Surgery‐Transplant and Holland Regenerative Medicine Program at University of Nebraska Medical Center. He is also an adjunct faculty in the Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His research interests include biomaterials, drug delivery, nanomedicine, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, wound infection and healing, and hemostasis.

Vakhtang Barbakadze has his expertise in isolation and structure elucidation of a new series of plant polyethers, which are endowed with pharmacological properties as anticancer agents. Besides, he interested in enantioselective synthesis and biological activities of basic monomeric moiety of these biopolyethers, synthesis of enantiomerically pure epoxides as chiral building blocks for the production of synthetic analogues of natural polyethers. In 1978 and 1999 he has completed his Ph.D and D.Sci., respectively. In 2006 up to date he is the Head of Department of Plant biopolymers and Chemical Modification at Tbilisi State Medical University Institute of Pharmacochemistry. In 1996 and 2002 he has been a visiting scientist at Utrecht University, The Netherlands, by University Scholarship and The Netherlands organization for scientific research (NWO) Scholarship Scientific Program, respectively. He has published more than 100 papers in reputed journals. In 2004 he was Georgian State Prize Winner in Science and Technology.

Dr Agnieszka Szadkowska is a graduate of the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Warsaw. Currently, she works as a chief specialist of the Polymer Technology Research Group at the Łukasiewicz Research Network - Industrial Chemistry Institute in Warsaw. Research interests: polymer biomaterials and nanocomposites as well as polymer processing and recycling. She is the co-author of 17 publications from the Philadelphia list, 13 chapters in a monograph and 20 patents (including 2 patent applications)

Ján Kruželák – obtained PhD degree in 2011 at Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava and currently works as an assoc. prof. at Institute of Natural and Synthetic Polymers at Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology STU in Bratislava. He is extensively experienced from the study of preparation and characterization of rubber compounds based on various elastomers filled with traditional fillers used in rubber industry as well as with magnetic active fillers and biopolymer fillers. His area of expertise is also research and development of vulcanization systems used for cross-linking of rubber matrices. He has been a member of the IRCO, an international organization bringing together representatives of rubber industry research associations and production organizations of each member country.

Gabriela Polak graduated with a master's degree in Chemical Technology and Fuels and Environment in 2021. She is currently a PhD student at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow in the Adsorption and Environmental Engineering Group led by Professor Katarzyna Zarębska. Among other things, the team deals with: sorption processes, synthesis and analysis of geopolymers, and management of waste from the energy sector within the concept of closed-loop economy. The team publishes its research results in reputable scientific journals.

Dr Maciej Studzinski is a chief specialist of Polymer Technology Research Group at the Łukasiewicz Research Network - Industrial Chemistry Institute, Poland, and is highly regarded for his research in the field of polymers. He has contributed about 20 publications in materials science and has written 2 chapters in a monograph. He is the co-author of 8 patents (including 3 patent applications).

Dr. Cheng Lin is an Assistant Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology, China. She is dedicated to the research of shape memory polymer composites and 4D printed shape memory tissue engineering scaffolds. She has published SCI papers in journals such as Advanced Functional Materials (IF=19.924), Research (IF=11.036), Acta Biomaterialia (IF=10.633), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (IF=10.383), Composites Science and Technology (IF=9.879) etc..

Afifa Kamal was originally born in Skardu, (North of Pakistan) and now she is a PhD Scholar and researcher at Nanjing Normal University China. She is working on plant Genome, gene annotation and gene authentication. Beside this, she is also working on the effect of chemicals on Plants under stress. Her Interest in plant genetics began when she first saw genes and DNA structure. She did her undergraduate in Botany at Government College and University, Faisalabad , Pakistan and her masters in Botany at University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan and PhD in Botany at Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China.

Patrícia Manarte-Monteiro is Associate Professor, FP-I3ID, of the Faculty of Health Sciences, University Fernando Pessoa (FHS-UFP). She has completed her PhD in Biotechnology and Health, Epidemiology and Public Health in UFP (2009); she completed the Scientific Master in Conservative Dentistry (2002) and degree in Dentistry (1996) at the Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Porto. She published articles in national/international specialty journals and presentations in several national/international conferences. Professor of Conservative Dentistry in the Integrated Master's Degree in Dentistry at Faculty of Health Sciences, UFP (since 2000). Associate Director of the Journal American Dental Association Portuguese Edition. Board member of the Portuguese Society of Dental Aesthetics, SPED (since 2017). Is the Coordinator of the Integrated Master's Degree in Dentistry at FHS-UFP (Since March 2019). Member of the National Ethics Committee for Clinical Research (CEIC; since 2017). Researcher in dentistry field.

Jianxin Tang received his Ph.D in Physics and Materials Science from City University of Hong Kong. In 2008, he was appointed professor at the Institute of Nano Functional & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University. His current research areas/interests span device physics and surface science on organic and perovskite light-emitting diodes technology for flat panel display and solid-state lighting, and organic/perovskite photovoltaic cells for renewable energy. He has published more than 200 papers in internationally refereed journals and has been serving as an editor of the journal IEEE Electron Device Letters.

Lina Song has completed her PhD from Chinese Academy of Sciences, PRC. She is an associate professor from Guangdong University of Technology, PRC. She has published more than 10 papers in reputed journals.

Ebru Dengiz ÖZCAN graduated from Department of Ceramic Engineering, Dumlupınar University. She is a PhD. student in Department of Mining Engineering in İstanbul Technical University. She is also working in a concrete factory ( KARAMAN CONCRETE FACTORY ) as a quality manager in TURKEY. Until the last 3 years, she worked as a technical sales manager in construction chemicals companies that produce cement and concrete chemicals. She is interested in polymer based grinding aids, cement and concrete productions. She published two technical research article , one is in SCI journals.

Paras Nath Yadav obtained his M. Sc. from Tribhuvan University, Nepal and his Ph.D. from University of Ioannina, Greece in 2002. In 1992 he was appointed as an Assistant Lecturer of Chemistry at Tribhuvan University where he subsequently became professor in 2015. He was postdoc fellow at Acadia University, Canada (2003-2005), Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2008) and Research Professor at Ewha Womans University, South Korea (2012-2013). He is Academician and senator at Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), and currently serving as Executive Director of Curriculum Development Centre, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Dr Yadav has (co)authored 60+ research papers in peer reviewed journals and six books of chemistry. He is a recipient of several scientific awards.

Dr. Mohammad F. Bayan is working as an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics at faculty of Pharmacy in Philadelphia University, Amman, Jordan. The major focus of Dr. Bayan's research involves the development of controlled and triggered drug delivery systems using advanced and novel technologies. His work involves organic synthesis, synthesis and characterization of polymeric smart materials and performing drug release studies.

Ahmed Hegazi is currently a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology in the National Research Center, Egypt. Prof. Hegazi received his master’s degree in 1979, and his PhD in 1981. Hegazi's research work has been focused lately on bee products and their therapeutic effects. Dr. Hegazi awards; First Class Decoration of Excellence, Egypt, 1995, The Senior Scientist Prize of National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt, 1996, The National Scientific Prize In Biological Sciences, Egypt, 1990, The Scientific Prize of The National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt, 1989, The Second Best Research Paper Award, International Congress of Propolis, Bones Aires, Argentina, 2000, Main Speaker Award,10th Academic Conference, PRA and NAS (Nippon Apitherapy Soc.) Japan, 2006, 2 Bronze medals from The International Innovation Fair of the Middle East, Kuwait, 2007 Awarded of Ghazi Wad Allah Salon Prize, 2008. Awarded the Merit Aware of Medical Sciences, The National Research Center, 2016. Dr. Hegazi contributed Chairman of the National Committee for Microbiological Sciences (NCMS) in Egypt, Academy of Science and Technology, Egypt, from 2018. Hegazi organized and contributed to national and international research projects since 1977 and up till now; he has been the principal investigator on multiple research projects within the National Research Center. He Conducted training courses on Clinical Microbiology, National Research Center in 1979. He has 243 articles in national and international scientific journals. Editor in 48 journals, Referee in the 98 International Journals, Organizer of 156 International Symposium and conferences, 9 books in English language and 13 books in Arabic language. He has patent No. 28335at 11/12/2017. and registers for other 5.

Nourhan El-Maghrabi was born on 6th of November 1994 in Alexandria, Egypt. She received her B.Sc from the Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Egypt in 2017, her M.Sc in 2020, and her PhD in 2022 in the field of Green Nanotechnology. She works as a lecturer at the Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Egypt. She was a visiting PhD student at University of Utah, USA in 2022 and she has participated in the COP 27 in Egypt 2022, the African Youth Forum For Biodiversity 2020, the MAB Youth Forum in Changbaishan, China 2019, United Nations Youth Climate Summit in New York, US 2019, United Nation workshop on inclusive infrastructure in Geneva, Switzerland 2019, and the United Nations meeting " the Right to Education" in Geneva, Switzerland 2019. She has participated in many scientific projects related to the implementation of environmentally friendly techniques in nano- composites fabrications and their applications in water remediation. She has published many papers in that field. She is a member and a co-founder to the green nanotechnology group at the Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University and in the UNESCO, MAB Youth Program.

Ramzi RZIG, Doctor of Energy Engineering from the National School of Engineers of Monastir from Tunisia. After engineering cycle at the National School of Engineers of Monastir, he did his thesis in heat and mass transfer (Porous Media) in Laboratory of Thermal and Energy Systems Studies. During his professional career, he held several positions in higher education in Tunisia (ISSTE of Borj Cedria & ISET of Kef) and now he hold the position of Research Manager within the company Bimatto Technology by participating in the collaboration of innovative energy projects.

Dr Jing Lyu’s long term research vision is to establish the synthetic mechanism-structure-property relationships of advanced polymer materials with the ultimate aim to expand their application areas. Her career objectives are to utilize multidisciplinary knowledge and skills in materials, chemistry and computer simulation to design, model, evaluate novel structured multifunctional materials, clarify the mechanism behind its formation and eventually translate their unique properties into practice. Currently, Dr Lyu is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Prof. Wenxin Wang’s group at University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland. Dr Lyu has had 7 years research experience, built up broad and interdisciplinary research interests (e.g., design and synthesis of novel structured multifunctional polymers, mechanism study of the controlled multivinyl monomer polymerization, gelation theory etc.) and accumulated diverse experimental skills (e.g., controlled polymerization of multivinyl monomers, Monte Carlo simulation, molecular dynamics and cell culture). Up to now, she has published 14 peer-reviewed journal papers (such as Macromolecules and Nature Reviews Chemistry co-authored with the world-wide leading polymer scientist Prof. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Advanced Materials, etc.), 1 book chapter, 7 conference abstracts and presentations and secured 2 fellowship/funding. She also demonstrated her capacity to be an independent researcher by co-supervising 8 Ph.D./master/undergraduate students and acting as a teaching assistant in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, UCD contributing to various teaching activities for Undergraduate/Master students. In addition, Dr Lyu has been working as a Product Development Scientist in Blafar Ltd (a biotechnology company, committed to produce functionalised biopolymer products for cosmetic and medical devices industry around the world) and has built up good collaborations with world-wide leading researchers in both academia and industry.

Prof. Tokeer Ahmad is graduated from IIT Roorkee and Ph.D. from IIT Delhi. Presently, he is full Professor at Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Prof. Ahmad has supervised 11 PhD’s, 77 postgraduates, 9 projects, published 145 research papers, one patent and two books with research citation of 5108, h-index of 43 and i10-index of 101. Prof. Ahmad is active reviewer of 122 journals, delivered 117 Invited talks and presented 126 conference papers. Prof. Ahmad has received DST-DFG award, SMC Bronze and ISCAS Medals, Inspired Teacher’s President Award, Distinguished Scientist Award, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Excellence Award of Education, Teacher’s Excellence Award and elected as Member of National Academy of Sciences India. Prof. Ahmad has been figured in World Top 2% Scientists for consecutive three years in both coveted lists including career long by Stanford University, USA.

Prof. Arun Kumar Rana has completed his B.Tech degree from Kurukshetra University, M.Tech. and Ph.D. Degree from Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana, India. His area of interest includes Image Processing, Wireless Sensor Network, Internet of Things, AI, and Machine Learning and Embedded systems. Prof. Rana is currently working as Assistant Professor at GGalgotias College of Engineering and Technology, greater Noida, India with more than 16 years of experience. Prof. Rana is a collaborative researcher. He has published 20 SCI Papers, 30 SCOPUS papers, 25 chapters, 25 Papers in National and International conferences. He has also published 10 books with a national and international publisher like Taylor and Francis ( Scopus Index), USA, and many times members of SCI, Scopus indexed international conference/symposium. Also, he has attended 15 workshops and 9 FDP. He has guided 6 M.Tech candidates. He serves as a Reviewer for several journals and international conferences. He is also a member of the Asia Society of Research. He also published/Granted 10 national and international patents. He is an Editor and Reviewer of many international journals around the world. Many time Keynote Speaker in international conference. He has conducted many workshops on IoT and its applications in engineering, Wireless Networks, Simulators, etc. He has a keen interest in teaching and implementing the latest techniques related to wireless and IoT Technology. Many times received international awards from the various international organization. Listed in the world scientist Ranking 2021 and 2022. Guest editor for Special Issue "Routing and Protocols for Energy Efficient Communication" energy, MDPI, SCI, IF-3.004. Member of SIRG (Scientific Innovation Research Group), Egypt.

Dr. Sakshi Dua has completed her PhD degree from Punjab Technical University (Punjab, India) in 2021. She is working as Assistant Professor in School of Computer Applications (Lovely Professional University). She has published more than 10 articles in SCI/Scopus/WoS/ABDC/Scopus indexed journals. She is running more than 5 special issues of Scopus/ABDC/WoS/ESCI indexed journals.

Mr. Danish Fayaz was born on 11th December 1993 in Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir. He pursued his bachelor's degree of B.Tech in Civil Engineering with first class in 2016 from Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. He completed his postgraduate degree (M.Tech) from the Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, in 2018, with specialization in Structural Engineering. After post-graduation, he worked as an Assistant Professor at Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, for 6 months. Mr. Danish Fayaz is currently working as a Research Scholar in the Department of Civil Engineering at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani-Pilani Campus, since 2019. He is working in the field of Non-linear Dynamic Stability and Dynamic Response of Laminated Composite Plates and Shell Panels. His areas of interest are linear and non-linear finite element analysis, static, free vibration, buckling, dynamic stability, linear and non-linear dynamic response analyses of composite plates and shells.

Roopa A.K is an Assistant Professor at KLE Technological University, India from last 5 years. She had completed Master of Technology in structural Engineering by securing Gold medal. She has explored her research areas in the self-sensing cement based nano composite for structural health monitoring applications. Her current studies focus on molecular dynamic simulation and FEA modelling of cement based nano composites. She has expanded her research areas in the IoT and machine learning based applications to monitor the self-sensing composites. She has published more than 10 technical papers in journals, national and international conferences. She is the coauthor of “Introduction to Civil Engineering” textbooks. She has also filed the patent entitled Nano ceramic coating for cement composites. She has trained the many young undergraduate students by imparting the experiential learning in her course delivery. She has also involved in administrative work as Head of PG Coordinator. She has guided more than 40 UG/PG students for final year projects. She has actively involved in real time construction work/Structural consultancy works.

Dr. Omid Akbarzadeh Pivehzhani is working with Nanotechnology and Catalysis Research Centre since 2016. His main research area is heterogeneous catalysis and catalytic reaction engineering. He has spent 13 years in academic-industrial projects as a research officer and post-doctoral. Dr. Omid has worked 5 years in the oil and gas industry as a chemical engineer. He developed advanced smart catalysts, especially for the oil and gas industries. Dr. Omid has contributed to two PETRONAS Research Sdn Bhd industrial catalyst projects and worked on an international Airbus R&D project in NANOCAT. Currently, he is the PI of the graphene catalyst project at Hokkaido University in Japan, 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 the supervisor of three Ph.D. students from different countries. 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 a member of the society of petroleum engineers (SPE) and Senior Member of Hong Kong Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society. Omid awarded a 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 the 35th Science & Engineering Design Exhibition (SEDEX 35).

Peyman Hanifehnejad was born in 1995 in Tehran, Iran. He graduated from the University of Damghan (DU) in 2018. Then, he continued his study in organic chemistry in 2018 as an MSc student in the Chemistry Department of Iran University of Science & Technology (IUST) under the supervision of Associate Professor Hossein Ghafuri. Currently, he is a Ph.D. student at IUST under the supervision of Prof. Sadegh Rostamnia, and his research interest focuses on various substrates for catalysis aiming. Also, he has several papers in ISI journals and international conferences.

Reza Sheibani is a R&D management in a mega olefin & polyolefin company, with 15+ years experience as an industrial researcher, carrying out and supervising over 100 optimization projects in plant upgrading, product development and development opportunity evaluation, the capability of characterization of polymeric and chemical products and working with analytical instruments. Publication of research papers with high citations on the synthesis and application of semiconductors in photocatalytic degradation and the synthesis and application of porphyrin in oxidation reactions. lignin, and biopolymer valorization.

Seyed Heydar Mirjahanmardi is a quality control management in a mega olefin & polyolefin company, with 20+ years experience as an industrial researcher, carrying out and supervising over 100 optimization projects in plant upgrading, product development and development opportunity evaluation, the capability of characterization of polymeric and chemical products and working with analytical instruments. Publication of research papers with high citations on the synthesis and application of muliether and polyolefine catalysts for polymerization of polypropylene and characterization of polymers.

Mohammed Zighed, PhD in organic process engineering and an academic researcher at Research Unit of Materials, Process and environment (URMPE), he holds a master degree in process Engineering and a process engineering degree from the National polytechnic school of Algiers-Algeria-. Author of three scientific papers and a speaker in several conferences, Mohammed is highly interested by energy, environmental issues and Renewables energies. However, polymers and composite sciences are the main scope of his research works and his field of expertise.

Prof. Dr Sadek Khalifa Shakshooki has received MSc in Chemistry from Rochester Institute of Technology (New York (RIT) USA. On March 1967., Since then appointed as staff member in Department of chemistry, Faculty of Science University of Tripoli, Libya. He completed PhD from Bristol University, UK. (Inorganic Chemistry) on April 1971. Head Department of Chemistry (1973-1975). Dean College of Pharmacy(1975-1978) 1st Dean (He have initiate the College of Pharmacy) .Vice Director of the University (1978-1979).Dean College of Pharmacy(1987-1988) for 2nd time. He has received nomination for membership of New York Academy of Sciences November 1994, 13 Awards ,nationally and internationally. including Nomination for MAARQUIS WHO,s WHO in the world , USA. Edition (2018, 2021) , (Chosen for impressive distinction for less that 3% of world-wide in his scientific field). International Scientist Award- 2021, Excellence Service Award 2021..and lifetime Achievement Award 2022.. Editor in Chief of Academic Journal of Chemistry , since July 2016. has been serving as an editorial board member of repute 5 international journals in USA., He has published more than 100 papers in reputed journals.