CHUNG, Neal Tai-Shung Emeritus Professor working at National University of Singapore, Singapore
Show MoreProfessor Linda K. Medlin is currently a Research Fellow at the MBA, holds an honorary professorship at Aberystwyth University, and is CEO Of Algae Save the World, Consulting. Worked previously as Head of Research at Microbia Environnement, France, at the Observatoire Oceanologique of UPMC, France and at the AWI, Germany. Received Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 1983 in marine botany. Expert in marine phytoplankton evolution/phylogenetics. Published 287 papers, 37 books chapters, two edited books and two special issues, one manual for microarray analysis, 99 invited lectures, of which four are keynote speakers and four are plenary speakers. Awarded 52 research grants of which 19 are EU. 3X winner of the Tyge Christensen award for best paper in Phycologia and 1X winner of the Provasoli award for best paper in Journal of Phycology. Elected foreign member of Norwegian Academy of Science for her pioneering work in phytoplankton phylogenetics. Her 1988 benchmark publication for first PCR primers for 18S gene opened the door for rRNA genes as biodiversity genes. 2022 recipient of the Yasumoto Lifetime Achievement Award given by the International Society for the study of Harmful Algae for her lifetime work on developing phylochips/microarrays/biosensors for early warning systems for toxic algae and freshwater pathogens and for analyzing marine biodiversity. Inventor on three patents for the detection of toxic algae.
Show MoreMasaru Tanaka Professor is working at National University Corporation Kyushu University, Department of Soft Materials Chemistry
Show MoreBen Zhong Tang received PhD degree from Kyoto University and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Toronto. He is now a Presidential Chair Professor and Dean of School of Science and Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. He was elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009. He is currently serving as Editor-in-Chief of Aggregate published by Wiley. His research interests include materials science and biomedical theranostics. He has received many awards, such as National Natural Science Award (2017), Nano Today Award (2021) and Biomaterials Global Impact Award (2023). His publications have been cited over 205,500 times, with an h-index of 199. He has been listed as a Highly Cited Researcher since 2014 in both areas of Chemistry and Materials Science.
Show MoreFoo Keng Yuen iver Engineering and Urban Drainage Research Centre (REDAC), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Engineering Campus, Seri Ampangan, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia
Show MoreN. Guarrotxena is a Research Scientist at the Institute of Polymer Science and Technology (ICTP) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain, an and External Expertise Consultant on I+D+i Management and Policy for National and International Agencies. She was vice director of ICTP-CSIC (2001-2005) and visiting professor at UCSB-USA and UCI-USA (2008-2011 and 2019). Her research focuses on the synthesis and assembly of multicomponent nano-/materials, smart nanomaterials, nanoplasmonics, fluorescent materials and their nano-biotechnology and green energy applications.
Show MoreProf. Shmuel Kenig founded the Department of Polymer Materials Engineering (which awards students for B.Sc. and M.Sc. in research), headed the Department of Chemical Engineering, served as Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, and was recently elected vice president of Shenkar and director of the Research and Development Authority at the college.
Show MoreXianguang Yang is working at Jinan University (Guangzhou, China) · Institute of Nanophotonics Doctor of Philosophy
Show MoreProfessor Vladimir G. Chigrinov is a 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 317 journal papers, more than 668 Conference presentations, and 121 patents and patent applications including 36 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.
Show MoreProf. Bin Ding received his B.S. from Northeast Normal University, China, in 1998 and his M.S. from Chonbuk National University, South Korea, in 2003. He subsequently earned his Ph.D. degree at Keio University, Japan, in 2005, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Davis, USA. Currently, Prof. Ding serves as the Dean of the Institute of Science and Technology at Donghua University. He has been recognized as Distinguished Young Scientist by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, "Changjiang Scholar" by the Chinese Ministry of Education, and Leading Talent in the National "Ten Thousands Plan". Prof. Ding has been named a Highly Cited Chinese Researcher by Elsevier for five consecutive years and is among the World's Top 2% Scientists. Since 2000, Prof. Ding has made significant contributions to the controllable fabrication, functionalization, and industrial application of fibrous materials, which have found extensive use in thermal insulation, warmth retention, filtration, waterproof and breathable membranes, and energy electronics. His research has led to the establishment of three companies that commercialize technologies developed in his laboratory. Prof. Ding has authored and co-authored over 500 peer-reviewed SCI papers published in prestigious journals such as Nat. Commun., Sci. Adv., Adv. Mater., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. etc., achieving an H-index of 113. Additionally, he has edited two Chinese books and two English books, co-edited 13 book chapters, and holds over 200 approved innovation patents. Prof. Ding has undertaken more than 40 research projects funded by various organizations, including the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, and the industrial community. In recognition of his outstanding work, he has received numerous prestigious honors, such as the Distinguished Achievement Award from The Fiber Society (USA), the First Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress in Shanghai, and the Second Prize for Natural Science from the Ministry of Education, etc.
Show MoreDanijela Pezer is a Senior Lecturer at University Department of Professional Studies at the University of Split in Croatia. She holds the position as a Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department. She has published a numerous scientific papers in indexed International Journals and Conferences as an author or co-author. She won the award for the best scientific paper in the category of Young Researchers (Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2017) and also for the best paper presentation (Kecskemét, Hungary, 2014) as Young Researcher. She is a member in five International Scientific Journals as Editorial and Reviewer Board Member.
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