Carlo Montemagno, PhD, is the former and founding Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Cincinnati. Immediately prior, he was the Chair of the Department of Bioengineering and Associate Director of the California NanoSystems Institute as well as the Roy & Carol Doumani Professor of Biomedical Engineering at UCLA. Previous to Montemagno’s tenure with UCLA, he served as Associate Professor in the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University. Montemagno earned his B.S. in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from Cornell (1980) and M.S. in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from Penn State University (1990). After completing his undergraduate studies in 1980, he joined the United States Navy and served for ten years in several senior management positions as a Civil Engineering Corps Officer. He then joined Argonne National Laboratory where he led laboratory and field investigations developing bioremediation technology for the treatment of hazardous waste. In 1995 Montemagno earned his PhD in Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences from Notre Dame University. Upon obtaining his PhD in Civil Engineering, he began his academic career as an Assistant Professor at Cornell University in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering where he was one of the pioneers in the field of Nanobiotechnology.

Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering, Nanotechnology, Intelligent Nanosystems, Chemical and Material Engineering

Dr. Farid Menaa is an inter- and multi-disciplinar professional (director, professor, researcher and entrepreneur) with increasing international recognition. His strong background is mainly related to medecine, biology, pharmaceutical sciences, biochemistry, biophysics and genetics. Dr. Menaa has studied and worked for/with several reputed institutions worldwide, including Sorbonne (Paris, France), CNRS (France), INSERM (France), CEA (Ministry of Defence, France), SKCC/sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (USA), Schools of Medecine of Paris (France), Wuerzburg (Germany) and Campinas (Unicamp, Brazil). Among other responsibilities he carried out, Dr. Menaa has been, for several years, the R&D director of Fluorotronics, Inc. San Diego, CA, USA, a premier company specialized in fluorine chemistry and nanotechnology. Dr. Menaa was also a principal investigator in projects related to Oncology, Dermatology, Stem Cells, Genetics and Hematology. Dr. Menaa is currently an international consulting expert in healthcare and biosystems for a number of organizations and serves as an editorial board member for a large number of esteemed journals in medecine, sciences and business. Dr. Menaa holds dozen of peer-reviewed manuscripts and is a respected member of prestigious scientific/medical organizations and meetings where he is often invited as a chairman.

Medicine, Genetics, Fluorine Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Biophysics, Biochemistry.

Dr Fang Xie was awarded her PhD in 2008 and was appointed as a Lecturer at Imperial College London in 2013. She is also Deputy Director for MSc in Advanced Materials in the Department of Materials. She has expertise in metal, semiconducting, andoxide nanomaterials synthesis and their applications in energy and life sciences. Her current researchinterests include plasmonic nanostructures for efficient light harvesting for solar cells and solar fuels, as well as in ultrasensitive biosensing and Bioimaging applications. She hasover 50 publicationsincluding 5 patents.

Nanotechnology, Materials Science

Prof. Vaseashta received a PhD from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA in 1990. He currently serves as Vice Provost for Research at Claflin University and Strategic Advisor/Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Sciences Convergence and International Clean Water Institute at Norwich University Applied Research Institutes. Previously, he served as a Professor of Physics and Physical Sciences and Director of Research at the Nanomaterials Processing and Characterization Laboratories, Graduate Program in Physical Sciences at Marshall University. Concurrently, he holds a visiting/distinguished Professorship at the 3 Nano-SAE Research Centre, University of Bucharest, Romania; Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova; and at the Helen and Martin Kimmel Center of Nanoscale Science at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. In 2007-08, he was detailed as a William C. Foster fellow to the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation at the US Department of State working with the Office of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism and Foreign Consequence Management program. He also served (2009-13) as Franklin Fellow and strategic S&T advisor in the office of Verification and Transparency Technologies/Arms Verification and Control in the Bureau of Arms Control Verification and Compliance, Office of Verification and Transparency Technologies at the US Department of State. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, Institute of Nanotechnology, and New York Academy of Sciences. He was awarded Gold medal by the Armenian National Polytechnic University (formerly State Engineering University of Armenia) for his contribution to Nanotechnology. In addition, he has earned several other fellowships and awards for his meritorious service including 2004/2005 Distinguished Artist and Scholar award. His research interests include; counterterrorism, unconventional warfare, critical-Infrastarture protection, biosecurity, advanced and nano materials for development of chemical-bio sensors/detectors, environmental pollution monitoring/detecting and remediation, and green nanotechnology. He authored over 200 research publications, edited/authored six books on nanotechnology, presented many keynote and invited lectures worldwide, served as the Director of four NATO Advanced Study Institutes/Advanced Research workshops supported by Emerging Security Challenges Division of the Science for Peace and Security, and co-chair of an International Symposium on Nanotechnology and Environmental Pollution Prevention (ISNEPP). He led the U.S. position on Nanotechnology in High Technology Coordination Group to joint US and India delegation. In addition, he served as a member of the U.S. Department of Commerce, NIST, and ANSI delegation to the U.K. representing the U.S. position on Standards in Nanotechnologies at the inaugural meeting of the ISO/TAG to TC-229. He is a member of NATO-SET-040, an exploratory team panel investigating security and surveillance applications of nanotechnology. He serves as an expert counsel to the UNESCO, ObservatoryNANO, and COSENT – south-east consortium on Nanotechnologies on NANO-Science and Technologies. He is an active member of several national and international professional organizations.

Dr. Vaseashta’s research interests include counter-terrorism; advanced and nanomaterials for development of chemical-bio sensors/detectors; water safety and security; environmental pollution monitoring, detecting and remediation; and green nanotechnology.

Dr Kar Seng (Vincent) Teng is an Associate Professor and leads the Nanoelectronics Research Group in the College of Engineering at Swansea University in the United Kingdom. He received his PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Swansea University, and has extensive research experiences in the study of nanoscale electronic materials and devices. This involves the application of nanotechnology in electronics, which has major impact in healthcare, computer, photonic and energy technologies. He has the expertise in the fabrication and characterisation of nanoscale electronic materials and devices, as well as controlling their properties through surface engineering for novel applications. His funded research includes the investigation of low-dimensional electronic materials, such as graphene, metal-oxide and nitride nanostructures etc., in the development of ultra-sensitive nano-biosensors for the early detection of diseases, short-wavelength lasers for ultra-high density data storage, nano-plasmonics for photovoltaic technology and fabrication of nanoelectronic devices using printing technology etc. He is also a Journal Editor for Fluorescent Materials.

His research interest is in the study of nanoscale electronic materials and devices.His research includes the investigation of low-dimensional electronic materials, such as graphene, metal-oxide and nitride nanostructures etc., in the development of ultra-sensitive nano-biosensors for the early detection of diseases, short-wavelength lasers for ultra-high density data storage and nano-plasmonics for photovoltaic technology etc.

Professor Ali Eftekhari is the President of the American Nano Society. He has established Department of Electrochemistry at MERC and School of Materials Science & Engineering at Jimma University from scratch. He has authored about 100 papers in high impact scholarly journals. He has supervised over 100 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

Nanomaterials, Electrochemistry, Energy Storage/Conversion

Abebaw Jemere is a senior research officer at the National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT), National Research Council Canada, Edmonton, Alberta. He obtained his Ph.D from the University of Alberta in 2003, specializing in Micro fabrication and miniaturization of analytical systems. Prior to NINT, he worked at CMC Microsystems (Kingston, Ontario) and Advanced Integrated Microsystems (Edmonton, Alberta) as staff scientist. His current research interest lies at the intersection of micro/nanotechnology and bio and environmental systems, particularly in the development of nanobiosensors and lab-on-a-chip systems for chemical, biochemical and biological analysis.

Dr. Jemere’s research primarily focuses on developing miniaturized analytical techniques for the separation, detection and identification of biomolecules. He conducts research in the areas of capillary electrophoresis, capillary electrochromatography, immunoassay, metabolomics, proteomics, mass spectrometric detection and lab-on-a-chip technology as well as developing novel biosensors.

Alexander Gorin is a professor of Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus. He is a holder of a conjoint Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics and PhD degree in Engineering Science. Due to his achievements he has been awarded as well the Higherpost-doctoral Doctor of Science degree andan Academic titleof Professor. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE, UK). His research in manufacturing and machining of advanced ceramics, composite materials, fundamental heat and mass transfer studies in porous media and fluid mechanics of separated flows, biofluidmechanics, multiphase systems, transport phenomena in living systems is widely recognized in the scientific and engineering communities. He has served on numerous organising committees for international conferences, has collaborated with various international institutions. He has published more than200 papers, including books and patents. He is a member of Editorial Boards for International Journal of Energy & Technology, Bioceramics Development and Applications,Journal of Fluid Flow Heat and Mass Transfer and has been invited as a keynote speaker for many conferences, congresses, and symposia. More than 20 PhD students have been awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree for studies completed under the Prof Alexander Gorin’s supervision.

Nanotechnology

Dr. James Liang is a Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology. Previously, Dr. Liang served as professor at Tsinghua University (Beijing) and Associate Research Professor at University of Michigan (Ann Arbor). Dr. Liang is currently editorial board members of three scientific journals and has over 100 peer-reviewed publications. There are three research projects in Dr. Liang, Laboratory: 1) Bacteria responsible materials for bio-fouling and medical device infections; 2) Therapeutic peptides; and 3) Nano-technology enabled bacteria and cancer cell sensing.

Dr. James Liang's research interests are bioactive peptides, functional polymers, and their potential pharmaceutical and biomedical applications.

Prof.Dr.A.Abdelghani is a Full Professor at the National Institute of Applied Science and Technology (INSAT, Tunisia) working mainly in the field of Microsensors and Microsystems. He obtained the master degrees in Microelectronic Devices at the INSA of Lyon (France) in 1994, then a Ph.D thesis from Ecole Centrale of Lyon (France) in 1997. He obtained a post-doc position in Germany between 1997-2000 in the field of biophysics. He obtained the Habilitation in Physics in Tunisia (faculty of Science of Tunis) in 2004 and a Habilitation (worlwide recognition for conducting and leading research) in Sciences pour l’Ingénieur in 2009 at the Ecole Normale Supérieur de Cachan (France). He organized three International Conferences in Tunisia in the Field of Nanotechnology (2009, 2012 and 2014) with the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation (Germany). He is now the leader and principal investigator of a research group working mainly on gas sensors based on functionalized carbon nanotubes (metallic oxides, nanowires, nanoneedles, polymers) and on the development of interdigitated gold microelectrodes integrated in microfluidic cell for bacteria analysis in biologic medium. He published more than 80 papers in International Journals and supervised more than 10 Ph.D thesis and 30 masters student. He edited two chapters book in the field of optical microscopy and biosensors. Prof. Abdelghani is part of worldwide renowned scientists as editorial member of several peer-reviewed scientific journals He was a coordinator of Science For Peace NATO Project (2009-2011), National science Fondation Project (2009-2013), Tunisian Coordinator of Tempus-Project (2013-2016) and coordinator of a recent second NATO-SFP project (2013-2016). Prof. Abdelghani developed worldwide collaborations and industrial partnership. He is deeply involved in industrial applications in his field of research with implications for the design and the development of affordable and cost-effective sensing devices for diagnostics and theranostics which will have an effective impact in the developing countries.

Sadeghi SM has received his PhD in University of British Columbia, Canada in 1999. Currently, he is working as Assistant Professor in University of Alabama in Huntsville,USA.

Nanophotonics : Electrical and optical control of energy flow in nanostructure assemblies; coherent control of optical properties of nanostructures; optics of colloidal nanocrystals; optics of semiconductors with engineered interfaces at monolayer level; plasmonic control of nonlinear effects in nanostructures.

Dr. Donglei Fan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin since January 2010. She received her bachelor's degree in chemistry from the Department of Intensive Instruction (DII), an honor program for gifted youth, from Nanjing University (NJU) in 1999, master's (2003) and doctorate (2007) degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University (JHU). She also obtained another master's degree in Electrical Engineering from JHU in 2005. Between 2007 and 2009, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at JHU. Her research focuses on exploiting the fundamental magnetic, optical, chemical, and mechanical properties of materials for innovative design, manufacturing, and applications of nanomaterials in biochemical sensing, single live cell stimulation, MEMS/NEMS, and energy conversion and storage devices. She is the inventor of Electric Tweezers that can precisely manipulate nanoscale materials in aqueous suspension by combined AC and DC electric fields. Prof. Fan's research has spurred a series of publications including Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Communications, the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials, Applied Physics Letters, ACS Nano, and a few pending patents.In 2012, Prof. Fan has won the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award. Her work on bottom-up assembling of inorganic nanomotors was selected as the #3 of ‘10 discoveries that will shape the future in 2014’ by British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Focus magazine. She was one of 30 US young engineers, selected and invited to attend the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) 2013 EU-US Frontier of Engineering Symposium in France. She was an invitee of National (NAS) Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine symposium in 2014. She was featured by ‘Woman in Nanoscience,’ an NSF supported scientific blog highlighting achievements of woman scientists in US. She was honored as a Recognized Mentor by the Siemens Foundation in 2012, a finalist of the Beckman Young Investigator Award (24 finalists nationwide), and nominated for the 2010 MIT Technology Review's TR35 award, which recognizes the world's top young innovators. She received NSF Fellowship for the California Institute of Technology Summer Program (2007), Postdoctoral Fellowship at JHU, Scholarships for Excellence at NJU (1996~1999), and early admission to JHU waived of National College Examination and awarded the Freshman Scholarship (1995). She won multiple awards in national/state academic competitions in Physics, Biology and Mathematics in high and middle schools.Dr. Fan's research program focuses on bridging fabrication of nano-functional materials with their applications via exploiting fundamental physical and chemical principles for innovative manufacturing and applications of nanomaterials in biochemical sensing, single live cell stimulation, MEMS/NEMS, and energy conversion and storage devices.

Dr. Fan's research program focuses on bridging fabrication of nano-functional materials with their applications via exploiting fundamental physical and chemical principles for innovative manufacturing and applications of nanomaterials in biochemical sensing, single live cell stimulation, MEMS/NEMS, and energy conversion and storage devices.

Narayan Bhattarai has received his Ph.D. in Chonbuk National University during the period of 1997-2003. Currently, he is working as Assistant Professor in North Carolina A&T State University. He is serving as an editorial member of reputed Central European Journal of Engineering journal. He is a member of Society of Biomaterials (SFB), Material Research Society (MRS), Society of Chemical Industry (SCI), Korean polymer society, Korean society of biomaterials, and Chemical society of Nepal. He has honored as Nominated for Burroughs Welcome Fund Award (University of Washington’s candidate, 2007), Elsevier Most Cited Paper Award (Journal of controlled Release, 2005), Graduate Teaching Assistantship (2001-2002), Graduate Student Fellowship (1994-1996) and Undergraduate Best Student Fellowship (1992-1994).

Biomedical Polymers and Tissue Engineering Scaffolds, Nanoparticles, Nanofibers, Hydrogels and Bio-conjugation,Drug Delivery

Imen Hafaid obtained her PhD thesis in “Nanomaterials” from the National Institute of Applied Science and Technology (INSA-Lyon) France, in 2009. She get her Habilitation in Phyics-Chemistry (option: Nanomaterials) from University of Paris 13 (France) in December 2013. She is now a member of research group of Pr. A. Abdelghani working mainly on gas sensors and biosensors. She published more than 20 papers in international journal and was invited several times as visiting professor and invited speaker.

Dr. Solhe F. Alshahateet is Associate Professor of Crystal Engineering and Organic Supramolecular Chemistry graduated in 2003 from the University of New South Wales / Australia. He works at Mutah University since 2007. He received many awards such as Australian Research Council and Jordanian Ministry of Higher Education scholarships. He was engaged in many projects from local and international funding agencies. Dr. Alshahateet attended many conferences worldwide. He published more than 65 articles mostly in international journals dealing with crystal engineering and supramolecular chemistry involving industrial applications. In addition, he is working as a referee for many international specialized journals. Highlights of his research have been in the area of synthesis and characterisation of semiconducting materials, organic materials for industrial applications (functional materials) such as pharmaceutical industry. After completing his PhD (2002) at the UNSW, he undertook research in new synthesis chemistry as a Research Fellow at UNSW for about one year. Since then he had undertaken research into synthesis of new organic materials at the Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences ICES, Singapore. He had research visitor appointments at the University of New South Wales (Australia) and at the University of South Florida (USA). He has considerable teaching and research experience, recently in his supervision and co-supervision of postgraduate and undergraduate students in many countries worldwide.

 Heterocyclic chemistry; synthesis and applications  Polymorphism, salts, co-crystals, hydrates and solvates of pharmaceutical solids  Design and develop crystalline molecular complexes of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs)  Design, synthesis and supramolecularity of new hosts and co-crystal formers  Experience in the area of physical organic chemistry such as adsorption of organic functionalities and heavy metals on synthesized organic surfaces; kinetic, thermodynamic; environmental studies and applications.  Drugs reformulation  Chemical X-ray Crystallography  Synthesis and structure of new organic inclusion compounds (host-guest chemistry)  Solvent free synthesis (Green Chemistry)

Serhii Shafraniuk has completed his Ph.D at the age of 26 years from Kiev State University and postdoctoral studies from Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Among his interests were non-equilibrium properties of inhomogeneous superconductors, transport phenomena in layered superconductors, electromagnetic properties of quantum wells, and Josephson junction qubits. Before coming to USA, Serhii had been working in various leading research centers in Germany, the Netherlands, and Japan (1990-2002). At present, Serhii is the Research Associate Professor at the Physics and Astronomy Department, Northwestern University, a premier educational and research institution. At Northwestern (2002-present) he served as a PI in research projects related to electromagnetic properties of carbon nanotube and graphene field effect transistors, thermoelectric transport in carbon nanotube and graphene multi-barrier devices, and qubits. He has received numerous prestigious awards and published more than 100 papers in reputed journals and served as an organizer of various International Conferences.

Dr. Shafraniuk's research is oriented around nano-physics, particularly the electromagnetic and far-infrared properties of graphene and carbon nanotube junctions.