Dr. Sandeep K. Vashist is a Senior Scientist in Micro/Nanophysics Research Laboratory at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia. He was the Head of Immunodiagnostics at Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, Germany. After completing his Ph.D. from Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, India in 2006, he joined as the Bioanalytical Scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Dublin, Ireland (2006-2009). Subsequently, he was the Team Leader at NUS Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Insitute, Singapore (2009-2012). His research outputs include many successful technology transfers, several in vitro diagnostic products, smart point-of-care devices, 6 patents, over 60 publications in highly reputed journals, 2 book chapters and 70 conference publications in prestigious international conferences. He has constantly received highly prestigious fellowships and awards for scientific research excellence and innovation. He is the Executive Editor, Editorial Board member, Guest Editor and reviewer for several reputed journals and funding agencies. His research interests include nanotechnology, in vitro diagnostics, smartphone-based point-of-care devices, mobile healthcare, personalized medicine, lab-on-a-chip, microfluidics and biosensors.

His research interests include nanotechnology, in vitro diagnostics, smartphone-based point-of-care devices, mobile healthcare, personalized medicine, lab-on-a-chip, microfluidics and biosensors.

Mary Mehrnoosh Eshaghian-Wilner has over 26 years of research experience in various areas within the field of Computer Engineering. Additionally, she has worked in the area of patent law for several years. She has published numerous scientific papers, including two books, and has handled the prosecution and infringement analysis of many complex U.S. and international patents. She is currently is a Professor of Engineering Practice at the Electrical Engineering-Systems Department at the University of Southern California (USC), and since 2004 has been an Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Prior to joining UCLA, she was a tenured full Professor and Department Head at the Computer Engineering Department of Rochester Institute of Technology. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (1988) from USC. She holds a J.D. degree from the Northwestern California School of Law, and has graduated Cum Laude with an LL.M. degree from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law. She is admitted to the State Bar of California and the Washington, D.C. Bar, and is registered as a Patent Attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. She is best known for her pioneering contributions to three areas of Optical Computing, Heterogeneous Computing, and Nanoscale Computing. In the area of Optical Computing, she produced one of the first theses that dealt with the computational aspects of optical interconnects for VLSI chips. The OMC model was developed by she as part of her Ph.D. work, and since then, many architectures and algorithms have been designed by on that model.

Nanotechnology, Computing Architectures and Interconnects: Bio-inspired and Nanoscale Computing, MEMS, Optical Interconnects, VLSI and Reconfigurable chips Computing Networks and Algorithms: Heterogeneous/Cluster/Grid/Cloud Computing, Mapping and Scheduling paradigms/algorithms/tools Biomedical Applications: Nanomedicine, Bioinformatics, Sequence Alignment, Image-Processing, Computer Vision Technology Law: Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, Patent Reform, Digital Rights, Cyber Law/Crimes, Internet Privacy

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.

Dr Zhou is presently a Professor, Associate Vice President of Global Medical Development, Associate Dean of International Research, and Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy & Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612. Professor Zhou completed his clinical medical training in China in 1989 and obtained his PhD in 2001 from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. He continued his postdoctoral training at the University of Auckland until November 2002. Since 2002, Dr Zhou has served as a faculty member for the National University of Singapore, Queensland University of Technology (Australia), RMIT University (Australia), and now University of South Florida. Dr Zhou’s major research interests are drug discovery/systems pharmacology, drug metabolism/drug transport & pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenomics/pharmacogenetics, nanomedicine and Chinese medicine. Professor Zhou has published more than 330 peer-reviewed papers in various pharmacology and medical journals including New England Journal of Medicine, Cancer Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Carcinogenesis, JPET, Drug Metabolism & Disposition, and Clinical Cancer Research. He has also published 16 books and book chapters and more than 310 conference abstracts. His work has been cited more than 8,600 times by other colleagues with a H-index of 46. He has received more than US$22.0 million grants from various funding bodies and industries. To date, he has trained 24 PhD students, 12 MSc/Honors students, 14 postdoctoral fellows and 25 visiting faculty. Dr Zhou serves as an editor-in-chief or editor for 16 journals including Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety, Drug Metabolism Letters, and Current Drug Metabolism and is the editorial board member of more than 50 medical and pharmacological journals. Dr Zhou has given more than 100 invited seminars/keynote presentations to a variety of academic institutes, government agencies, and high-profile international conferences. He is a recipient of several teaching and research awards, a member of numerous national and international professional societies, and a visiting professor of many reputable research universities.

Stem cell differentiation, Cell patterning, Interface tissue engineering, Biomaterials, Biomolecular delivery.

Dr S.Joseph Antony is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Particle Science and Engineering, School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, U.K.His research expertise is in the area of nano and micromechanics, multi-scale modelling and experimental mechanics of materials in both discrete and continuum form. Joseph has published over 100 papers in several reputed international journals and conference proceedings.He actively participates in the activities of particle technology community in U.K and abroad. He holds membership in several international professional bodies and serves in technical committees in his area of research. Currently, he serves as a member of peer reviewers in his area of research for several international journals. He is the lead editor of the book on Advances in Granular Materials: Fundamentals and Applications, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, London (2004). He has won many awards, including the prestigious M.I.T Young Research Fellowship for Exemplary Research in Computational Mechanics and the Certificate of Merit as an Example of Outstanding Achievements in U.K Particle Science and Technology in 2002, PTSG, IChemE, U.K, He has served as a guest editor for the Jl. Granular Matter and the lead editor of the book ‘Granular Materials: Fundamentals and Applications’, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, London in 2004. Presently Joseph serves as an editorial board member of several journals in the area of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology. His research sponsors include EPSRC, Royal Society, DTI, ICI, BNFL, P&G, Pfizer, Borax Hosakawa Micron, Bridon International Ltd, Merck Sharp & Dohme and DuPont (U.K).

Nanoparticles, Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials

Dr. Solhe F. Alshahateet is Associate Professor of Organic and 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 70 articles mostly in international journals dealing with crystal engineering and supramolecular chemistry involving industrial applications. In addition, he is working as a referee and editorial board member for many international specialized journals. Highlights of his research have been in the area of synthesis and characterization of semiconducting materials, organic materials for and 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).

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.

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.

Dr. Ram Mohan is currently a Professor of nanoengineering. He is also the co-lead of the computational science and engineering research cluster at North Carolina A&T State University. Dr. Mohan currently has nearly 100 peer reviewed journal articles, book chapters and conference proceedings to his credit. He plays an active role in American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and serves as the chair of the ASME materials processing technical committee. He also serves as the member of the Nanoengineering Council Steering Committee with a focus on nanoengineering in energy and medicine. He is a member of American Society of Aeronautics (AIAA), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Society for Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (SAMPE), and regularly presents, organizes and conducts seminars and conferences for these professional and engineering organizations. Dr. Mohan has been serving as a regular reviewer for several scientific journals and conferences in his field of research. Over the past several years, he has worked with and his research work has been supported by several federal agencies and industries. He has been an invited and keynote speaker at several international conferences, universities, research laboratories, and industries in US, Europe, India and several other countries. His industrial interactions include Lockheed Martin-Manassas, Boeing-Mesa, Northrop Grumman, Boeing-St. Louis, and Lockheed Martin-Skunk Works.

Dr. Mohan’s current research activities, contributions and interests include the areas of computational multi-physics/multi-scale modeling and simulation in engineering and physical applications; computational mechanics, nanomechanics, and material sciences; processing, mechanics, characterization, and computational modeling of multi-scale composite and nanoengineered material systems (crystalline, amorphous, bio and cementitious material systems and their multi-scale effects); computational modeling of bio and nano systems, interfaces, and interactions; transport phenomena; flow and thermal behavior during composite material processing and fibrous porous media; physics based composite modeling simulations, process optimizations, and experimental investigations for resin transfer molding (RTM), vacuum assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) and liquid composite molding (LCM) processes; high performance, scalable scientific computing and engineering product visualization; engineering education.

Dr. Ahmed Kadhim Hussein is an assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering Department at University of Babylon , Iraq. He received his Ph.D. from University of Al-Mustansiriya in 2006. His research work concerns heat transfer, CFD, aerodynamics , nanotechnology , clean energy. He has published many papers in different local and international journals and conferences.

1-Supersonic Aerodynamics. 2-Non-Equilibrium Conduction Heat transfer. 3-Convection Heat Transfer. 4-Extended Irreversible Thermodynamics. 5-CFD. 6-Renewable Energy. 7-Nano Fluid Technology.