Prof Jacques Jupille is Leader of the group “Oxides in small dimensions” at Institut des Nanosciences de Paris. He’s since 2003 Senior scientist CNRS of 1st class. He’s working on the following research areas: Physical and chemical properties of surfaces and interfaces, from ultra-high-vacuum to ambient conditions, crystallographic and electronic structures, reactivity, catalytic activity, adhesion, wetting, hydration. Tools – Electron spectroscopies, near field microscopies (tunnel and atomic forces), vibrational spectroscopies (high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy and Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy), vacuum related techniques, synchrotron based techniques (x-ray diffraction and absorption edges), transmission electron microscopy.
Since 1979, he has been actively involved in the management and support of many societies and institutions including:
Rodrigo Martins is full professor at FCT-NOVA- Portugal, President of the European Academy of Sciences; President of the International Union of Materials Research Societies; Full Professor at FCT-NOVA. Member of the:
Rodrigo Martins is the founder and director of the Centre of Excellence in Microelectronics and Optoelectronics Processes of Uninova; leader of the Materials, Optoelectronics and Nanotechnologies group of I3N/CENIMAT and its sub-director; member of the nomination committee of the EIT KIC Raw Materials, Editor in Chief of the journal Discover Materials. He is expert in the field of advanced functional materials, nanotechnologies, microelectronics, transparent electronics (pioneer) and paper electronics (inventor), with more than:
- 1050 papers, from which 677 in the WoK
- 2 books; editing 8 books; 1 pedagogic text book in Portuguese (900 pages); book chapters 28.
- Patents: granted patents 43; 16 pending.
- Talks: about 600 talks, from which 100 as plenary/key note speakers, 200 as invited and 200 as regular in main international and national conferences, symposia and workshops.
- Posters: about 300 in main international and national conferences, symposia and workshops
He is Member of the:
Rodrigo Martins was decorated with the gold medal of merit and distinction by the Almada Municipality for his R&D achievements. ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1997-7669: Webpage: https://cemop.uninova.pt/ Click here for more details.
Dr. Vo-Dinh is R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Chemistry, and Director of the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics at Duke University. His main research goal is focused on developing advanced technologies to protect the environment and human health. His research has centered on the development, integration, and application of nanophotonics, biophotonics, molecular spectroscopy, and nanotechnology for medical diagnostics and treatment, photoimmunotherapy, precision medicine, and global health. Dr. Vo-Dinh has received seven R&D 100 Awards for Most Significant Advance in Research and Development; the Gold Medal Award, Society for Applied Spectroscopy (1988); the Languedoc-Roussillon Award (France) (1989); the Scientist of the Year Award, ORNL (1992); the Thomas Jefferson Award, Martin Marietta Corporation (1992); two Awards for Excellence in Technology Transfer, Federal Laboratory Consortium (1995, 1986); the Lockheed Martin Technology Commercialization Award (1998); the Distinguished Inventors Award, UT-Battelle (2003); the Distinguished Scientist of the Year Award, ORNL (2003); the Exceptional Services Award, U.S. Department of Energy (1997); the Award for Spectrochemical Analysis, American Chemical Society (2011); the Sir George Stokes Award, Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom (2019); and the SPIE’s President Award, SPIE The International Society for Optics and Photonics (2022). He has authored over 500 publications, is a Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors and holds over 64 patents. .
Ulla Vogel is professor at the National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark and at the Technical University of Denmark. She is European Registered Toxicologist and Honorary Doctor at Lund University, Sweden. Her research is focused on nanoparticle toxicity with focus on cancer and cardiovascular disease. She was PI of Danish Centre for Nanosafety 1 and 2 and currently PI of FFIKA and FFIKA2. She acts as advisor to the Danish Working Environment Authority and the Danish Environmental Protection Agency.
Lars Samuelson is since 1988 Professor at Lund University and since 2021 also Chair Professor at SUSTech, Southern University of Science and Technology, in Shenzhen, China and Dean of the Institute of Nanoscience and Applications, INA. In 1990 he founded NanoLund and was its leader for the first 25+ years. His research is focused on nanoscale materials physics, with a special focus on epitaxial growth, optical properties and on potential applications in optoelectronics. Beside the academic research he also has strong engagements as Chief Scientists in high-tech companies such as Glo AB and Hexagem AB. He is a Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Physics) and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and was in 2023 elected Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2022 he was given the top award from the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, the "Great Gold Medal" and in 2024 he received the “Chinese Government Friendship Award”. Samuelson is the author of well over 700 articles with h-index 91 by Web-of-Science, and 110 by Google Scholar, and listed in the top 1% highly cited researchers by Web-of-Science. He has given >300 plenary/invited talks at international conferences and workshops.
Claire Wilhelm, biophysicist, has oriented her research to the biomedical field since obtaining her PhD in 2003 in soft matter physics. This last decade, she used her knowledge of materials science to advance the field of nanomedicine, by adopting the materials angle from the outset. The goal has been to provide the fullest possible picture of the modes of action and fates of magnetic nanoparticles in their biological target environments. In doing so, she has worked mostly (i) in biophysics and (ii) in physical chemistry interfacing with therapy. The former has been awarded an ERC consolidator grant in 2014 (MaTissE) and led to the development of magnetic-based methods to manipulate living cells, explore tissue mechanics, and provide magnetic artificial tissue replacements. The latter has also been awarded an ERC consolidator grant in 2019 (NanoBioMade). It was founded on previous works proposing combined cancer solutions by applying multiple stimuli to the same nanoparticle, introducing the use of magnetic nanoparticles as photothermal tools, and developing extracellular vesicles engineering with nanoparticles and drugs as bio-camouflaged vectors. Claire Wilhelm received the CNRS bronze medal in 2011, the Louis Ancel prize in 2014, the CNRS silver medal in 2022, and the chemistry medal from Académie des Sciences in 2024. She has co-authored 210+ publications (22 000+ citations, h-index 76), 9 patents, and she delivered 70+ invited lectures
Detlev Grützmacher studied Physics at the Georgia Augusta University of Göttingen and the Rheinisch Westfälische Technische Hochschule in Aachen (Germany). He stayed in the group of Prof. P. Balk at the Institute of Semiconductor Electronics in Aachen for his diploma and PHD thesis from 1987 to 1991, investigating the deposition of Ga-In-As-P compounds by MOCVD for semiconductor lasers. In 1991, he received his Ph.D. degree with special honours, awarded with the Borchers Medal of the University of Aachen. From 1991-1993, he stayed for a postdoctoral position at the IBM Thomas Watson Research Centre in Yorktown Heights, New York. During this time, his research was focussed on the epitaxial growth of Si/SiGe hetero- and quantum well structures by atmospheric pressure CVD. High speed hetero-bipolar transistors as well as resonant tunnelling devices were main tasks of this research approach. This work was honoured with an IBM research division award in 1992 and a patent invention award in 1993. In spring 1993, he joined the Laboratory of Micro- and Nanotechnology at the Paul-Scherrer-Institute in Switzerland, heading the Si nanosystems activity focussing on Si-Ge anostructures for optoelectronic and electronic applications. In May 2001, he defended his habilitation at the University of Konstanz (Germany). Since October 2006, he is director of the Institute for Semiconductor Nanoelectronics (PGI-9) at the Forschungszentrum Jülich. The research spans from fundamental science in topological insulators, transport phenomena in nanowires and phase change materials to device oriented investigations based on CMOS technology. He is author and co-author of more than 700 scientific papers.
Prof. Jordi Arbiol graduated in Physics from the Universitat de Barcelona (UB) in 1997, he went on to obtain his PhD (European Doctorate and PhD Extraordinary Award) in 2001 from this same institution in the field of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) applied to nanostructured materials. He was assistant professor at the UB. From 2009 to 2015 he was ICREA Professor and group leader at the Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC). He was President of the Spanish Microscopy Society (SME) (2017-2021) and held the position of vice-president from 2013 to 2017, having been a member of its Executive Board (2009-2021). In 2018 he was elected as Member of the Executive Board of the International Federation of Societies for Microscopy (IFSM) (2019-2026).
Since 2015 he has been ICREA Professor and leader of the Advanced Electron Nanoscopy Group at the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST. He is Scientific Supervisor of the Electron Microscopy Area at ICN2 and BIST, and also at the Electron Microscopy Center at the ALBA Synchrotron (EMCA). He has been one of the founding members of e-DREAM. He received the FWO Commemorative Medal (Flanders Research Foundation) in 2021, the BIST Ignite Award in 2018, the 2014 EU40 Materials Prize by the E-MRS, the 2014 EMS Outstanding Paper Award and was listed in the Top 40 under 40 Power List (2014) by The Analytical Scientist. As of May 2022 he has more than 415 peer-reviewed publications and more than 24700 citations (GoS) with h-index: 88 GoS (76 WoS).
Dr. Raul Arenal received his Ph.D. in Solid State Physics from Univ. Paris-Sud (Orsay, France, 2005) and in 2013, he obtained his Habilitation (HDR) also at this University (now, Paris-Saclay University). He joined the Electron Microscopy Center in Argonne National Lab. (ANL, USA) as post doctoral fellow. In 2007, he became research scientist (Chargé de Recherches) at the CNRS (France; LEM, ONERA-CNRS). From 2010 to 2011, he was visiting scientist (sabbatical position) at the Laboratorio de Microscopias Avanzadas (LMA) at the Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragon (INA) of the Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain). Since 2012, Dr. Arenal is on leave from the CNRS, and he is currently ARAID senior research scientist at the LMA, INMA, CSIC-U. Zaragoza. Since 2018, he is the Director of the TEM area of the LMA-INA. Dr. Arenal has published more than 200 papers in refereed journals (http://www.raularenal.com) and edited one book (Springer).
Arenal’s broad area of research interest lies in electron microscopy focused on materials science and nanoscience: TEM (EELS, HR(S)TEM, electron diffraction, electron tomography). These studies are mainly focused on the growth mechanism, structural and physical properties of low dimensional materials based on carbon, boron and nitrogen as well as other nano-structures (in particular, metallic nano-objects for plasmonic/photonic interest). Among his scientific activities, Dr. Arenal is the chair of the HeteroNanoCarb conference series (http://heteronanocarb.org) focused on graphene, NT and related 1D-2D nanomaterials
Dr. Alberto Bianco received his PhD in 1996 from the University of Padova (Italy). As a visiting scientist, he worked at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland), the University of Tübingen (Germany), as an Alexander von Humboldt fellow, the University of Padova and Kyoto University (Japan) in 2019. He is currently First Class Research Director at the CNRS in Strasbourg. His research interests focus on the design of multifunctional carbon-based nanomaterials for therapy, diagnostics and imaging. He has published more than 300 articles in high-impact international journals, for a total of over 41,500 citations and a h-index of 84 (Google Scholar). He was included in the 2015 and 2016 Thomson Reuters list of the top 200 most cited chemists. He has been elected Fellow of the European Academy of Science in 2017 and of the Academia Europaea in 2020. In 2019 he obtained the CNRS Silver Medal. Since 2011 he is Editor of the journal CARBON.
F. M. Morales got PhD in Materials Science and Engineering in 2003 with International Mention and Extraordinary Prize, later moved to prestigious German laboratories founded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Max Planck Society and Marie Curie Actions, to work on EU and EC-NSF international projects. In 2006 he obtained a “Ramon and Cajal” contract (1st position in the Area of Science and Technology of Materials), and in 2007 he was the youngest to habilitate as Associate Professor in Materials Science and Metallurgic Engineering. In 2014 he obtained accreditation for Full Professorship, taking office in 2017 as the youngest in this position at UCA at that moment. Since 2014 at UCA he is the Responsible of the Laboratory of Sample Preparation for Optic- and Electron- Microscopies of the Central Facilities SC-ICYT, and Coordinator of the Homologated Service “Materialography”. Till January 2025 he has been the Director of the Institute of Research on Electron Microscopy and Materials (IMEYMAT) since 2014, editor of the B-IMEYMAT magazine and member of the UCA board of electronic journals since 2009 and of the IMEYMAT NanoPodcast series since 2021. He is also member of the editorial board of 5 international journals, coauthor in May 2025 of more than 154 papers (over 120 SJR/JCR, h-index 21) and of 152 communications to conferences (93 talks, 13 invited), 1 book, 3 patents, and 2 software. He received the 50k Award for Technological Innovation of the San Telmo Foundation on creation of technology-based companies, and a CEPSA Prize for his last patent. Prof. Morales has taken part in 55 national and international projects and grants (PI of 30), was Management Committee Member of the EU COST Action MP0805 and organizer of the EXMATEC conference, participated in 24 contracts with companies (leading 21 of them), and was responsible infrastructure acquisition valued in over 7M€. Since 2006, Dr. Morales ended the direction of 6 BSc, 5 MSc, and 5 international PhD theses (2 more under direction), mentored 15 trainees in companies and 8 assistant BSc students, having acted as advisor (tutor) of 10 doctoral students after 2015. He has also been responsible of 43 contracts or grants of scientists, technicians and administration staff; and acted as referee for more than 29 international journals. His research focused on the application and development of (S)TEM, XRD techniques for the study of thin films or nanostructures of semiconductors. Beyond electronic materials, his research is turning to smart building materials for countertops or windows, and to nanoparticles ultra-characterization, currently leading 3 projects, and 2 contracts with foreign centers, in these fields.
Dr. Mina Hoorfar is a Professor and Dean of Engineering and Computer Science Departments, The University of Victoria, Canada. She was a Professor and Director of the School of Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Canada. She is known nationally and internationally for her research and innovation in microfluidics and its applications to device miniaturization and sensing technologies. Her group has extensive experience in surface science and the development of lab-on-chip devices for cancer cell detection, online monitoring of water quality, and sensors for sensitive and selective detection of target analytes for disease diagnosis and environmental monitoring. Dr. Mina Hoorfar’s research also extends to the engineering of drug encapsulation systems for targeted drug delivery and protection. Her team focuses on developing advanced nanocarriers that enhance drug stability, improve bioavailability, and enable precise delivery while minimizing side effects. By leveraging microfluidic platforms and surface engineering techniques, they design innovative encapsulation strategies for controlled and sustained drug release, contributing to the advancement of personalized medicine and nanomedicine applications. Her work has led to several patents, licenses, and commercialization with industrial partners in different sectors including oil/gas, wastewater, health, safety and security. Her work has also been featured on the cover of journals and reported in media such as CBC News, Time Colonist.
Ethan Languri is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Tennessee, and Director of the Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) at Tennessee Tech University. Dr. Languri served as Associate Director of IAC from 2014 to 2021 and Assistant Professor from 2014 to 2022. Before joining Tennessee Tech in 2014, he was a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Applied Research Associates in Florida, where he was involved with building energy design and analysis.
Dr. Languri received his Mechanical Engineering B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Noshirvani University of Technology in Iran in 2005 and 2007, respectively. He then went on to earn his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2011. Following this, he held postdoctoral fellowship appointments at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
Prof. Imran Saleem is a professor in nanomedicine within the School of Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, UK and Leader of Nanomedicine, Formulation & Delivery Research Group. His research is aimed at developing novel delivery systems for targeting therapeutic agents to their site of action, with particular emphasis on lung diseases via pulmonary delivery. He has over 20 years’ experience in the area of micro/nanoparticle formulation and drug delivery systems, and has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, conference abstracts and book chapters. His research group is focused on the design and development of nanocarriers for delivery of biomacromolecules including, genes, peptides, vaccines and drugs.