Plenary Speakers
Prof. Thomas J Webster
Brown University
USA
Prof. Thomas J Webster
Brown UniversityUSA
Biography
Thomas J. Webster’s (H index: 133) degrees are in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh (B.S., 1995; USA) and in biomedical engineering from RPI (Ph.D., 2000; USA). He has formed over a dozen companies who have numerous FDA approved medical products currently improving human health in over 30,000 patients. His technology is also being used in commercial products to improve sustainability and renewable energy. He is currently helping those companies and serves as a professor at Brown University, Saveetha University, Hebei University of Technology, UFPI, and others. Dr. Webster has numerous awards including: 2020, World Top 2% Scientist by Citations (PLOS); 2020, SCOPUS Highly Cited Research (Top 1% Materials Science and Mixed Fields); 2021, Clarivate Top 0.1% Most Influential Researchers (Pharmacology and Toxicology); 2022, Best Materials Science Scientist by Citations (Research.com); and is a fellow of over 8 societies. Prof. Webster is a former President of the U.S. Society for Biomaterials and has over 1,350 publications to his credit with over 55,000 citations. He was recently nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Prof. Webster also recently formed a fund to support Nigerian student research opportunities in the U.S.
Speech Title
Eliminating Implant Failure in Humans with Nano Chemistry:
30,000 Cases and Counting
Prof. Paulo Cesar De Morais
University of Brasilia
Brazil
Prof. Paulo Cesar De Morais
University of BrasiliaBrazil
Biography
Paulo C. DE MORAIS (H-62), PhD, was full Professor of Physics at the University of Brasilia (UnB) – Brazil up to 2013, Appointed as UnB’s Emeritus Professor (2014), Appointed as Guest Professor of Huazhong University of Science and Technology – China (2011), Visiting Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) – China (2012-2015), Appointed as Distinguished Professor at Anhui University (AHU) – China (2016-2019), Appointed as Full Professor at Catholic University of Brasília (UCB) – Brazil (2018), Appointed as CNPq-1A Research Fellowship since 2010. 2007 Master Research Prize from UnB, 2008-member of the European ERA NET Nanoscience Committee, Member of the IEEE-Magnetic Society Technical Committee, Senior Member of the IEEE Society, 2012 China’s 1000 Foreign Expert Recipient, and 2012 Academic Excellence Award from Brazilian Professor’s Union. He held two-years (1987-1988) post-doc position with Bell Communications Research – New Jersey, USA and received his Doctoral degree in Solid State Physics (1986) from the Federal University of Minas Gerais – Brazil. He graduated in both Chemistry (1976) and Physics (1977) at UnB. Professor Morais is member of the Brazilian Physical Society and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – IEEE. He has served as referee for more than 50 technical journals, takes part of the Editorial Board of more than 15 technical journals and has conducted research on nanomaterials for over 40 years. He is known for his research in preparation, characterization and applications of nanosized materials (magnetic fluid, magnetoliposome, magnetic nanoemulsion, magnetic nanocapsule, magnetic nanofilm, magnetic nanocomposite, nanosized semiconductors, polymeric dots, carbon dots, and graphene quantum dots). With more than 500 published papers in peer reviewed journals, more than 14,500 citations, more than 250 international invited talks (35 countries), and 16 filed patents. He has appeared in recent World ranking of top scientists, such as 2020-Stanford, 2022-Research.com, 2023-AD Scientific Index, 2023-Research.com, 2024-Elsevier, ONE Research Community, 2025-AD Scientific Index, 2025-Research.com, and 2025-Stanford-Elsevier.
Speech Title
We will update soon
Prof Vladimir G Chigrinov
Hong Kong University
Hong Kong
Prof Vladimir G Chigrinov
Hong Kong UniversityHong Kong
Biography
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 333 journal papers, more than 718 Conference presentations, and 121 patents and patent applications including 50 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, 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 https://ece.hkust.edu.hk/news/prof-vladimir-chigrinov-wins-2018-slottow-owaki-prize
Since 2018 until 2020 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.
He is IETI Fellow (https://www.ieti.net/pro/memberdetail.aspx?ID=539) since 2019.
Speech Title
Photoaligned Azodye Nanolayers : New Liquid Crystal Devices in Displays and Photonics
Prof. Bernd Blobel
University of Regensburg
Germany
Prof. Bernd Blobel
University of RegensburgGermany
Biography
Speech Title
Principles and Standards for Managing Healthcare Transformation towards Personalized Preventive, Predictive, Participative Precision Medicine
Prof. Frank Muecklich
Saarland University
Germany
Prof. Frank Muecklich
Saarland UniversityGermany
Biography
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Muecklich has been Head of the Institute for Functional Materials at Saarland University in Saarbrucken since 1995 as well as the Founding Director of the Material Engineering Centre Saarland (MECS, www.mec-s.de). Since 2022, he has also been the official Spokesperson of the German Academy of Science and Engineering, acatech, for the field of Materials Science and Engineering. He is also a Fellow of the American Society for Materials (ASM) and he has served as President of the German Society for Materials (DGM)
His main research areas are: (1) New surface functionalization by Direct Laser Interference Patterning, and (2) Micro-, nano- and atomic-scale microstructural research, including the use of tomographic methods and artificial intelligence.
Frank Mücklich is the editor of the monthly international journal ‘Practical Metallography - Preparation, Imaging and Analysis of Microstructures’ (De Gruyter Publisher). He has published over 500 peer-reviewed publications that have been cited over 17,000 times. He has supervised more than 60 young scientists to their doctoral degrees. He has received more than 20 national and international awards for his scientific work, including some of the highest awards for his lifetime achievements, such as the Henry Clifton Sorby Award (ASM) and the Emil Heyn Medal (DGM).
Speech Title
New Surfaces - Without Chemistry? Bioinspired Microtopographic Material Surfaces – and also, Why We Sent Them into Space
Prof. Prabir Patra
Marshall University
USA
Prof. Prabir Patra
Marshall UniversityUSA
Biography
Will Update soon
Speech Title
Nanostructured materials in tissue engineering
