Organizing Committee
Dr. C.W. Kan
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Dr. C.W. Kan
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong KongBiography
Dr. Kan graduated from Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a BSc in Textile Chemistry. He gained his PhD degree from the same University. He had worked in private and public sectors in the area of textile evaluation and safety and health management for more than five years before joining the Institute. His main duties in the Institute are in the area of teaching colouration and finishing. Dr. Kan’s research interests are also in the area of (i) Textile coloration and finishing, (ii) Surface treatment of textile materials, (iii) Textile products evaluation, (iv) Textile testing instrumentation, (v) Safety and health management and (vi) Environmental management.
Research Interest
Dr. Kan published more than 180 SCI journal papers and 250 conference papers in his research area.
Prof. Friedrich Kremer
Leipzig University
Germany
Prof. Friedrich Kremer
Leipzig UniversityGermany
Biography
Friedrich Kremer is professor for molecular physics at the university of Leipzig since 1993. He graduated in theoretical physics (LMU Munich) and received his PhD at the university of Freiburg in experimental biology. From 1978 - 1995 he joined the Max-Planck-Institue (MPI) for solid state physics (Stuttgart) and from1985 - 1993 the MPI for polymer research (Mainz). From 1999 – 2003 he was chairman of the section "Polymerphysics" and "Chemical Physics and Polymerphysics"of the German Physical Society (DPG). His current research interests are Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy, time-resolved 2D-IR-Spectroscopy and experiments with single colloids based on Optical Tweezers. He authored or edited several books and published more than 400 papers in peer-reviewed journals and is co-editor of “Colloid and Polymer Science”. In 2005 he received the Karl Heinz Beckurts Award for his achievements in promoting Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy and its applications. In 2009 he was invited to give the Whitehead Memorial Lecture at the IEEE-CEIDP meeting in Virginia Beach. In 2011 he received the Wolfgang Ostwald Prize of the German Colloid Society, 2011
Research Interest
Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy, time-resolved 2D-IR-Spectroscopy, and experiments with single colloids using Optical Tweezers.
Prof. Shahram Mehdipour
Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, Iran
Prof. Shahram Mehdipour
Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, IranBiography
Professor Shahram Mehdipour-Ataei is a full professor at the Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, where he has served as a faculty member since 1999. With over two decades of academic and industrial experience, he has published more than 200 papers in high-impact ISI journals and over 300 contributions to national and international conferences. His scholarly output also includes 19 published books and book chapters, along with 18 national patents.
Prof. Mehdipour-Ataei is recognized for his extensive research and leadership in the synthesis of high-performance polymers, membrane science and technology, desalination processes, and polymer applications in fuel cells. He has successfully led numerous research and industrial projects, spanning from laboratory scale to pilot plant implementation.
His outstanding contributions have earned him a place among the world's top 2% scientists from 2020 to now. In addition to his research accomplishments, he is highly regarded for his mentorship, having supervised numerous postgraduate theses. He has been honored as the best academic staff member and awarded for his excellence in scientific presentations and events.
Research Interest
• Synthesis and characterization of high-performance polymers
• Polymer membrane science and engineering
• Water treatment and desalination technologies
• Electrochemical energy systems, especially fuel cells
• Nanocomposites and functional materials
• Scale-up and pilot-scale processing of advanced materials
Dr. Keng Yuen Foo
University Sains Malaysia
Malaysia
Dr. Keng Yuen Foo
University Sains MalaysiaMalaysia
Biography
Foo Keng Yuen is a lecturer and researcher of River Engineering and Urban Drainage Research Centre, Universiti Sains Malaysia. His research interests are environmental engineering, waste utilization, water treatment technology, catalysis, food security and toxicology and environmental health. He has a Web of Science Hirsch index of 52. He has authored more than 100 publications in reputed international, high-impact and proceeding journals and book chapters, with the total citations of exceeding 5,000 times. He serves as the Editor, Editorial Board Members, Scientific Adviser, Technical Committee, Review Committee, Keynote and Invited Speakers in several international scientific journals, conferences and research seminars.
Research Interest
His research interests are environmental engineering, waste utilization, water treatment technology, catalysis, food security and toxicology and environmental health
Prof. Alireza Heidari
California South University
USA
Prof. Alireza Heidari
California South UniversityUSA
Biography
Prof. Dr. Alireza Heidari, Ph.D., D.Sc. is a Full Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Enrico Fermi Distinguished Chair in Molecular Spectroscopy at California South University (CSU), Irvine, USA. He holds Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees from CSU, along with dual postdocs from Monash University (Australia) and CSU.
His extensive research spans biophysical chemistry, nanochemistry, spectroscopy, quantum chemistry, drug design, oncology, AI/ML, and more. He has published widely in top-tier journals and authored over 20 books/book chapters.
Dr. Heidari has presented at over 900 international conferences and has held visiting positions at several universities worldwide. He has received more than 1,000 international awards and is affiliated with over 900 academic and scientific institutions globally.
He serves as President of the American International Standards Institute (AISI), Director of the BioSpectroscopy Core Research Laboratory, and Head of the Cancer Research Institute at CSU. He is also a board member of WATOC and a continuous member of AACR and ASBMB.
Research Interest
His extensive research spans biophysical chemistry, nanochemistry, spectroscopy, quantum chemistry, drug design, oncology, AI/ML, and more.
Prof. Osman Adiguzel
Firat University
Turkey
Prof. Osman Adiguzel
Firat UniversityTurkey
Biography
Dr. Osman Adiguzel graduated from Department of Physics, Ankara University, Turkey in 1974 and received PhD- degree from Dicle University, Diyarbakir-Turkey. He studied at Surrey University, Guildford, UK, as a post doctoral research scientist in 1986-1987, and his studies focused on shape memory alloys. He worked as research assistant, 1975-80, at Dicle University and shifted to Firat University in 1980. He became professor in 1996, and he has been retired due to the age limit of 67, following academic life of 45 years.
He published over 80 papers in international and national journals; He joined over 120 conferences and symposia in international and national level as Plenary Speaker, Keynote Speaker, Invited speaker, speaker or Poster presenter. He served the program chair or conference chair/co-chair in some of these activities. In particular, he joined in last six years (2014 - 2019) over 60 conferences as Speaker, Keynote Speaker and Conference Co-Chair organized by different companies in different countries.
Additionally, he retired at the end of November 2019, and contributed with Keynote/Plenary Speeches over 230 Virtual/Webinar Conferences, in the coronavirus outbreak and retirement life in five year of his retirement, 2020 and 2024.
Dr. Adiguzel served his directorate of Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Firat University in 1999-2004. He supervised 5 PhD- theses and 3 M. Sc theses. He is also technical committee member of many conferences. He received a certificate which is being awarded to him and his experimental group in recognition of significant contribution of 2 patterns to the Powder Diffraction File – Release 2000. The ICDD (International Centre for Diffraction Data) also appreciates cooperation of his group and interest in Powder Diffraction File.
Research Interest
Shape memory effect and displacive phase transformations in shape memory alloys and other alloys, molecular dynamics simulations, alloy modeling, electron microscopy, electron diffraction, x-ray diffraction and crystallography.
Prof. Kestur Gundappa Satyanarayana
Poornaprajna Institute for Scientific Research
Bangalore
Prof. Kestur Gundappa Satyanarayana
Poornaprajna Institute for Scientific ResearchBangalore
Biography
Born on October 8, 1942, Kestur, Tumkur district, State of Karnataka. Received B.Sc. Degree from the University of Mysore, Mysore (1963), M.Sc. from the University of Bangalore, Bangalore (1965) and Ph.D. (Physics-Metallurgical Engg.) from the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (1972). Presently he is Honorary Professor at the Poornaprajna Institute for Scientific Research, Bangalore. Was Visiting Scientist at EMBRAPA, Colombo, Brazil during Nov. 2012- April 2013. Was also Consulting Chief Scientist Acharya R&D Center, Acharya Group of Institutes, Bangalore (India) and Head, R&D Center in B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bangalore (India) during the period 2007-2011. Before this he was Visiting Professor (June 2003-June 2007) in the Chemistry Department at the UFRN (Curitiba-Brazil) and FINEP Visiting Researcher (April 2008-September 2009). Guided students for Masters and Doctoral programs and taught post-graduates in PIPE of the University. Served in the Regional Research Laboratory, Trivandrum of the CSIR, Government of India, in several positions, including the post of Director of the laboratory, until his retirement in October 2002. Was responsible for the initiating the Materials Laboratory in National institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST-Erstwhile RRL-T), Trivandrum.
Research Interest
He is listed in the world’s top 2% researchers in Materials area in the report published by the Stanford University, USA in October 2020, 2022 and later also in 2023 with improved ranking. During 2015-2022, has contributed 18 Chapters in 7 different books in the areas of lignocellulosic and Nanomaterials. Was the third in Brazil for the last more than a decade to publish a paper in highly rated ‘Journal-Progress in Polymer Science’ with high Impact Factor and this paper being in the Top 25 Hottest Articles in Chemistry during 2010.
