Prof. Vasily Yu. Belashov, PhD (Radiophysics), DSci (Physics and Mathematics). Main fields: theory and numerical simulation of the dynamics of multidimensional nonlinear waves, solitons and vortex structures in plasmas and other dispersive media. Presently, he is Chief Scientist and Professor at the Kazan Federal University. He was Coordinator of studies on the International Program “Solar Terminator” (1987-1992), and took part in the International Programs WITS/WAGS and STEP. He is author of 310 publications including 7 monographs. Main books: Solitary Waves in Dispersive Complex Media. Theory, Simulation, Applications. Springer-Verlag GmbH, 2005; Solitons: Theory, Simulation, Applications. Kazan, Kazan Federal University, 2016.

Solitons: Theory, Simulation and Applications.

US citizen (naturalized in 1985). Goal oriented, highly motivated and creative performer with proven leadership, administrative and coaching ability, extensive project and financial management experience, team player attitude, strong analytical and planning skills, effective communications (both written and verbal) and presentation skills, as well as excellent organizational, interpersonal, and negotiation capabilities. Possesses thorough and in-depth understanding of the state-of-the-art in materials, mechanical, electrical, optical, information, telecommunication, reliability and related areas of engineering, of new and emerging technologies, and a clear vision for the most promising directions in the development of applied science and engineering. Works exceptionally well in dynamic and rapidly changing environments, under pressure and in short time frames. Performs effectively across multiple organizations, companies and departments, with specialists from various disciplines and fields, and with people of different mentalities, origins, and cultural backgrounds. Good public speaker. Communicates his ideas well to any audience. Quick learner. Exhibits strong interest in, and possesses good knowledge of, foreign cultures, values, attitudes, and customs. Always willing to learn new things and has exceptional receptiveness to, and quick grasp of, new approaches and ideas. Has a sociable disposition and gets along well with peers, supervisors and subordinates. Bi-lingual: English and Russian. Fluent in Ukrainian (was born in Ukraine). Working knowledge of German (studied at school and when on the faculty of the Technical University in Vienna, Austria).

 Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Applied and Mathematical Physics  Materials Science and Engineering  Aerospace Electronics and Photonics  Design for Reliability (DfR) of Electronic, Opto-Electronic and Photonic Assemblies, Packages and Systems  Applied Probability and Probabilistic DfR of Electronic and Photonic Devices and Systems  Analytical (Mathematical) Modeling in Applied Science and Engineering  Photonics, Fiber Optics, Mechanics of Optical Fibers  Composite and “Smart” Materials and Systems  Thin Film Mechanics and Physics  Shock and Vibration Analyses and Testing  Dynamic Response of Materials and Structures to Shocks and Vibrations  Thermal Stress Analysis  Prediction and Prevention of Thermal Stress Failures in Electronic and Optical Engineering  Solder Materials and Solder Joint Interconnections in Electronic and Optical Engineering  Polymeric Materials in Electronics and Photonics  Photovoltaic and Thermo-Electric Modules: Physical Design for Reliability  Nanotechnologies and Nanomaterials  Stretchable (Large Area) Electronics and Photonics: Physical Design for Reliability  Lattice-Misfit Systems: Stress Analysis and Reliability Evaluations  Technical Diagnostics, Prognostics and Health Monitoring (PHM)  Vehicular (Aerospace, Automotive, Maritime) Electronics and Photonics: Design for Reliability  “Human-in-the-Loop”: Human-Equipment/Instrumentation-Environment Performance and Interaction

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 already been working as professor.

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.

Marie Duquesne defended her PhD “Resolution and reduction of a non-linear energy storage model by adsorption on zeolites” in 2013 at the University of Bordeaux. She is Associate Professor at the Institute of Technology of Bordeaux since 2015 and Researcher at TREFLE Department (Fluids & Transfers) of I2M (Institute of Mechanics and Engineering). She has expertise in thermal energy storage at low-to-medium temperatures. She contributed to the ANR Project SIMINTHEC (National Project, 2008-2011), to the European FP7 SAM.SSA Project (2012-2015) and contributes to the Interreg SUDOE European SUDOKET Project (2018-2021) and to the Region Nouvelle Aquitaine BioMCP project (2018-2021). She is currently coordinating the International Scientific Cooperation Project (PICS) PHASE-IR funded by CNRS (2019-2022).

Thermal Energy Storage, Phase Transitions, Phase Change Materials, Heat & Mass Transfers, Material Characterization, Screening, Materials Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Macrostructure formation, Crystal growth kinetics, Solid-Liquid interfaces, Thermal and Optical Imaging, Imaging and signal processes

He is Presently Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy.Retired in 2009 from Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), Magurele near Bucharest. He had done two PhD in Nuclear Electronics (1968) and in Theoretical Physics (1981), from Polytechnical Institute of Bucharest, and Central Institute of Physics, Magurele, respectively.From 1996 until 2000 Scientific Director of IFIN-HH. Former Project Coordinator (2000-2003) of the European Commission Centre of Excellence “IDRANAP (InterDisciplinary earch and Aplications based on Nuclear and Atomic Physics)”, selected in 2000 among the 34 succesful proposals out of 185 applications from 11 countries.He is the Co-author of the paper in which heavy-ion radioactivities were predicted. Mentioned in THE NEW ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/465998/D-N-Poenaru Visiting Scientist and Professor: FRANCE: Nuclear Research Center, Strasbourg, Institut de Physique Nucleaire, Orsay, and CENG Bordeaux- Gradignan. GERMANY: Institut fuer Theoretische Physik der Universitaet, Frankfurt am Main; GSI Darmstadt, and Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies. JAPAN:fellow of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, in the Advanced Science Research Center of the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai. RUSSIA: Institute of Physics and Energy, Obninsk, an JINR Dubna. UKRAINE: Institute of Nuclear Research, Kiev. USA: Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. During 55 years of scientific activity DNP cumulated a period of 11 years and 0.5 months abroad: 2 months in Ukraine; 3 months in Russia; 3 months in Japan; 4 months in USA; 22 months (one year and 10 months) in France, and 98.5 months (8 years and 2.5 months) in Germany.He is the Co-chairman of the 1999 International Symposium “Advances in Nuclear Physics”, Bucharest. Director of the NATO Advanced Study Institute “NUCLEI FAR FROM STABILITY AND ASTROPHYSICS”, 2000, Predeal. Ph.D. Thesis Board of Examiners: Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy; Bharatiar University, Coimbatore, Tamilandu, Thapar University, Patiala, India, and Cairo University, Egypt.

Nuclear physics, Theoritical physics

Laszlo P. Csernai earlier worked in Hungary, East- and West Germany and in the USA. In the recent 30 years he is professor of theoretical physics in Bergen Norway. He supervised 23 students for Master degree and 16 for Ph.D. From his Bergen graduates and postdocs, today seven are professors, in USA (2), China (2), Romania (1), Spain (1), Oslo (1).He worked primarily in the field of nuclear theory, mostly with high energy heavy ions, and has more than 300 publications in many fields of physics. Between 2000-2005, he was directing the Bergen Computational Physics Laboratory, a 1 mill. Euro, Research Infrastructure of the EU.He is member of Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Technology, two Hungarian Academies, and he is now member of the Council, and earlier he chaired the Physics and Engineering Section of Academia Europaea.

Nuclear physics, High energy physics

Vladislav Borisovich was born July 23, 1945 in Ulan-Ude. From 1964 to 1970 he studied at the Kharkov Aviation Institute. After receiving a university degree, he worked in a branch of the Research Institute of Aviation Technology (JARI) in Kharkov engineer. In 1985, Vladislav Borisovich was appointed head of tool maintenance machine tool plant in Ulyanovsk city, in 1993, became the director of a small business "Ether", and in 1996 founded and headed the company "Newton's society." He is the Honorary Academician of the International Academy of Quality and Marketing. Member of the Public Assembly of the Ulyanovsk region and the Public Coordination Council of the city of Ulyanovsk. Chairman of the Ulyanovsk regional branch of the People's Patriotic Union of Russia. He was awarded: the Order "For the revival of Russia. XXI Century ", a diploma" Leader of the present "International Competition" Pilar "; medal and diploma "The Best People of Russia"; a diploma and a gold medal "European quality"; " Medal of Merit". The head of LLC "Newtonian Society" for almost a decade. Dr. Vladislav Cherepennikov - a scientist of international renown. He participated in six international conferences on the fundamental problems of natural science. In 1991 it was published his pamphlet "Science needs protection", which justified the mechanical nature of physical interactions and philosophical inconsistency of quantum-relativistic subconscious. Based on the resolution of mechanical models of physical interactions in the formulation of Faraday and Maxwell V.B. Cherepennikov managed to get in an analytical form the fundamental equations of theoretical physics in the field of gravity, electrical and magnetic interactions, and weak nuclear forces. In 1993, at the III International Conference "Newton and the problems of mechanics of solid and deformable bodies," it was unanimously elected Director of the International "Newton Society" public organization.

Fundamental equations of theoretical physics in the field of gravity, Electrical and Magnetic interactions and weak nuclear forces

Ephraim Suhir is on the faculty of the Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA, and Technical University, Vienna, Austria. He is also CEO of the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) ERS Co. in Los Altos, CA, USA. Ephraim is Foreign Full Member (Academician) of the National Academy of Engineering, Ukraine (he was born in that country); IEEE Life Fellow; Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Institute of Physics (IoP), UK, the Society of Optical Engineers (SPIE), the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS), the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), and Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) . Dr. Suhir has authored about 400 publications (patents, technical papers, book chapters, books), presented numerous keynote and invited talks worldwide, and received many professional awards, including 2004 ASME Worcester Read Warner Medal for outstanding contributions to the permanent literature of engineering (he is the third Russian American, after S. Timoshenko and I. Sikorsky, who received this prestigious award); and 1996 Bell Laboratories Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (DMTS) Award for developing effective methods for predicting the reliability of complex structures used in AT&T and Lucent Technologies products.

Applied Mathematics, Applied and Mathematical Physics, Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Mechanics; Applied Probability, Probabilistic Analyses and Probability-Based Physical Designs of Electron Devices; Probabilistic Methods in Reliability Engineering, Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Management; Analytical (Mathematical) Modeling in Applied Science and Engineering; Photonics, Fiber Optics, Mechanics of Optical Fibers and Systems; Design for Reliability (DfR) of Electronic, Opto-Electronic and Photonic Systems; Composite Materials and Systems; Thin Film Mechanics and Physics; Shock and Vibration Analyses and Testing; Dynamic Response of Materials and Structures to Shocks and Vibrations; Thermal Stress Analysis, Prediction and Prevention of Thermal Stress Failures; Solder Materials and Solder Joint Interconnections in Electronic and Optical Engineering;Embedded Systems; Polymeric Materials in Electronics and Photonics; Photovoltaic and Thermo-Electric Modules: Physical Design for Reliability; Nanotechnologies and Nanomaterials; Stretchable (Large Area) Electronics and Photonics: Physical Design for Reliability; Lattice-Misfit Systems: Stress Analysis and Reliability Evaluations; Technical Diagnostics, Prognostics and Health Monitoring (PHM); Vehicular (Automotive, Aerospace, Maritime) Electronics and Photonics: Design for Reliability; Human-Equipment-Environment Performance and Interaction; Quantification of the Role of the Human Factor in Various Tasks, Missions and Situations

Dr. Dimitris Drikakis is Professor of Engineering Science and Executive Dean (Engineering) and Associate Principal and at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow (till June 2017). Since July 2017, and in addition to his continued Professorial role, Dimitris has taken on new leadership roles as Executive Director of Global University Partnerships (US and Far East), Executive Director of the Strathclyde Space Institute. Prior to his current appointment, he was Head of Aerospace Sciences at Cranfield University and Professor of Fluid Mechanics & Computational Science (2003-2015); Professor of Fluid Mechanics at Queen Mary University of London (till 2003); and has also held academic positions at the University of Manchester; University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany; and University of Marseille, France. His expertise is in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), fluid mechanics (particularly compressible flows), and micro/nanoscale processes at fluid-solid interfaces. He has been active in both fundamental and applied research across Engineering and Applied Physics, including Aerospace, Mechanical, Nuclear (Defence and Fusion), and Oil and Gas Applications. His work has directly influenced areas as diverse as improved understanding of complex aerodynamic and gas dynamic flows, turbulent mixing in inertial confinement fusion, and novel gas filtration nanotechnologies using carbon nanotubes. He has received: 1) The William Penney Fellowship Award (twice in 2008 and 2011) by the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE Plc) in recognition of his contributions to compressible fluid dynamics. 2) The Innovator of the Year Award (2014) by the Innovation Institute for a new generation carbon capture technology that uses carbon nanotubes for filtering out carbon dioxide and other gases at low or zero energy cost. This platform technology has the potential to be used across a wide range of applications in the power generation, automotive, aerospace, chemical, marine and built environment sectors. 3) The Technical Achievement Award at the International Conference on Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Aerospace and Sciences. To date, he has co-authored two books in the field of computational fluid dynamics and has published 161 journal and 238 conference papers/book chapters in the above technical areas. He has graduated 52 PhD students who now hold positions in academia and industries around the world. He has served on the Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA); is a member of the Board of Directors of the European Aeronautics Science Network (EASN); an expert evaluator for the European Commission and the European Research Council (ERC); and on the Advisory Board of Japan-Europe Aerospace Research and Technology Co-operation. He has been an associate editor of the ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering; The Aeronautical Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society; and the Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience

Fluid Dynamics,Engineering and Applied Physics,Aerospace, Mechanical, Nuclear (Defence and Fusion), and Oil and Gas Applications

Maxim Yu. Khlopov is the Director of Virtual Institute of Astroparticle physics, France, President of Center for Cosmoparticle physics "Cosmion" and Full Professor at National Research Nuclear University MEPHI (Moscow Engineering and Physics Institute). On finishing secondary school with gold medal reward in 1968 entered Moscow Physical Technical Institute (MPhTI). In 1974 graduated with honours from MPhTI (Diploma of Engineer-Physicist of 30.06.1974, Moscow, duly certified English copy is available) and entered MPhTI post graduate courses, which finished in 1977 by successful presentation of thesis of candidate of physical and mathematical sciences on physical and astrophysical effects of weak interactions and got Diploma of Candidate of Science (of 15.03.1978, Moscow; USSR/Russia equivalent of PhD, duly certified English copy is available. Khlopov occupied the 2-year MIUR (Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research) position of the Full professor in the Physics Department of Rome University "La Sapienza" and charged his Research project "Cosmoparticle physics of cosmic rays and CMB". He gave courses of lectures «Introduction to cosmoparticle physics» and «Physics of primordial Universe» for PhD students of Rome Universities. Khlopov occupied visiting positions in INFN Section Lecce (Italy), Centre of Studies at very Low temperatures (CRTBT, Grenoble, France), Laboratory of Subnuclear Physics and Cosmology (LPSC, Grenoble, France). Since 2007, retaining his MEPhI and Cosmion positions he is in charge of the project of Virtual Institute of Astroparticle physics, based on APC laboratory CNRS, France. Khlopov is the author of 24 books, textbooks and chapters in books. They include the Monographs “Cosmoparticle physics”, World Scientific, 1999 ,"Cosmological Pattern of Microphysics in Inflationary Universe", Kluwer Academic Publishers and "Basics of Cosmoparticle Physics", URSS, Moscow, 2004.

cosmoparticle physics, dark matter, primordial black holes, particle physics

Apollonov V.V. is the leading specialist in the area of basic principles of creation and development of high power laser systems and high power laser radiation interaction with matter. He has made an outstanding input into creation and development of new branches of science - physical and technical fundamentals of high power laser optics and adaptive optics, investigation of physical processes in a high volume self-controlled volume discharges, creation of high power continuous wave, pulsed and high repetition rate pulse-periodic laser systems, high intensity laser radiation interaction with matter, high power laser application for an effective protection of valuable objects and water surface cleaning from oil films, medical applications for UV lasers. Recent results of his investigations related to the laser diode arrays phase-locking, mechanisms of shock waves merging for a rockets launch by high repetition rate pulse-periodic laser light, super long conductive channel based on the electrical breakdown in a dust plasma produced by mechanism of ablation, high repetition rate optical pulsating discharge applications, space debris elimination by laser, scalable mono-module disk laser and high power laser applications in the Arctic are under very intensive implementation in our country and abroad. He is the author of 1787 publications (17 books, 546 presentations and 148 patents, 954 articles, inf. from Research Gate). Apollonov V.V. is a high profile scientist and well known around all over the world, for more than 45 years of his international scientific activity, he has participated and organized more than 60 international conferences, symposiums and workshops, prepared 32 candidates and doctors of physics and mathematics. For the last 5 years his scientific group has fulfilled more than 60 R and D contracts with customers from Japan, UK, Germany, France, China, Korea, Singapore and USA. He is the General Director of “Energomashtechnika” Ltd. Apollonov V.V. is the member of European and American Physical Society, SPIE, AIAA, American Society for QE and the member of specialized scientific council of Russia. He is a full member of Russian Academy of Natural Science and Academy of Engineering Sciences, member of the Presidium RANS. He is the laureate of State Prize of USSR (1982) and of Russia (2001).

High power laser systems,Adaptive optics,UV lasers

Eliade Stefanescu graduated the Faculty of Electronics, Section of Physicist Engineers, in 1970. He is doctor in Theoretical Physics, Senior Scientist I at Advanced Studies in Physics Center at the Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, Founding Titular Member of Academy of Romanian Scientists, and member of the American Chemical Society - Division of Physical Chemistry - Subdivision of Energy. He is a professional with multidisciplinary openness: electronics, physics and technology of semiconductor devices, and open quantum physics with applications in solid state physics, quantum optics, and nuclear physics. He is known for a microscopic theory of open quantum systems, the invention and a detailed description of a system converting environmental heat into usable energy, and a unitary relativistic quantum theory, where the relativistic kinematics and dynamics, the electromagnetic field equations, the spin, and the gravitational interaction are obtained as characteristics of the quantum dynamics. He held courses of Quantum Mechanics and Dissipative Systems at Polytechnic University of Bucharest, and, as visiting scientist/professor, collaborated to different research programs of the Institute of Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany, and Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. He received the Prize of the Romanian Academy for Physics in 1983, the Diploma and Golden Plate of the Academy of Romanian Scientists in 2007, and the Prize “Serban Titeica” for the book “Open Quantum Physics and Environmental Heat Conversion into Usable Energy” in 2014.

Electronics, physics and technology of semiconductor devices,open quantum physics with applications in solid state physics, Quantum optics, and Nuclear physics

Prof. Vasily Yu. Belashov, PhD (Radiophysics), DSci (Physics and Mathematics). Main fields: theory and numerical simulation of the dynamics of multidimensional nonlinear waves, solitons and vortex structures in plasmas and other dispersive media. Presently, he is Chief Scientist and Professor at the Kazan Federal University. He was Coordinator of studies on the International Program “Solar Terminator” (1987-1992), and took part in the International Programs WITS/WAGS and STEP. He is author of 310 publications including 7 monographs. Main books: Solitary Waves in Dispersive Complex Media. Theory, Simulation, Applications. Springer-Verlag GmbH, 2005; Solitons: Theory, Simulation, Applications. Kazan, Kazan Federal University, 2016.

Theory and numerical simulation of the dynamics of multidimensional nonlinear waves, Solitons and vortex structures in plasmas and other dispersive media

Alessandra Toncelli graduated in Physics with the highest marks at the University of Pisa, where she also obtained the title of Doctor in Research in 1998. She has continued her research activities with various positions as post-doc or as a researcher both in Italy and abroad. Since 2017 she is Associate Professor at the Physics Department of Pisa. Her scientific interest was initially aimed at the growth and spectroscopy of crystalline materials for photonic applications in visible and near infrared regions. In particular, she studied and characterized the optical and spectroscopic properties of oxide and fluoride crystals with rare earths for laser applications. More recently, she extended her research interests to the radiation-matter interaction and spectroscopic characterization of various types of materials in the mid-infrared and THz regions, including the characterization of both solid state and soft matter materials of various dimensionality (bulk crystals, thins films and nanoparticles). From 2004 to 2014, she joined the VIRGO project for the detection of Gravitational waves. In all these research areas, she has published more than 160 articles on International journals and maintains numerous collaborations both at national and international level. She currently holds an h-index of 41 both in Scopus and in ISI web of knowledge. As a testimony of her international reputation, she has been part of the organizing committees of various international congresses and is currently a reviewer for a number of international journals, including APL Materials, Applied Physics B, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Journal of Luminescence, Optics Express, Optics Letters, Optical Materials, Physica Status Solidi B.

Optics, Solid state physics

Lukasz Andrzej Glinka, born on October 5, 1984 in Poland, is internationally recognized as a voluntary editor and reviewer at the think tanks of open-access journals, science author, non-fiction and philosophy writer. He is the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Astrophysics and Aerospace Technology of the OMICS Group, and an Organizing Committee Member to the International Conference on Astrophysics and Particle Physics, December 8-10, 2016, Dallas, Texas, USA. He gave more than 25 oral presentations to scientific conferences, either authored or co-authored more than 40 journal articles and papers, and authored 4 books in science and humanities among which one can find a comprehensive monograph in theoretical physics and applied mathematics. He holds BSc in physics from the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, is a biography of Marquis Who's Who, and a member at the American Association of International Researchers which belongs to the American Research Institute for Policy Development.

Cultural Study, Ethics and Moral Philosophy, Mathematical Physics, Philosophy of Mind, Political Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Psychology of Emotions, Pure and Applied Mathematics, Social Science, Theoretical Cosmology, Theoretical Physics

Prof. Bimal K. Bose completed his PhD at the age of 34 years from Calcutta University, India. He is Emeritus Chair Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. He has published 7 books, more than 250 papers in reputed journals, holds 21 U.S. Patents, and had been serving as an editorial board member of Proceedings of the IEEE. He served as faculty member of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1971-1976), research engineer in GE Global Research Center (1976-1987), and Endowed Chair Professor of the University of Tennessee. He is a recipient of 7 IEEE awards, Honorary D.Sc. from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, India.

Power Electronics

Nicole Herbots, i.r., PhD UCL, doctor ingenieur, joined ASU's Department of Physics & Astronomy in 1991 ,after 4 years as a faculty at MIT (1987-1991), and 3.5 years as research scientist in the Solid State Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (1984-1987). She is presently a professor emeritus in Physics at ASU. She is an inventor who holds multiple patents in semiconductors, medical electronics, molecular inorganic and organic nanophases and nanoscale technology. She is also a science educator who won a teaching award from engineering students for her development of interactive in-class and desktop experiments to teach fundamental and quantum physics concepts to undergraduates, and for her use of technology and whiteboards. She was an IBM Professor of Electronic Materials and a Carl Soderberg professor at MIT and a researcher in the Particle-Solid Interactions in the Solid State Division at Oak Ridge National Lab.

Condensed Matter Physics

Prof. Vasily Yu. Belashov, PhD (Radiophysics), Doctor of Science (Physics and Mathematics). Main fields: theory and numerical simulation of the dynamics of multi-dimensional nonlinear waves, solitons and vortex structures in plasmas and other dispersive media. Presently, he is Professor in the Kazan Federal University. He was Coordinator of studies on the International Program “Solar Terminator” (1987-1992), and took part in Programs WITS/WAGS and STEP. He is author of 288 publications. Main books: Solitary Waves in Dispersive Complex Media. Theory, Simulation, Applications. Springer-Verlag GmbH, 2005; The KP Equation and its Generalizations. Theory and Applications. Magadan, NEISRI FEB RAS, 1997.

Theory and numerical simulation of the dynamics of multi-dimensional nonlinear waves, solitons and vortex structures in plasmas and other dispersive media

Francisco Márquez was born in Valencia (Spain) and received his Bachelor and Master´s degree in Biochemistry and Chemistry at the Universidad de Valencia in 1988 and 1989, respectively, and his Doctor´s degree in Chemistry at the Universidad de Valencia in 1992. He spent two years from 1990 as Director of the laboratories of Futura Medical S.A. and one year as researcher at the Varian Iberica Laboratories. From 1994 he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. In 2001 he was an Associate Professor at the Universidad Jaime I and subsequently he moved to the School of Natural Sciences and Technology at the University of Turabo in Puerto Rico, USA, where is now Full Professor of chemistry. He has been Visiting Professor in several universities, most recently at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. His research interests are mainly directed toward photophysics of organic compounds in confined spaces, hydrogen technology, photodegradation processes, synthesis and applications of nanotubes and nanowires, and most recently the development of new electrodes for Li-ion batteries. He is a coauthor of over 100 scientific publications and 11 patents, and Editor-in-Chief of Soft Nanoscience Letters, Advances in Energy Research and International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

Catalysis, nanomaterials, and hydrogen production

Sergey Kravchenko was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1960. He was graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1982 and got his Ph.D. from Institute of Solid State Physics in Chernogolovka, Russia, in 1998. He is mostly famous for his discovery of the metallic state and metal-insulator transition in two dimensions which was listed among the 50 main discoveries in Mesoscopic Physics of the last century on American Physical Society timeline in 1999 (“A Century of Mesoscopic Physics: 1899 - 1999”). At present, he is a Professor of Physics at Northeastern University, Boston, USA.

Experimental Condensed Matter Physics

Matti Pitkanen is Finnish theoretical physicist. Since 1978 he has worked with Topological Geometrodynamics (TGD), which is a proposal for a unification of fundamental interactions generalizing string models. After the thesis on the subject (1982) he has continued as a free researcher to develop mathematical theory around the basic physical ideas represented in thesis. During nineties p-adic physics, quantum theory of consciousness, and quantum biology became parts of TGD program. Around 2005 the hypothesis about hierarchy of Planck constants led to a further generalization of the basic mathematical framework of TGD.

Topological Geometrodynamics (TGD)

Lukasz Andrzej Glinka, born on October 5, 1984 in Poland, is internationally recognized as a voluntary editor and reviewer at the think tanks of open-access journals, science author, non-fiction and philosophy writer. He is the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Astrophysics and Aerospace Technology of the OMICS Group, and an Organizing Committee Member to the International Conference on Astrophysics and Particle Physics, December 8-10, 2016, Dallas, Texas, USA. He gave more than 25 oral presentations to scientific conferences, either authored or co-authored more than 40 journal articles and papers, and authored 4 books in science and humanities among which one can find a comprehensive monograph in theoretical physics and applied mathematics. He holds BSc in physics from the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, is a biographee of Marquis Who's Who, and a member at the American Association of International Researchers which belongs to the American Research Institute for Policy Development.

Cultural Study, Ethics and Moral Philosophy, Mathematical Physics, Philosophy of Mind, Political Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Psychology of Emotions, Pure and Applied Mathematics, Social Science, Theoretical Cosmology, Theoretical Physics

Eliade Stefanescu graduated the Faculty of Electronics, Section of Physicist Engineers, in 1970, and obtained a PhD in Theoretical Physics in 1990. As a Scientist from 1976, a Senior Scientist III from 1978, he worked in technology of semiconductor devices. From 1978, he worked in physics of optoelectronic devices. From 1987, and from 1990 as a Senior Scientist II, he worked in the field of open quantum physics. In 1991 he discovered that the penetrability of a potential barrier can be increased by coupling to a dissipative system, and described the decay spectrum of some cold fission modes. As a Senior Scientist I, from 1997 he developed a microscopic theory of open quantum systems, and discovered a physical principle for the heat conversion into usable energy. In 2014, he produced a unitary relativistic quantum theory. In the years 1995-2000, he held a course called Dissipative Systems for the master degree.

Quantum Mechanics, Relativistic Theory, Field Theory, Dissipation Theory, Quantum Optics, Nuclear Physics, and Energy Production

Vladimir V. Rumyantsev is Head of Department of Theory of Complex Systems Dynamic Properties at A.A. Galkin Donetsk Institute for Physics and Engineering (DonIPE). He is Professor of Theoretical Physics and Nanotechnology Department at Donetsk National University (DonNU). He received PhD in Theoretical Physics (1988) from DonNU and Dr. Sci. in Condensed Matter Physics (2007) from DonIPE. Prof. Rumyantsev has authored/co-authored 4 books, 2 chapters in books and more than 230 scientific publications. He is a member of the American Physical Society as well as Mediterranean Institute of Fundamental Physics (MIFP, Italy) and Editor-in-Chiff of Journal of Photonic Materials and Technology (Science PG, USA).

Current research interests include various aspects of solid state physics, crystallooptics, photonics; more particularly - theoretical study of the effects of disorder in quasi-two-dimensional nanofilms and layered structures caused by the propagation of electromagnetic and acoustic excitations, light-matter coupling in composite nanostructures.

Prof. Dr. Changzhi Gu, received a Ph.D. degree in Condensed Matter Physics from Jilin University in 1997. In 2001, he was selected into the "100 Talents Program" of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and moved to the Institute of Physics (IOP), CAS. He has been a Professor in Condensed Matter Physics at IOP since 2001. Now, he is the deputy director of IOP. His research focused on the synthesis and property of wide-band gap thin films, artificial structures and devices in nanometer scale. In this field, he has published more than 200 papers in reputed Journals, these pappers were cited more than 3000 by others.

Condensed Mater Physics, Nanophysics and Nanodevices

Victor Victorovich Apollonov is the leading specialist in the area of basic principles of creation and development of high power laser systems and high power laser radiation rninteraction with matter. He has made an outstanding input into creation and development of new branches of science - physical and technical fundamentals of high rnpower laser optics and adaptive optics, investigation of physical processes in a high volume self-controlled volume discharges, creation of high power continuous rnwave, pulsed and high repetition rate pulse-periodic laser systems, high intensity laser radiation interaction with matter, high power laser application for an effective rnprotection of valuable objects and water surface cleaning from oil films, medical applications for UV lasers. He is the author of more than 1160 publications, 14rnbooks, 350 presentations and 144 patents. (from Research Gate). He is a high profile scientist and well known around all over the world, for more than 40 years ofrnhis international scientific activity, he has participated and organized more than 56 international conferences, symposiums and workshops, prepared more than 32rncandidates and doctors of physics and mathematics. He is the General Director of “Energomashtechnika” Ltd. He is the member of European and American PhysicalrnSociety, SPIE, AIAA, American Society for QE and the member of specialized scientific council of Russia. He is a full member of Russian Academy of Natural Sciencernand Academy of Engineering Sciences, member of the Presidium RANS. He is the laureate of State Prize of USSR (1982) and of Russia (2002).

Physical and technical fundamentals of high power laser optics and adaptive optics, Investigation of physical processes in a high volume self-controlled volume discharges, Creation of high power continuous wave, Pulsed and high repetition rate pulse-periodic laser systems, High intensity laser radiation interaction with matter, High power laser application for an effective protection of valuable objects and water surface cleaning from oil films, Medical applications for UV lasers

Patrick Siarry was born in France in 1952. He received the PhD degree from the University Paris 6, in 1986 and the Doctorate of Sciences (Habilitation) from the University Paris 11, in 1994. He was first involved in the development of analog and digital models of nuclear power plants at Electricite de France (E.D.F.). Since 1995 he is a professor in automatics and informatics. His main research interests are computer-aided design of electronic circuits, and the applications of new stochastic global optimization heuristics to various engineering fields. He is also interested in the fitting of process models to experimental data, the learning of fuzzy rule bases, and of neural networks.

Automatics, Theory and Signal Processing, Electronics, Programming in FORTRAN, numerical analysis, applied statistics, etc.

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Professor Tomozawa's studies include theoretical and experimental work on the solar neutrino problem (the depletion of solar neutrino flux). His work on the enhancement of neutrino cross-sections by magnetoplasma properties attempts to explain observed anticorrelation of the solar neutrino flux and solar activity in recent experiments. Professor Tomozawa is also exploring the possibility of an efficient neutrino detector and a control of radioactivity.More recently, Professor Tomozawa found that the Schwarzschild metric does not fit the data of time delay experiment in the field of general relativity. He introduced a physical metric which fits the data. It was constructed with the constraint that the speed of light on the spherical direction is unchanged from that in vacuum. This modification changes the way we understand the nature of gravity drastically. In particular, it explains the dark energy.

Anwar serves as an Editor of IEEE Journal of Electron Devices and has served as an Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (2001 – 2010). He serves as the conference chair of the international conference on Terahertz Physics, Devices and Systems: Advanced Applications in Industry and Defense of the SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012). He has also chaired the 2006 and 2007 Terahertz Physics, Devices and Systems Conference as part of SPIEs Optics East. Anwar is a SPIE fellow.

Localization of one-dimensional structures, transport in semiconductor devices, impurity diagnostics in quantum well structures, Sb-based type–II infrared detectors, noise in semiconductor devices, power performance of GaN-based HFETs and circuits.

Dr. 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. Dr. Eshaghian-Wilner 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. Professor Eshaghian-Wilner received her B.S. degree in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering (1985), M.S. degree in Computer Engineering (1985), her Engineers degree in Electrical Engineering (1988), and her Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (1988), all 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. Professor Eshaghian-Wilner 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 Professor Eshaghian-Wilner as part of her Ph.D. work, and since then, many architectures and algorithms have been designed by on that model. In the area of Heterogeneous Computing, Professor Eshaghian-Wilner is the editor of the field's first book, "Heterogeneous Computing," and she is the co- founder of the IEEE Heterogeneous Computing Workshop. The NSF-funded Cluster-M model was developed by her team, as one of the first paradigms for executing heterogeneous applications to systems. The Cluster-M mapping is still the fastest known algorithm for mapping arbitrary task graphs onto arbitrary system graphs. In the area of Nanoscale Computing, one of Professor Eshaghian-Wilner's most notable results involves the design of highly interconnected multiprocessor chips with spin waves that possess an unprecedented degree of interconnectivity that was not possible previously with electrical VLSI interconnects. These designs have a great potential to be used as part of miniature implantable devices for biomedical applications and nanomedicine. Professor Eshaghian-Wilner serves on the editorial board of Journal of Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology, and is a founding series co-editor of "Nature Inspired Computing" for Wiley & Sons. She has edited the first book of this series, "Bio-inspired and Nanoscale Integrated Computing". Professor Eshaghian-Wilner's most recent area of research is in Technology Law. She is investigating how various forms of emerging technologies may be impacted by, and come into conflict with, U.S. and international policies and laws. For example, Pervasive (heterogeneous/ubiquitous) computing and nanotechnology are two emerging technologies in which she an extensive scientific background. While these two technologies are entirely different from each other, they both are seemingly invisible, one in terms of interconnectivity and the other in terms of size. They can therefore introduce continuously magnifying challenges to policies and laws that protect rights and property. Professor Eshaghian-Wilner has founded and/or chaired numerous IEEE conferences and organizations, including the IEEE Women in Engineering affinity division of the Coastal Los Angeles Section. She is the recipient of several prestigious grants and honors including a teaching award for being voted as the best teacher by her engineering students.

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

2012 - Present: Professor of Physics, Louisiana State University 2009 - 2012: Associate Professor of Physics, Louisiana State University 2000 - 2009: Research Associate/Staff Research Scientist, Oak Ridge National Lab 1997 - 2000: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pennsylvania State University 1992 - 1997: Research and Teaching Assistant, ETH-Zurich 1991 - 1992: Visiting Scientist, University of Susses/University of Cambridge 1988 - 1991: Staff Research Assistant, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Her research focuses on the development of novel complex materials with intriguing physical properties, such as new phases that exist on the edge of instabilities (unconventional superconductivity, quantum critical phenomena, heavy – Fermion behavior, thermoelectricity etc.). Thus, her research effort is devoted to (1) “science-driven” synthesis and (2) investigation of basic physical properties (charge, spin and heat transport, magnetization, specific heat etc.).

Kal Renganathan Sharma received his B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India in 1985, MS and Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV in 1987 and 1990 respectively. He received his post-doctoral research training from R. Shankar Subramanian formerly Chairman and Professor in Chemical Engineering, Clarkson University, Pottsdam, NY. His industrial training was with Monsanto Plastics Technology, Indian Orchad, MA from 1990-1993. He has authored 15 Books, 8 Book-Chapters, 60 Journal Articles, 557 Conference Papers and 160 other Presentations and received 425 Google searchable citations. He has instructed 2930 students in 109 courses at Texas Southern University, Houston, TX, Lone Star College-North Harris, Houston, TX, Prairie View A & M University, Prairie View, TX, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India, Sakthi Engineering College, Chennai, India, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA and West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV. He has also been selected to instruct courses at San Jacinto College North Campus, Houston Community College at Houston, TX. Honors include, Fellow of Indian Chemical Society, Honory Fellow of Australian Institute of High Energetic Materials, Melbourne, Australia, Marquis Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Plastics and Polymers, Phi Kappa Phi, New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi, Rajiv Achan Scholar, Organic Chemistry Merit Card, Manhindra Trust Fellowship, Leading Educators of the World, Cambridge, UK. He has received cash awards from Monsanto Plastics Technology, Indian Orchad, MA, Prairie View A & M University, Prairie View, TX and SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India. He serves on the editorial boards of E-cronicon, Journal of Scientific Research and Reports, Walia Journal, Journal of Lasers, Optics and Photonics, Caspian Journal of Applied Sciences and Research, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, ChemXpress, International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences. He has co-chaired a number of sessions at major conferences. He serves HBCUs and community colleges. His research work has lead to the creation of four de novo dimensionless groups: (i) Frequency Number; (ii) Heat Accumulation Number; (iii) Sharma Number (Mass) and (iv) Momentum Number and a generalized normal statistical distribution that be used to characterize periodicity in random signals. He has obtained the Professional Engineers certification in the state of New Hamsphire in 1995 and worked in a number of leading universities and industry.

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Dr. Reza Shadnam is a science manager at R&D incentive group, a technology, development, and research consulting practice within the KPMG. He is in contact with technical side of tens of companies in his current position. His research areas are micro/nano surface science/engineering and mechanical and mathematical dynamics and stability. He has completed a Ph.D. in the Surface Engineering and Instrumentation Laboratory at the National Institute of Nanotechnology. He has also received a Ph.D. degree in Structural Engineering (Structural Dynamics) from Sharif University of Technology in 2002. He has presented in relevant conferences and he has reviewed manuscripts for 19 journals, e.g. Journal of Physics, International Journal of Mechanics of Solids, Nanotechnology, Journal of Mechanical Engineering & Technology and Applied Mathematical Modelling. He has contributed over 30 peer reviewed technical publications, 35+ (invited) talks and panel discussions to professional & technical communities, e.g. CSME, CAP, APS, ACS, etc. He has taught in University of Alberta, Sharif University of Technology, IUST and NODET. He is currently a member in Board of Directors of Knowledge Diffusion Network" a nonprofit organization registered in Canada that aims to promote collaboration of academics and scientific/technologic community through organizing talks for professionals traveling to places other than their place of residence.

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Dr. Dongyang Li is a Professor at University of Alberta. His research interests include nano-materials and surfaces, tribo-physics, surface science/engineering, biomedical engineering, tribological phenomena, and computational materials science. Dr. Li obtained a B.Sc. in Solid Mechanics from University of Science and Technology China (1982), a M.Sc. in Solid-State Physics from Zhongshan University (1985), a PhD in Materials Physics from University of Science and Technology Beijing (1990) and a PhD in Metallurgical Engineering from McGill University (1995). Before joining U of Alberta in 1998, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Pennsylvania State University (1995 – 97). He is an Adjunct Professor in Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, U. of Alberta, a visiting professor at the National University of Singapore (2004, 2012) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2011), and a foreign doctoral advisor at the Harbin Institute of Technology. Dr. Li has in excess of three hundred publications including about 250 journal publications. Dr. Li is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Nano & Biomaterials and a member of editorial board for ten other journals.

Nano-materials and surfaces Surface science and engineering for tribological and biomedical applications Electronic approaches for material design Wear and corrosion of materials Computational materials science.

Mahi R Singh received Ph.D. (1976) degrees from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi in condensed matter physics. After that he was awarded an Alenxander von Humbold Fellow in Stuttgart University, Germany from 1979 to 1981. Currently, he is Professor in this university. He was a visiting Professor at University of Houston, He also worked as a chief researcher at CRL HITACHI, Tokyo and he was a visiting Professor and Royal Society Professor at University of Oxford, UK. He was the Director of the Centre of Chemical Physics and theoretical physics program at Western. Singh has worked in many research are of science and technology including nanoscience, nanotechnology, nanophotonics, optoelectronics, semiconductors structures, high temperature superconductors, nanophotonics, plasmonics, polarotonics and nanoscience and technology.

Nanoscience, nanotechnology, nanophotonics, optoelectronics, semiconductor structures, high temperature superconductors, nanophotonics, plasmonics, polarotonics and nanoscience and technology.

1977-1989 Research Scientist, Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics. 1987-1989 Main Research Scientist Special Astrophysica Observatory, N.Arkhys, Stavropol area. 1989-2004 Main Research Scientist, Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics. Since 1991 Full Professor of Physics in National research Nuclear University "MEPHI" (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)

Cosmology and Particle physics, Cosmoparticle physics, Particle physics Beyond the Standard model, Physics of very early Universe, Cosmophenomenology of new physics, Primordial black holes,Particle Physics of Dark matter, Dark Atoms and Dark Radiation

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Koji Sugioka received his B. S., Ms. Eng., and Dr. Eng. Degrees in electronics from Waseda University (Japan) in 1984, 1986, 1993, respectively. He Joined RIKEN in 1986 and is currently a Unit Leader of RIKEN-SIOM Joint Research Unit at RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics. He is also a guest professor at Tokyo University of Science since 2006 and Tokyo Denki University since 2004. Dr. Sugioka has achieved numerous significant research and development results, and is worldwide recognized as one of the most distinguished and influential scientists in the area of laser micro and nano processing. He has made important contribution to both fundamental researches on laser-matter interactions and diverse applications including practical use in the said area. He is internationally renowned for his works on laser doping, laser etching, laser surface modification, laser-induced selective metallization, microfabrication of transparent materials, VUV laser processing, laser surface nanostructuring, and 3D micro and nano fabrication. In particular, he is known as a leading scientist in the ultrafast laser processing technology. His current research interests include ultrafast laser processing for microfluidic, optofluidic, microelectronic and optoelectronic applications. He is currently a member of the board of directors of the Laser Institute of America (LIA) and Japanese Laser Processing Society (JLPS), and an SPIE Fellow. He is an author and co-author of 14 invited papers in international journals with referee system and over 160 peer-reviewed journal articles. He also published 2 books and 8 chapters in English and 24 chapters in Japanese and edited 2 international books and 4 Japanese books. He holds 16 licensed patents in the field of optics and laser applications. He received 11 awards for his achievements in laser materials processing, and gave 8 plenary talks, 3 keynote talks, 9 tutorial lectures and more than 110 invited talks at the international conferences. He was also invited to give lectures at a large number of academic and industrial organizations. He served as a chair, co-chair, and committee member of numerous international conferences related to lasers and laser applications. In particular, he is known as one of founders of International Symposium on Laser Precision Microfabrication (LPM). He is also editor-in-chief of Journal of the Laser Micro/Nanoengineering (JLMN).

condensed matter physics in particular spintronics and correlated electron systems

Tsuyoshi Takami has completed his PhD in 2007 from Nagoya University and worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Texas at Austin. He was the editor of Nanothermoelectrics. He has published more than 35 papers in reputed journals such as PRL, PRB, and APL and a comprehensive review book titled “Functional Cobalt Oxides: Fundamentals, Properties, and Applications” in the CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.

Dr. Takami’s research interests focus on design and synthesis of strongly correlated electron systems including superconductors, spintronic/orbitronic materials, and thermoelectric materials. He has emphasized the relationship between electronic degrees of freedom, i.e., charge, spin, and orbital, and physical properties of transition-metal oxides. Over the past several years, he has clarified the mechanism of a large thermoelectric power and an appearance of superconductivity observed for cobalt and copper oxides, respectively. These subjects have mainly investigated by measuring the transport properties in conjunction with microscopic techniques such as NMR and μ+SR. His strategy would bring about an important clue to explore functional materials.

Photovoltaic Cells Thin films Electrical, thermal and optical properties of materials Physical properties of polymers.

Received his Ph. D from McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada in 2008. After graduation he worked as post doctoral fellow in the same group. In October 2009, he joined the photonic group and the institute of optical sciences at the University of Toronto where he works as a research fellow. In September 2011, he was appointed as an assistant professor at the Department of Physics, the American university in Cairo (AUC). His research interests include design optimization and fabrication of active and passive nanophotonic and plasmonic devices and systems, silicon photonics, optical interconnects, integrated on- chip optical systems, lab on chip, nano-antenna, metamaterials, and solar cells. The main applications include biomedical integrated systems, energy harvesting, and telecommunications. He authored more than 120 technical papers in highly ranked journals and conferences. He also hold 2 patents, a book, and book chapter in these areas. Dr. Swillam is a guest editor in J. of optical and quantum electronics. He is also member of the editorial board of many physics and photonics journal including journal of review of applied physics, J. of photonics and optoelectronics, J. of Bio-Inspired Nanotechnology, NUSOD, ICMAP and SOPO. He is also a senior member of the IEEE Photonic society since 2010. He is the founder and the advisor of the optical society of America and SPIE chapters at the AUC and the vice president of the Egyptian Unit. Dr. Swillam received various awards and fellowships including the State Award for advanced technology in 2013 and Misr -Elkhair best publication award in science in 2012, Ontario ministry of research (MRI) fellowship in 2011, NSERC post doctoral fellowship 2009, and the Dean’s graduate student award of knowledge translation and innovation from McMaster University in 2009. He is also the recipient of best student paper award from IEEE/LEOS Ottawa section for Photonics North 2007 and from ACES 2009. Swillam is a recipient of the Nortel Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (OGSST), as well as the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), in May 2007 and April 2008, respectively. He is also the recipient of best student paper award from IEEE/LEOS Ottawa section for Photonics North 2007 and from ACES 2009 and the Dean’s Graduate Student Award of Knowledge Translation and Innovation from McMaster University in 2009. He recently won the competition for Ontario Ministry of Research (MRI) fellowship round five for 2011.He is also a senior member of the IEEE Photonic Society.

Fabrication of optoelectronics and nanoplasmonic structures for sensing and telecommunication applications, Design and fabrication of optical nanoantenna for biomedical and energy harvesting Silicon photonic, Optical coherent control of nanophotonic devices and its application, Signal processing techniques for electromagnetics, Sensitivity analysis and design optimization of microwave and nanophotonics components, Design of surface plasmon waveguide for biomedical and optical interconnects, Modeling and simulation of optical fiber communication systems

Ajay Kumar Mishra is a full Professor at the Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Research Unit at College of Science, Engineering & Technology, University of South Africa, Florida Science Campus, South Africa. He received his B. Sc, M. Sc., degrees in 1997 and 2001 respectively from Purvanchal University Jaunpur, India and M. Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in 2003 and 2007, respectively, from The University of Delhi, India. From March 2006 to September 2009, he was postdoctoral fellows at various South African Institutes/Universities. In addition, he was appointed as “Senior Lecturer” in October 2009 at the Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, South Africa where he was promoted to “Associate Professor” in November 2011 until December 2014. Recently, he was appointed by University of South Africa as “Full Professor” since January 2015. He is also working as “Adjunct Professor” at Jiangsu University, China. His research interests include synthesis of multifunctional nano-materials, nano-composites, biopolymer and/or petrochemical based biodegradable polymers, polymers based materials/composites, smart materials, CNT and graphene based composite materials and water research. He has authored over 100 scientific papers. He has hosted several visiting researchers/scientists/postdocs in his group. He has also developed a number of collaborations worldwide. He has delivered a number of including Plenary/Keynote/Invited Lectures. For his outstanding research profile, he was awarded a number of international awards. Prof. Mishra also served as Associate Editor as well as member of the editorial board of many peer-reviewed international journals. He has edited several books by the renowned publishers and also reviewer of many international journals. He is serving as member advisory board of a number of international scientific societies, conferences and workshops.

My research interest is in four broad areas, namely: Nanoscience/Nanotechnology, Materials Science, Polymers, Composite/Nanocomposites and Water Research. I am actively involved in the area of nanotechnology towards the development of smart materials for various applications in the field of materials science and water research. I train and supervise Honours, Masters and Doctoral students as well as postdoctoral fellows under the following research themes: 1.Synthesis of multifunctional nano-materials, nano-composites, biopolymer and/or petrochemical based biodegradable polymers and polymers based materials/composites for various applications, special attention to drug delivery. 2.Nanotechnology towards to the development of smart materials for various applications in the field of Materials Science/Polymer Science/Water Research/Bio-inorganic Chemistry. 3.Organometallic Chemistry/Bio-inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis in the area of Inorganic Chemistry. 4.Carbon nanotube and graphene based composite materials for technological applications.