Ph.D. Computational Chemistry, Nanjing Univ, 1990 2007-present: Chemist, NCTR, FDA 2002-2007: Manager of Bioinformatics, Northrop Grumman Co. at NCTR/FDA 2000-2002: Scientist, Federal Data Co. at NCTR/FDA 1998-2000: Scientist, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., Japan 1995-1998: Visiting Scientist, NCI/NIH

Next-generation sequencing: technical robustness and variation of data analysis; Genome-wide association studies (GWAS): baseline practices for analyzing GWAS data, technical robustness of genotyping technology, sources of spurious associations, batch effects in GWAS; Proteomics: quality control and quality assessment of proteomics data, biomarkers for detecting hepatotoxicity, prediction protein function from protein sequences; Genomics: development of classifiers of diagnosis and prognosis based on gene expression profiles. Chemoinformatics: estrogenic activity database

Dr. Anthony Boey obtained his Ph.D. at Simon Fraser University in the area of Biophysics/polymer chemistry, and is the Head of Formulation Development at CDRD. With over 20 years of industrial drug development experience, Dr. Boey has expertise in the areas of pre-formulation, formulation optimization, process scale-up and cGMP manufacturing. His drug delivery experience includes nanoparticles (e.g. liposomes, polymeric micelles), polymeric depots , oral dosage, inhalation and topicals. Dr. Boey is an inventor in a number of (issued) drug delivery associated patents. Prior to joining CDRD, Dr. Boey has held positions of postdoctoral fellow (Inex Pharmaceuticals), Senior Scientist (Angiotech Inc., QLT Inc.), Manager of Clinical Manufacturing (Northern Lipids) and most recently, was Head of Formulations (Generic Injectables) at Mylan Inc. (Ireland).

His drug delivery experience includes nanoparticles (e.g. liposomes, polymeric micelles), polymeric depots , oral dosage, inhalation and topicals.

Dr. Farid Menaa is an inter- and multi-disciplinary professional with worldwide reputation. He has three international post-doctoral terms in Oncology, Dermatology, and Hematology; MBA Entrepreneurship and MD candidate. During his ongoing career, he has mainly contributed to the identification and functions of new human disease-causing genes and variants, formulated natural products for anti-aging and developed innovative theranostic strategies against cancers, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity and infectious diseases. He has more than 10 years’ experiences either in the academic, hospitals or industrial sectors. As Chief Scientific Officer and Vice-President R&D at Fluorotronics, Inc. he actively participated in the development of the disruptive “Carbon-Fluorine Spectroscopy”. Dr. Menaa collaborates with various organizations worldwide. He is a member of several prestigious medical and scientific organizations and editorial boards in the field of medicine, science, technology and business, including in the nano-segment. He has authored more than 100 articles including research and review articles, books, book chapters, textbooks, proceedings, and has participated to over 200 scientific international events including as co-organizer, keynote speaker, chairman. Dr. Menaa’s worldwide collaborations, holistic point of view and strong expertise in various fields led him to prevent, implement early diagnosis, and develop efficient and safer therapy.

Dr. Farid Menaa’s research interest includes Preventive Medicine, Personalized Medicine, Translational Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Green Medicine, Nanomedicine, Biotechnology, and Nanotechnology

Ramses V. Martinez is an assistant professor at the School of Industrial Engineering and the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University. His research group is primarily involved in several projects in the areas of nanomanufacturing, microfluidics, and soft robotics. Ramses grew up in Madrid, Spain, and received a degree in Applied Physics from the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid in June 2004. He then entered an international PhD program at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in collaboration with the Department of Material Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ramses is author of more than 28 scientific publications and 10 patents. He has been awarded with the Fulbright Fellowship and the Marie Curie IOF grant for his postdoctoral work in the lab of Prof. George Whitesides at Harvard University while he students, and served as a Teaching Fellow at the Harvard University Science Center. Ramses has also been an active mentor of undergrad and graduate students and is now teaching a course on Material Science and Engineering Design at Purdue University.

Material Science, Nanochemistry, microfluidics, and soft robotics

Dr Laurent Désaubry is a CNRS research director in the University of Strasbourg in France (website: http://desaubry.u-strasbg.fr/) and adjunct professor at Tianjin University of Science and Technology (TUST) in China. In 1992, he received a Ph.D. degree in medicinal chemistry from Strasbourg University. Next, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at SUNY at Stony Brook, USA. He made another post-doctoral internship in Prof. Pierre Chambon’s laboratory before to get a CNRS Research Senior Scientist at the University of Strasbourg-CNRS. He was promoted CNRS research director (corresponds to full professor) in 2014, and became also professor at TUST in 2015.

medicinal chemistry

Marc Le Borgne has completed his PhD at the age of 31 years from Nantes Atlantic University after Pharmacy studies. He was Associate Professor between 1999 and 2008 in the Faculty of Pharmacy of Nantes. Then he moved to Lyon as a new Professor of medicinal chemistry in the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1. In parallel he became in 2011 the director of EA 4446 “Bioactive Molecules and Medicinal Chemistry” (B2MC), a research group dedicated to Drug Design, Synthesis and Structural Optimization. He has published more than 65 papers in scientific journals and is serving as an editorial board member of Pharmaceuticals (since 2016). He gave some invited lectures abroad (Saarbruecken, Duesseldorf, Oslo, Tromsø, Bergen, Debrecen, Helsinki, Oulu, Rome, Sacramento, Phoenix...). He was laureate of Programme Åsgard (Norway, 2010), Programme SAMPO (Finland, 2014) and Programme TOR (Sweden, 2015). His teaching experience is focused on MedChem (design, synthesis, optimization, SAR analysis, ADMET, therapeutic uses), drug lifecycle, regulatory affairs and industrial property rights at UCBL.

Design, synthesis and structural optimization of functionalized small molecules as anticancer agents (CK2, Dyrks), efflux pump inhibitors (Pg-p, BCRP) and anti-infective agents (CYP51, glycoconjugate vaccines). Diverse scaffolds are studied such as indole, naphthyridine, indeno[1,2-b]indole, 5α/β-pregnane-3,20-dione, 5β-cholan-3-one, peptidomimetics, polysialic acid, polygalacturonic acid. Chemical methodologies are developing using diverse approaches such as microwave irradiation and multicomponent reactions.

Abdeen Mustafa Omer (BSc, MSc, PhD) is an Associate Researcher at Occupational Health Administration, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Khartoum, Sudan. He has been listed in the book WHO’S WHO in the World 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010. He has published over 300 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 200 review articles, 7 books and 150 chapters in books.

Medicine, Pharmaceuticals

Rob Jackson is a Reader in Computational Solid State Chemistry, and currently Acting Head of the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences at Keele University. He did his PhD and Postdoctoral research in the University of London (UCL and Birkbeck) before moving to Keele in the late 1980s. His research interests are in computer modelling of inorganic materials for optical and energy applications, and he regularly presents his research at international conferences, including the European Conference Series on Defects in insulating Materials, of which he is currently chair. He has around 140 publications in the peer reviewed literature.

Computational Solid State Chemistry

Dr Abbas Amini is an associate lecturer, a registered member of Western Sydney University graduate supervisory board at the School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics since January 2014, and the member of Work Health and Safety Committee of the same university. Before joining the Western Sydney University, he had conducted research with other Australian universities and CSIRO for five years, as a postdoctoral research fellow at Monash University and Deakin University, and as a senior research fellow at the University of Melbourne. His fine outcomes have been presented in high impact factor journals, e.g., Nature publication group. Abbas started his teaching, industrial and scientific journey from obtaining an associate’s degree in mathematics from Dastgheib Teacher College, MSc and BSc in mechanical engineering from Sharif University of Technology, and PhD in both nanotechnology and mechanical engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He has also updated himself by several Australian and Canadian nationally recognized professional certificates and diplomas, e.g., FULT (Foundations of University Learning and Teaching form Western Sydney University), TAE, WHS, CNC etc, since then. With his intense schedule, he has been extensively involved in teaching for many years, and worked in industry, e.g., Magna Powertrain, Toronto, Canada, as a professional engineer and industrial designer for a period of six years. Dr Amini is a member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), an active reviewer for and editor of several ISI journals, and a committee member of 12 international conferences to-date, including the co-chair of 8th International Conference of ICCAE 2016, Melbourne, Australia, Mar. 3-4, 2016.

Dr Amini's research focus in particular covers a wide range of multidisciplinary aspects: indentation methods, shape memory alloys, water treatment, drug delivery systems, piezoelectric materials, biomedical materials, graphene, graphane, CNTs, biodegradable polymeric nano-composites, TiO2, ZnO, environmental sustainability and water efficiency, experimental analysis, multi-scale (nano to macro) modelling of multi-physics phenomena, phase transition, mechanics of materials, fabrication of modern composites, manufacturing, offshore naval structures, and ship design.

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Neuroscience

Dr. Abdulaziz Zorgani is working as Professor at Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, University of Tripoli, Libya. He is also Director of the laboratory at a private clinic in Tripoli, Libya. He is working as Consultant Microbiologist at the Abusalim Trauma Hospital, and the National Centre for Disease Control. He was awarded a letter of appreciation from the dean of Faculty of Medicine, University of Tripoli for recognition of his scientific research publications. He is handling several grants and has published 66 scientific articles, the majority are related to antibiotic resistance and health care associated infection. Prof Zorgani obtained a Diploma in Bacteriology (Dip Bact) and MSc degree from the department of pathological sciences at the University of Manchester. He received his PhD from the department of medical microbiology at the University of Edinburgh. He pursued his academic career by completing a postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Edinburgh, followed by a postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Institute of Child Health from the University of Birmingham. He has extensive teaching experience gained at the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Tripoli, Lybia, where his main focus was on teaching medical microbiology and practicing clinical microbiology. He previously served as the head of the bacteriology unit at the Reference Laboratory of the National Centre for Diseases Control in Libya.

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Salah Akkal received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from University of Constantine, Algeria in 2001. He was supervised on 4 M.Sc. Theses and 8 Ph.Ds. He is professor in natural product chemistry since 2007 in Chemistry Department, Faculty of science. He has published more than 90 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute and has been serving as a reviewer for many articles in her specialization. He attended more than 30 International Conferences He teaching all the organic chemistry and natural product courses for the students of Faculty of Science and Faculty of Technology in University of Constantine, Algeria.

organic chemistry

Mohamed Eddouks is Professor at Moulay Ismail University, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques Errachidia, Morocco. He is a researcher in Physiology and Pharmacology with a Master Degree in Metabolic and Molecular Endocrinology from University of Paris vi, a specialized certificate in Endocrine Pharmacology from University of Paris vii and PhD degrees in Physiology and Pharmacology from University of Liege, Belgium and Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco. After his post-doctoral fellowship at Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of Montreal, Canada, he is working for the last 16 years on medicinal plants. His work on antidiabetic and antihypertensive plants is well recognized globally. His research focuses on ethnobiological as well as pharmacological issues in the use of Moroccan medicinal plants for the treatment of diabetes mellitus, obesity and hypertension. His contribution to this field includes four international books and more than 80 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters of international repute. He is Guest Editor of American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Lead Guest Editor of an annual special issue published by Evidence-Based and Complementary Alternative Medicine, Regional Editor of the Following journals: American Journal of Food Technology, Journal of Applied Sciences, Trends in Applied Sciences Research and Singapore Journal of Scientific research, Member of Editorial Board of several international journals. He has been honored with the first Prize of Scientific Research in 2008 by the Moroccan Association of Research and Development and the first Prize of the Federation of Arab Scientific Councils in 2016. He has been the Dean of Polydisciplinary Faculty of Errachidia from 2008 to 2012.

Physiology and Pharmacology

Professor Falah H. Hussein has received a PhD from Nottingham University (England). He is working now with his research group at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Babylon. His researches now focusing on synthetizing nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes and studying the photocatalytic activity and drug delivery by nanomaterials. He has occupied several top scientific and academic administrative positions, improving teaching, research, and higher education in Iraq. For eighteen years, he served as the Dean of college of Education, Dean of college of Science and President of University in IRAQ. During these 18 years, he established many colleges, scientific departments, research centers and MSc and PhD studies. He has received numerous awards, including 2 international (Kolbenkian Award), National award of Environment in Iraq (2001) and other more than 100 National awards. He has got the Medal of Scientist distinguishing in Iraq from the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Iraq (2013). He got NISA Award for Outstanding Iraqi Research on 2017 for the Best Collaborative Paper published article during 2016. He has studied and published papers on chemical safety and security, environmental protection, wastewater treatments, hydrogen production and nanotechnology. He is one of the founders of the Arab Renewable energy Commission (AREC). He was awarded seven patents and published more than 132 articles in different national and international journals.

chemical safety and security, environmental protection, wastewater treatments, hydrogen production and nanotechnology

Professor Rajeev Jain (born August 1954) completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Meerut University, Meerut (Now C.C.S. University, Meerut) and Ph.D. in Chemistry from the university of Roorkee (now Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee), India, in 1978 .He worked as Post Doctoral Fellow and Research Associate at the same institute. He was awarded D.Sc. degree by Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India in 1990. He joined Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India in 1982 as lecturer, became Reader in 1988 and subsequently Professor in 1998 at the same University. Currently he is working as Professor of Chemistry, Head of Environmental Chemistry and Dean College Development Council (DCDC.) As DCDC looking after the affiliation and development of over 350 colleges affiliated to the university. During last 29 years of stay as teacher at Jiwaji University remain committed to institution building. Professor Jain is a highly cited researcher in Electroanalytical and Environmental Engineering Chemistry. Dr. Jain has published over 270 research papers in journals of international repute with high impact factor. He has supervised over 60 Ph.D. and one D.Sc. student. He is a widely traveled researcher and has worked over on 15 research projects sanctioned by CSIR, UGC, MOEF, DRDO etc. His research interests include electroanalytical behaviour of pharmaceuticals, micellar catalysis, electrocatalysed reactions, method development and validation, environmental engineering chemistry and wastewater treatment. Professor Jain is on the reviewer panel for a number of journals such as Electrochimica Acta, Waste Manage., J. Appl. Electrochem., Water Res., J. Colloid Interface Sci., Environ. Sci. Technol., J. Environ. Monitor. Assess. J. Hazard. Mater., J. Environ. Manage., Catalysis, J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal. etc. Referee for Projects submitted to CSIR, MOEF, DST, New Delhi. on the editorial board of the Journals, Chemical Sensors, Int. J. Electrochemistry.

Electrochemistry

Dr. Mahesh Baboo received his M. Sc from Dr. B. R. Ambedar University, Agra, in 2005. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, in 2011 for work on “thermal transport and mechanical properties of polyisoprene (Cis and Trans) blends with fillers” under the joint supervision of Prof. N.S. Saxena and Prof. Kananbala Sharma. He has worked as fellow of BRNS-DAE, CSIR and SERB (DST). He is member of many academic societies like IAPT, APA, IAPS, MRSI and IPA. He is treasure of Thermophyical Society of India (TPSI). He has published more than 25 papers in reputed journals along with conference proceedings. He is also a reviewer of many reputed journals. Presently, he is working as Assistant Professor & Head, Department of Physics at L. B. S. College (University of Rajasthan), Jaipur, India.

Dr. Baboo’s research interest includes study of thermal transport and mechanical properties of polymer blends and their composites with organic and inorganic fillers, SHI irradiation, ion implantation, gamma-irradiation of such polymer blends and composites. In addition, study of thermal transport and mechanical properties of polymer blends and composites in cryogenics have special interest. My current research interest includes development of materials for microelectronic packaging and Transdermal Therapeutic Systems based on elastomeric blends.