Prof Jacques Jupille is Leader of the group “Oxides in small dimensions” at Institut des Nanosciences de Paris. He’s since 2003 Senior scientist CNRS of 1st class. He’s working on the following research areas: Physical and chemical properties of surfaces and interfaces, from ultra-high-vacuum to ambient conditions, crystallographic and electronic structures, reactivity, catalytic activity, adhesion, wetting, hydration. Tools – Electron spectroscopies, near field microscopies (tunnel and atomic forces), vibrational spectroscopies (high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy and Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy), vacuum related techniques, synchrotron based techniques (x-ray diffraction and absorption edges), transmission electron microscopy.
Since 1979, he has been actively involved in the management and support of many societies and institutions including:
Filippo Giubileo is a Research Director at the Institute for Superconductors, Innovative Materials and Devices (SPIN) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). He has over twenty years of experience in experimental condensed matter physics, with a strong focus on superconductivity, quantum transport, low-dimensional materials, and nanoscale devices. His research activities span advanced electrical and optoelectronic characterization, field emission, and the study of hybrid and quantum materials for next-generation electronics and sensing applications.
Dr. Giubileo has authored more than 160 peer-reviewed publications, with an H-index of 40. His work has been published in leading journals such as Advanced Functional Materials, Small, Physical Review Letters, and Materials Horizons.
Dr. Giubileo has coordinated national and international research projects, serves as evaluator for several funding agencies, and is actively involved in scientific governance and technology transfer. He also organized several international events such as ISMN’08, SM-2010, S4E-2014, GM-2016, TTN-2018, Nano-M&D-2019, IEEE NMDC 2023.
Keynote talk title: Low-Dimensional Materials Enabling Next-Generation FETs, Sensors and Emitters
Rodrigo Martins is full professor at FCT-NOVA- Portugal, President of the European Academy of Sciences; President of the International Union of Materials Research Societies; Full Professor at FCT-NOVA. Member of the:
Rodrigo Martins is the founder and director of the Centre of Excellence in Microelectronics and Optoelectronics Processes of Uninova; leader of the Materials, Optoelectronics and Nanotechnologies group of I3N/CENIMAT and its sub-director; member of the nomination committee of the EIT KIC Raw Materials, Editor in Chief of the journal Discover Materials. He is expert in the field of advanced functional materials, nanotechnologies, microelectronics, transparent electronics (pioneer) and paper electronics (inventor), with more than:
- 1050 papers, from which 677 in the WoK
- 2 books; editing 8 books; 1 pedagogic text book in Portuguese (900 pages); book chapters 28.
- Patents: granted patents 43; 16 pending.
- Talks: about 600 talks, from which 100 as plenary/key note speakers, 200 as invited and 200 as regular in main international and national conferences, symposia and workshops.
- Posters: about 300 in main international and national conferences, symposia and workshops
He is Member of the:
Rodrigo Martins was decorated with the gold medal of merit and distinction by the Almada Municipality for his R&D achievements. ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1997-7669: Webpage: https://cemop.uninova.pt/ Click here for more details.
Dr. Nathalie Mignet is Research Director at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in France. She is the leader of the Laboratory Chemical and Biological Technologies for Health located at Université de Paris Cité, at the faculty of Pharmacy.
After a PhD in France in organic chemistry, Dr Mignet was hired by the company Lynx Therapeutics in San Francisco. She then joined the University of Sheffield in UK for one year before being hired by the French biotech company Capsulis to work on onion-based nanoparticles called spherulites. She joined the CNRS as a research Scientist in 2000 to work on non-viral gene delivery. Since then, she expanded her domain of interest from drug delivery systems to nanomedicine designed for triggered delivery or imaging.
With her lab (#Mignet Lab), she is interested in nanomedicine for delivery or imaging going from fundamental to preclinical studies mostly in cancer.
She is also the founder and the former president of the French Society for Nanomedecine, SFNano.
Professor Oliver G. Schmidt is the Scientific Director of the Research Center for Materials, Architectures and Integration of Nanomembranes (MAIN) and holds the Chair of Material Systems for Nanoelectronics at the Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany. He is Adjunct Professor of Nanophysics at Dresden University of Technology, Germany and Honorable Professor at both Fudan University and Changzhou University. He is an elected member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering and has received several international prizes and awards: Among them the Otto-Hahn Medal from the Max-Planck-Society in 2000, the Philip-Morris Research Award in 2002, the Carus-Medal from the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina in 2005, the International Dresden Barkhausen Award in 2013, the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Prize of the German Research Foundation in 2018, and an Advanced Grant of the European Research Council (ERC) in 2019. He is a pioneer in micromachined microrobots, their biomedical applications and their potential for creating artificial life. He achieved several Guinness World Records (e.g. smallest man-made jet engine and smallest microelectronic robot) and has made major scientific contributions to small scale energy storage devices, flexible electronics and integrated microsystems for biomedical applications. He has been an ISI highly cited researcher in 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025 and has authored and co-authored > 900 papers with a citation index > 67.000 and an H-index of 133. https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/etit/nano/OliverGSchmidt.php
Catherine Debiemme‑Chouvy is a senior researcher (Directrice de Recherche, DR2) at the Laboratoire Interfaces et Systèmes Électrochimiques (LISE), affiliated with Sorbonne Université and CNRS in Paris. She completed her studies in biology and biochemistry, followed by a DEA in Analytical Chemistry and a PhD in Analytical Chemistry. Since 1990, she has held various research positions at CNRS, advancing to her current senior status. Her research focuses on electrochemistry and surface/interface science, including the electrosynthesis and characterization of nanostructured conductive polymer films, surface modification of semiconductor electrodes, development of carbon-based materials for water decontamination, and electrochemical energy storage materials. She has authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles, several book chapters, holds multiple patents, and actively contributes to institutional leadership, serving as Deputy Director of LISE and participating in national CNRS committees.
Dr. Ali Zarrabi is Associate Professor and Principal Investigator in the Biomedical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering & Natural Sciences, Istinye University, Turkey. He holds a bachelor's degree of Chemical Engineering from Isfahan University of Technology (2004), a master's degree of Chemical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology (2007), and a PhD of Nanobiotechnology from Sharif University of Technology (2011). His current research interests include theranostics, transdermal drug delivery system, nanomedicine, nanomaterials and their surface engineering/modifications, skin patches, wearable devices, and wound healing/dressing. His group works at the interface of supramolecular chemistry, bioengineering, and medicine to develop approaches for simultaneous diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Dr. Zarrabi is a member of editorial board of several journals such as "Cell Communication and Signaling", "Wound Repair and Regeneration", "BMEMat", "MedComm – Future Medicine", "Journal of Personalized medicine", "Future Pharmacology", "Biomaterials and Polymers Horizon", and "Nanofabrication". He has been the guest editor of several prestigious journals such as "Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering", "International Journal of Molecular Sciences", and "Bioengineering".
Dr. Hsin-Cheng Chiu received his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of Utah in 1994. After serving as a faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering at National Chung Tsing University for 15 years, he moved to National Tsing Hua University in 2009. Dr. Chiu has a professional background in design, synthesis and development of stimuli-responsive supramolecular nanoconstructs for targeted delivery and controlled release of therapeutics. His current interests focus on exploiting heterojunction semiconductor nanomedicines for cancer theranostic applications and developing polymeric multifunctional targeted protein degradation chimeras for treatments of cancer and other diseases. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed research articles, including those in Biomaterials, Journal of Controlled Release, Advanced Functional Materials, Angewandte Chemie, Macromolecules, ACS Nano, etc. Dr. Chiu also served as the President of the Taiwan Biomaterials and Controlled Release Society from 2020 to 2022. His work has been recognized by receiving the Outstanding Research Award from National Science and Technology Council of Taiwan, the Fellow of Biomaterials Science & Engineering from the International Union of Societies of Biomaterials Science & Engineering, the International the Award of Excellence in Research from Li Chio Zen Biomaterial Research Foundation, Academic Excellence Award of National Tsing Hua University, etc.
Filippo Giubileo is a Research Director at the Institute for Superconductors, Innovative Materials and Devices (SPIN) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). He has over twenty years of experience in experimental condensed matter physics, with a strong focus on superconductivity, quantum transport, low-dimensional materials, and nanoscale devices. His research activities span advanced electrical and optoelectronic characterization, field emission, and the study of hybrid and quantum materials for next-generation electronics and sensing applications.
Dr. Giubileo has authored more than 160 peer-reviewed publications, with an H-index of 40. His work has been published in leading journals such as Advanced Functional Materials, Small, Physical Review Letters, and Materials Horizons.
Dr. Giubileo has coordinated national and international research projects, serves as evaluator for several funding agencies, and is actively involved in scientific governance and technology transfer. He also organized several international events such as ISMN’08, SM-2010, S4E-2014, GM-2016, TTN-2018, Nano-M&D-2019, IEEE NMDC 2023.
Keynote talk title: Low-Dimensional Materials Enabling Next-Generation FETs, Sensors and Emitters
Dr. Aziz Genç obtained his PhD in Materials Science from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, in 2015, where his research focused on the nanoscale characterisation of plasmonic properties in hollow metal nanostructures using monochromated electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) in a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM). Following the completion of his doctorate, he held various academic positions in Turkey and the United Kingdom. Since April 2025, Dr. Genç has been a Senior Researcher in the Advanced Electron Nanoscopy Group at the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2). His research activities centre on atomic-scale STEM-based characterisation of functional nanomaterials, with particular emphasis on energy-related applications, quantum materials, and emerging quantum devices. He has published over 70 research articles, which are cited more than 3500 times.
Dr. César Moreno received his degree in Fundamental Physics in 2005 by the University of Cantabria. He earned his Ph.D in Material Physics at the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB) in 2010 and he moved as postdoctoral researcher at the Nano-engineering research center at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (CRNE-UPC). After two years, he was awarded with a tenure track position (ICYS) at the National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS) in Tsukuba-Japan, and he was also promoted as permanent researcher after two evaluations and the application for the permanent position. After nearly 3 years living in Japan, he then moved back to Barcelona under a Marie Curie fellowship at ICN2. There, his work focused in the atomically precise synthesis and advanced characterization of low-dimensional carbon-based materials by means of bottom-up methods for applications in nanoelectronics, biomedicine sensors and advanced filtration. In 2021, he joined Universidad de Cantabria as a Ramon y Cajal Senior Research Fellow, and in 2024 he promoted as Associate Professor in Condensed Matter Physics.
In 2018 he was awarded with the Molecule of the Year by the C&EN of the American Chemical Society and in 2019 with the Spanish Vanguard of Science award and the Distinguished Research Award by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).
Gonzalo Ramírez-García obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Biology from the University of Guanajuato in 2010, followed by a Master’s degree in Analytical Chemistry from the same institution in 2012. He received his PhD in Molecular Chemistry from Pierre and Marie Curie University in 2016. Subsequently, he completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Research in Optics (CIO) in the field of nanophotonics. He later worked for two years as a researcher under the CONACYT Chairs program. He is the author of more than 80 scientific articles, 3 book chapters, and 2 patents granted by the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI).
Since 2021, he has been a full-time researcher at the Center for Applied Physics and Advanced Technology (CFATA) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He currently holds the position of Associate Researcher (Investigador Titular A) and is a member of the National System of Researchers (SNI), Level 2. His scientific interests focus on the development of photoactive nanomaterials for biomedical applications, with particular emphasis on biosensors, theranostics, and the evaluation of nanoparticle interactions with various biological interfaces. These research strategies typically involve three fundamental aspects:
i) the design, synthesis, and structural and optical characterization of fluorescent, phosphorescent, upconversion-emitting, persistent luminescent, or quantum-confined nanomaterials;
ii) surface modification of nanoparticles to control their colloidal stability, interactions, and overall activity at biological interfaces; and
iii) the evaluation of their biocompatibility and applications in in vitro and in vivo models.
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Urara Hasegawa received her B.S. and M.Eng. in Applied Chemistry from Waseda University, Japan. She earned her Ph.D. in Biomedical Science from Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan, and then, worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Professor Jeffrey Hubbell at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. She joined Department of Applied Chemistry at Osaka University, Japan, as an assistant professor in 2011, and then moved to Department of Chemical Engineering at Kansas State University in 2017. In 2020, she joined Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Penn State. She is associated with the Penn State Intercollege Graduate Degree Program (IGDP) in Materials Science and Engineering (MatSE) where a multitude of perspectives and cross-disciplinary collaboration within research is highly valued. Graduate students in the IGDP in MatSE may work with faculty members from across Penn State.
Hasegawa’s research focuses on the development of polymeric nanomaterials for controlled delivery of drug and bioactive signaling molecules. Her particular interest is on endogenous generation of reactive oxygen species and gasotransmitters such as nitric oxide, carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide and their biological activities. Currently, her group is developing polymeric nanomaterials that can generate, scavenge or respond to these molecules. Her work includes design and synthesis of polymeric nanomaterials using various polymerization techniques, such as reversible addition-fragmentation transfer (RAFT) polymerization and aqueous dispersion polymerization, as well as biological evaluation of these nanomaterials in cell culture and biological systems. These polymeric nano-platforms are useful not only for therapeutic applications but also for unveiling the physiological/pathological roles of these tiny bioactive molecules in the human body.
Prof. Krushna R. Mavani is a Professor (HAG) in the Department of Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India. She received her Ph.D. from Saurashtra University in collaboration with the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and conducted postdoctoral research at Osaka and Kyoto Universities, Japan. Her research focuses on experimental condensed-matter physics, including terahertz spectroscopy, growth and characterization of thin films and nanostructures, and the study of strongly correlated electron systems and functional oxides. Prof. Mavani has contributed extensively to understanding structure–property relationships in materials and their applications in spintronics. At IIT Indore, she has served as Head of the Physics Department, is Co-Convener of the Sophisticated Instrumentation Center, and has mentored numerous Ph.D. and M.Sc. students. She has published over 60 research articles and has been recognized for her contributions to materials physics and advanced spectroscopy techniques.