Chemistry Science and Technology

Dr. Michael Hu is a chemical engineer and biochemical engineer by education, serving as a Senior Research Staff Member at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Meanwhile, he is appointed by the University of Tennessee (UT) as a Joint Faculty Professor at the UT Bredesen Center and an Adjunct Professor at the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department. He is the Founder Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Nanomaterials. Dr. Hu’s research interest is in advanced materials and chemical processing technologies such as for separations and catalysis. He is a team leader for a Department of Energy (DOE) program that has won a 2014 R&D100 Award based on advanced nano-membranes work. His membrane technology development work became an DOE success story in July 2017 (https://energy.gov/eere/success-stories/articles/eere-success-story-new-...). Dr. Hu has also served as the thermochemical pathway team lead for a DOE-sponsored multi-lab Separations Consortium program funded since FY2017. Over the past 22 years or so, Dr. Hu has served roles as Principal Investigator and Project Team Leader for a variety of fundamental and applied nanomaterials and nanotechnology research programs and projects that develop materials chemistry, surface/interface sciences, and chemical process engineering for applications in clean renewable efficient energy and functional nanomaterials/devices. He has been leading or supporting multiple programs in nanoscience, engineering, and materials research sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and other federal agencies. Industry sponsored projects are also an important part of his research and development portfolio, with the goal to provide nano-engineered materials and processes solutions to problems facing to private industries today. Since 1995, Dr. Hu has successfully developed, managed, and conducted multidisciplinary R&D projects that require integration of nanomaterials chemistry, (bio)molecular sciences, colloid & interface sciences, and chemical nano-manufacturing engineering relevant to the chemical synthesis of nanoparticles, nanocrystals, membranes, nanostructured graphene materials, advanced ceramics, films/coatings, self-assembled nanostructures, nanocomposites or hybrid materials, and other nanomaterials for energy (e.g., solid-state lighting, solar cells, supercapacitors, biofuel processing), medical, detectors or sensors, national/homeland security, and other nanotechnology applications. Hu enjoys playing guitar-singing, violin, and tennis at his leisure time.

Advanced materials and chemical processing technologies such as for separations and catalysis

Dr. Adango Miadonye is a professor of chemistry and chemical engineering and chair of the Department of Chemistry at CBU. He obtained his PhD from Loughborough University, England, and did his postdoctoral research at Lakehead University, Ontario. With over 80 publications, several book chapters and numerous conference papers, he is well published and is the Program Chairperson and a member of the Board of Trustees (Atlantic Canada) for the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Adango has been with CBU for more than 15 years. Currently, Adango has partnered with Innovation 121 Inc. to conduct some very interesting research. “The natural deposits of oil sands in Canada are currently estimated to contain over 168 billion barrels of oil,” says Adango. “My research group investigates rheology and transport property of reservoir fluids, heavy oil and bitumen, providing knowledge to improve production, enhanced oil recovery, upgrading, refining and transportation of one of Canada’s richest resources.” Adango’s collaboration with Innovation 121 Inc. will help develop a new, cleaner oil sands technology, an engineered micro-bubbles process that facilitates oil separation from the sand grains. The new technology will mitigate several environmental issues associated with current technologies and also improve the bitumen recovery rate to over 60 per cent. The successful outcome of this project promises millions of dollars in cost savings for one of Canada’s largest industries.

Rheology and transport property of reservoir fluids, heavy oil and bitumen, providing knowledge to improve production, enhanced oil recovery, upgrading, refining and transportation of one of Canada’s richest resources

Ikerbasque Professor, Dept. of Organic Chemistry II, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU. SCIENTIFIC METRICS: Hirsch index H = 45 and JCR Papers >170; according to Web of Sciences (WoS). ACCREDITATION & AWARDS: ANECA (Assoc. Prof.), ANEP (I3 Researcher), ELSEVIER BMC Papers awards, etc.Project Reviewer for ERC COG Europe, NSF USA, BBSRC UK, BMBF Germany, BARD USA-ISR, AGAUR Catalunya, Editor of: Curr Top Med Chem, Curr Pharm Des, Nanomaterials, IJMS, etc.,Chairman of MOL2NET Conference Series, etc.

Development of Methods for Data Analysis in Organic Synthesis, Medicinal Chemistry, Bioinformatics, Complex Networks Sciences, Neurosciences, Nanotechnology, and Biomedical Engineering.

TEACHING (UNDEGRADUATE LEVEL) 1. Computer Operating Systems and Programming Languages (1999-2014) 2. Statistics and Measurement in Engineering (2003 - ) 3. Nuclear Power Reactor set-up and Operation (Nuclear Engineering – II, 2014 - ) 4. Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of Nuclear Power Plants (2003 - ) 5. Radioenvironmental analysis and protection (2003 - ) 6. Measurements in Marine Environment (School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, co-teaching, 2003 - ) TEACHING (MASTER LEVEL) 1. Control and Measurements (2000 - ). 2. Statistics and Measurement in Mechanical and Marine Engineering (2000 - ). 3. Nuclear Power Plants (2000 - ) 4. Nuclear Fusion Reactors (2014 - ) 5. Radioenvironmental Analysis (2000-2014) 6. Lectures delivered in IAEA Postgraduate Educational Course "Radiation Protection and the Safe Use of Radiation Sources" I) Interaction of Radiation with Matter II) Sources of Radiation III) Principles of Radiation Detection & Measurement IV) Intervention in situations of chronic and emergency exposure

Thermalhydraulic analysis of nuclear reactors • Measuring techniques of mechanical, nuclear and thermalhydraulic magnitudes and methodology of their statistical elaboration. • Geostatistical mapping of radioecological magnitudes. • Measuring techniques of Radon concentration in the environment. • Radiochemical analysis of environmental samples. • Epidemiological Studies of consequences due to radionuclide concentration in the environment.

2000 - prezent - Farmacist primar (Ordinul Ministrului Sănătăţii nr. 727/ 07.09.2000), specialitatea Farmacie generală. 1995-2000 - Farmacist specialist (Ordinul Ministrului Sănătăţii nr. 2393/ 18.12.1995), specialitatea Farmacie generală. 1992 – 1999 - Doctorat in Farmacie, specializarea Chimie farmaceutică; Doctor în Farmacie, Diploma nr. 665/25.11.1999, seria R, nr. 0004944. 1993-1995 - Rezidenţiat în specialitatea Farmacie generală; Farmacist rezident (Ordinul Ministrului Sănătăţii nr. 1512/22.11.1993). 1986-1991 - Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie “Gr. T. Popa” Iasi, Facultatea de Farmacie; Farmacist, Diploma seria J nr. 64, media 10 (zece) la examenul de diplomã şi media generală de absolvire 10 (zece) (declaratã şefã de promoţie). 1981-1985 - Liceul Sanitar din Brãila; Soră medicală, Diplomă seria D, Nr. 166090 din 4 iulie 1985.

Biochemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Nanotechnology

Doktors der Naturwissenschaften” (Dr.Rer. Nat.), BergischeUniversitatGe samthochscule Wuppertal, Germany. Subject "Atmospheric Degradation Mechanisms of Organic Sulphur Compounds". Recognition by Certificate No. 2921/11.11.2002 with PhD in chemistry by the Romanian Minister of Education and Research .

Environmental chemistry,Chemistry of atmospheric aerosols,Chemistry of volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere ,Kinetics, reactivity and reaction mechanisms for photochemical processes induced by radical and atomic species (OH, Cl, NO3, etc.) on organic compounds in air and water Chemistry of the atmosphere and human health,Atmospheric pollutants and their possible effects on human health Instrumental analytical chemistry,Application of chromatographic techniques in the analyses of specific analytes in natural matrices (air, water, soil, biological matrices)

Takashiro AKITSU, PhD is a full Professor for the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Division II at Tokyo University of Science. He completed his under graduate school training (chemistry) from Osaka University, Japan and his graduate school training (physical & inorganic chemistry, especially coordination, crystal and bioinorganic chemistry) from Osaka University, Japan. Dr. Akitsu has published up to about 150 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has had posters presented at international level. He has been a peer reviewer of many journals and acted an organizing committee of several international conferences

Absorption of light by chiral metal complexes and their hybrid materials.

Jun-ichi Kadokawa received his Ph.D. in 1992. He then joined Yamagata University as a Research Associate. From 1996 to 1997, he worked as a visiting scientist at the Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research in Germany. In 1999, he became an Associate Professor at Yamagata University and moved to Tohoku University in 2002. He was appointed as a Professor of Kagoshima University in 2004.He received the Award for Encouragement of Research in Polymer Science (1997) and the Cellulose Society of Japan Award (2009). He has published more than 200 papers in academic journals.

Polysaccharide Materials

Dr L Q Wang received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta. Currently, he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Hong Kong. Dr Wang is a recipient of the Outstanding Young Researcher Award of HKU. He is the author of three books and more than 100 scientific and technical publications.

Bubbles, droplets and particles; Encapsulation and controlled release; Entropy and exergy; Flow bifurcation and stability; Heat transfer with thermal waves and resonance; Microfluidics; Nanoparticles and nanofluids; Numerical simulation and nonlinear computation; Soft materials; Turbulence.

Ben Zhong Tang is Stephen K. C. Cheong Professor of Science and Chair Professor of Chemistry and Division of Biomedical Engineering at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).He is spearheading the research on aggregation-induced emission (AIE), a topic ranked no. 2 in the areas of Chemistry and Materials Science by Thomson Reuters in its report on Research Fronts 2015. Tang received B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from South China University of Technology and Kyoto University, respectively. He conducted postdoctoral research at University of Toronto. He joined HKUST as an assistant professor in 1994 and was promoted to chair professor in 2008. He was elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in 2009 and 2013, respectively. Tang has published ~1,000 papers. His publications have been cited >45,000 times, with an h-index of 106. He has been listed by Thomson Reuters as a Highly Cited Researcher in both areas of Chemistry and Materials Science. He received a Natural Science Award from the Chinese Government and a Senior Research Fellowship from the Croucher Foundation in 2007. He is now serving as Editor-in-Chief of Materials Chemistry Frontiers (RSC & CCS).

His research interests include macromolecular chemistry, materials science, and biomedical theranostics.

University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom, 2006-2009 PhD in Experimental Chemistry. University Moulay Ismail, Meknes, Morocco, 2001-2003 2 years MSc in Organic Chemistry. University Moulay Ismail, Meknes,Licence (equivalent to honours degree) in Chemistry.

Coordination chemistry of macrocyclic ligands has been a fascinating area of current research interestall over the world. Thecontinued interest and quest in designing new macrocyclic ligands stem mainly from their use as modelsfor protein-metal binding sites in a substantial arrayof metalloproteins in biological systems, as syntheticionophores, as models to study the magnetic ex- change phenomena, as therapeutic reagents in chelate therapy for the treatment of metal intoxication, as cyclic antibiotics that owe their antibiotic actions to specific metal complexation, to study the guest- host interactions, and in catalysis. Recognition of the importance of complexes containing macrocyclic ligands has led to a considerable effort being invested in developing reliable inexpensive synthetic routes for these compounds.

Academic director for undergraduate and graduate students in the -department. Organizer of higher graduate studies in chemistry Department, 2003 present. - Representative of Chemistry Department at National Commission for Academic Accreditation & Assessment. (2007-2009), King Saud University. - Contribution in two internally work shops in chemistry department grails section, KSU. - Evaluation of research to be sponsored by (KACST). - Membership, Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 2003-present. Awards. Research projects supported by King Abdulaziz city for science and technology for my PhD and M.Sc. researches. Research projects supported by King Abdulaziz city for science and technology for Postgrad. Students ( 1 in Natural Products; 1 in Synthesis of Heterocycles).

Natural Products, Heterocyclic Compounds, Spectroscopy of Organic Compounds

Mahnaz M Abdi received her PhD in Material Chemistry from University Putra Malaysia, 2010. She was with Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products, UPM as a Post-doctoral fellow and continued her career as a researcher at the Luleå University of Technology (LTU), Lulea, Sweden. She currently works as senior lecturer/research associate at University Putra Malaysia. Her research focused on nanocomposite materials from conducting polymers/biopolymers and their application in sensors, biosensors and corrosion protection. Her research is mainly funded by SciencFund and FRGS

Her research focused on nanocomposite materials from conducting polymers/biopolymers and their application in sensors, biosensors and corrosion protection. Her research is mainly funded by SciencFund and FRGS .

ELSAYED AHMED ELNASHAR, Full-Professor of textiles Apparel, Kaferelsheikh University, Egypt. Born in 19 /8/1965. Have Ph.D. 2000, Msc.1995, Bsc.1989, Helwan University. Diploma1985advanced industrial textiles institute. He holds several academic administrative positions: Dean, Vice Dean, Head of Department, He has many textiles patents, Member of international scientific committees. Development of Faculties of Education, commissioned of Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities. Has design books published in Germany. Has published 136 scientific Articles. Founder and editor two scientific journals. And Smartex Conference Egypt. Member of the editorial board of several international magazines and conferences, He has made many scientific agreements with European universities.

Advanced industrial textiles methods and other fields of Chemistry .

Prof. Shen-Ming Chen (h-index about 60) received his PhD degrees in chemistry from National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. He was a visiting postdoctoral fellow with the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany in 1997. He joined Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taipei Institute of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan in 1985. He had been an associate professor of Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taipei Institute of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan from 1991 to 1997. Since August 1997, he has been a full professor of Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology. He has been the Dean (Curator) of library, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan from 2000 to 2006 and the Director of Extracurricular Activity, office of student affairs, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan from 1995 to 2000. Prof. Shen-Ming Chen has published over 600 research and review papers in internationalSCI journals. Some of their papers have been selected as the most cited papers in theJournal of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Biosensor & Bioelectronics. He received threetimes Distinguish Professor awards. He also received three times Outstanding Research Award from National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan. He have edited or attended two books for NOVA publications titled “Nanostructured Materials for Electrochemical Biosensors” and “Biosensors: Properties, Materials and Applications” and contributed four book chapters.

Analytical chemistry, electrochemistry, electroanalytical Chemistry, chemical materials, electrocatalysis, electroanalysis, biosensor, biosensors, bioelectrochemistry photoelectrochemistry, nanocomposites, bionanomaterials, bionanotechnology, electrochemical,, metalloproteins, metalloporphyrins, nanotechnology, spectroscopic techniques, scanning probe techniques, quartz crystal microbalance, materials research, fuel cells, solar cell and photovoltaic cells.

Nur Azimah Jamalluddin, Ahmad Zuhairi Abdullah (2016). Fe incorporated mesocellular foam as an effective and stable catalyst: Effect of Fe concentrations on the characteristics and Fenton-like oxidation of acid red B, Journal of Molecular Catalysis.

Catalysis, Reaction, Fuel Engineering, Nanoporous Materials, Wastewater Engineering.

He graduated in B.Eng (Chemical Engineering) from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2003 and completed MSc. two years later. Right afterwards, he served Intel Technology (M) Sdn Bhd as a Process & Equipment Engineer for almost 1.5 years, based in Kulim Plant. I resigned from Intel in Dec 2006 to join School of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia as a Junior Lecturer. In 2011, He have been granted full time study leave to pursue PhD study  under Prof. Dr. Bassim H. Hameed supervision; working on the synthesis of ordered mesoporous silica & ordered mesoporous carbon and its application in wastewater treatment. He have been conferred Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Nov 2014 and currently serving Universiti Sains Malaysia as a Senior Lecturer.

His research interests include synthesis of ordered mesoporous materials, activated carbons, low-cost adsorbents, liquid phase adsorption for environmental and product purification and recovery purposes; controlled release of drugs and CO2 and GHG migitation technology.

Dr. Ng Si Ling received her BSc (first class Hons.) in Chemistry in 2004 and PhD degree in Environmental Chemistry in 2010 from University Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. After PhD graduation, she continued to work with the research team as a postdoctoral fellow. She joined Monash University Malaysia as a lecturer from 2012-2015. Currently, she is a senior lecturer at the School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia. She is interested in the research of wastewater treatment, focusing on biological and physical treatment methods, in which the findings were presented in conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals.

Bioregeneration of spent adsorbents, adsorption, bioremediation, sequencing batch reactor.

Dr. Mohd Rizal Razali completed his PhD from Monash University, Australia in 2013. His researches focus on crystal engineering, organometallic chemistry, coordination chemistry, biological assay of metal complexes and photoluminescence study. To date, he has published in about 60 scientific articles in various research ares.

Crystal engineering, organometallic chemistry, coordination chemistry, biological assay of metal complexes and photoluminescence study.

A petite young scientist with an insatiable passion for research, graduated with a PhD in palm oil chemistry specializing in bio diesel. My dedication towards research kept me in the field of biodiesel, namely heterogeneous catalysis since 2008. I have written and published 10 original research articles in ISI accredited journals and participated in various International Conferences to present my project to the scientific community at large. Shortly after graduating with a PhD, I briefly headed the technology and research department of the biodiesel manufacturing plant in Malaysia. Currently, I am attached as a senior lecturer with School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia.

Bio diesel and heterogeneous catalysis while venturing into bio-plastics, rubber and microwave technology.