35^th Nano Congress for Future Advancements

Prof. Dr. Litter is Doctor in Chemistry from the Buenos Aires University, Argentina (1974) with Postdoctoral stage at the University of Arizona, USA (1983). She is Senior Researcher of the Research Council (CONICET) and Full Professor of the University of General San Martín, Argentina. She was Principal Researcher at the National Atomic Commission until her retirement where she was Head of the Environmental Chemistry Remediation Division.

Her research focuses on treatment of organic and inorganic contaminants in water and air by innovative advanced technologies, especially heterogeneous photocatalysis and use of nanomaterials. She authored more than 200 scientific publications in international journals, books and chapters of books. She received the Mercosur Prize twice in 2006 and 2011. She was President of the Local Organizing Committee of the 5th. International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment (As2014), Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 11 to 16 May 2014. She was designated pioneer on photocatalysis in Argentina (2016).

Victor M. Kogan graduated from Oil and Gas University and since 1979 he serves for the Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of sciences as a researcher. From 2009 he heads the Institute Laboratory of Catalysis by Transition Metals and their Compounds.

His research interests include studies of mechanisms of catalytic reactions, such as olefin and ring olefin metathesis; thiophene hydrodesulfurization, Fischer-Tropsch and alcohol synthesis over p- and d-metals and their sulfides; synthesis of alcohol and oxygenates over transition metal compounds; development of new types of catalysts for hydrotreating, hydrogenation and isomerization

Natalya Rapoport, Ph.D., D.Sc. has completed her PhD from the Karpov Institute of Physical Chemistry and D.Sc. degree from the Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. In 1990 she immigrated into the United States at the invitation of the University of Utah where she held a position of a Research Professor. She is currently a Research Professor Emerita at the Department of Bioengineering, the University of Utah. She has been awarded a number of prestigous awards and several patents in the nanomaterial field. She published more than 100 papers in high-rank journals and served as an editorial board member of reputable journals.

Dr. Rapoport is interested in researching targeted drug delivery using stimuli-responsive nanoparticles as an application of nanomedicine.

Dr. Michael Nastasi is the Director of the Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is also the Elmer Koch Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. Mike’s personal research interests include ion-solid interactions, irradiation induced phase transformations, nanomaterials for extreme irradiation environments, ion irradiation and plasma modification of materials, ion beam analysis of materials, synthesis and properties of high strength nanolayered composites, and surface mechanical properties. He has co-authored more than 550 refereed publications, authored the books entitled Ion-Solid Interactions: Fundamentals and Applications, published by Cambridge University Press in 1996, Ion Implantation and Synthesis of Materials, published by Springer-Verlag in 2006, and Ion Beam Analysis: Fundamentals and Applications, published by CRC Press in 2015, and edited several volumes including the MRS best seller, the Handbook of Modern Ion Beam Materials Analysis.

Research interests include ion-solid interactions, irradiation induced phase transformations, nanomaterials for extreme irradiation environments, ion irradiation and plasma modification of materials, ion beam analysis of materials, synthesis and properties of high strength nanolayered composites, and surface mechanical properties.

Muhammad Tayyab Noman received his Ph.D. in Textile Technics and Materials Engineering from Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic. He is pursuing his career as a Recognized Researcher at Institute of Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovation (CXI), Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic. Through his research, he is trying to understand the reaction dynamics of photo generated charge carriers during photocatalysis, composites materials and the incorporation of variety of nanomaterials on textiles. He is the author and co-author of many scientific publications in area of fibrous materials and composites, characterization and optimization of fibre reinforced composite structures. In addition, he is a member of Editorial Board of “Polymers” as a Topic Editor and currently running a special issue “Advanced Textile Based Polymer Composites: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications”.

In area of fibrous materials and composites, characterization and optimization of fiber reinforced composite structures.

Michal Petru received his Ph.D. degree and is Associate Professor in design and machine parts from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Liberec, Liberec, Czech Republic. In present time, Petrů is Head of Department of Machinery Construction at the Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technology and Innovation, Liberec, Czech Republic. He is author or coauthor of many scientific and professional publications for area numerical modeling and optimizing design machine (more than 50 publications in databases SCOPUS and ISI WOS, 20 patents and utility samples). His main interests are related to engineering, textile engineering, agricultural science, environmental science, and R&D in new materials applicable for optimizing design of parts and machines.

His research interest are agricultural science, environmental science, and R&D in new materials applicable for optimizing design of parts and machines.

Prof. Dr. habil. Arkady Shipulin, Associate Director of CPQM, Skolkovo Institute of Science & Technology, Nobel st. 3, Skolkovo Innovation Centre, Moscow, 121205, Russian Federation

Nanophotonics for telecom and biosensing, anapole metaatoms at optical frequencies, superconducting anapole metaatoms. Experimental education in area of optical measurements techniques.

Francesca Nanni has completed his PhD in Materials Engineering from the University of Rome Tor Vergata. She is currently associate professor at the faculty of Enigneering at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, memer of INSTM, and of ECNP (The European Center for Nanostructured Polymers). She has published more than 70 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute.

Nanomaterials in industrial applications

E. Snoeck has completed his PhD in1986 at the Laboratoire d’Optique Electronique (LOE) in Toulouse University. He is CNRS Research Fellow since 1989 and the director of the CEMES-CNRS laboratory since 2015. He has published more than 240 papers in journals and 7 chapters in scientific books

Nanomaterials