Name: Prof Baoguo Han

Biography

Research Interests

Dr. Baoguo Han main research interests include Cement and Concrete Materials, Nano-Engineered cementitious composites, Smart Materials and Structures, Multifunctional Concrete, Fibre reinforced Concrete, and Ultra-High Performance Concrete, Principle and Implementation of Incorporating Nanomaterials.

Name: Dr. Katarzyna M. Sawicka

Biography

Dr. Katarzyna M. Sawicka is currently working as a Research Scientist at Department of Dermatology Stony Brook Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York. She did her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, U.S.A. Her MS in Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York and BS in Engineering Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York. Her research focuses on developing novel technologies to capitalize on the enhanced functions of nano-scaled materials. Recently, Sawicka joined the Department of Dermatology, where she hopes to further pursue the development of Immunometric, a non-invasive skin patch that effectively delivers vaccines into the skin. She has over 17 publications in peer reviewed journals in her credit.

Research Interests

Developing novel technologies to capitalize on the enhanced functions of nano-scaled materials.

Name: Dr. Jim Huang

Biography

Dr. Jim Huang is Founder and CEO of Ascendia Pharmaceuticals North Brunswick, NJ. He obtained his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. His Master of Science in Pharmaceutics from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. His publications include studies on drug solubilization and controlled delivery in polymeric solid dispersion systems, amorphous drug delivery systems, controlled release, modeling and simulation, thermal and spectroscopic characterization of amorphous molecular dispersion, drug-polymer interactions and its significance on physical stability of amorphous drug, and micro/nano particulate dosage forms for use in parenteral routs, etc. He credits several publications at peer-reviewed international journals, presentations at international pharmaceutical conference, and patent publications.

Research Interests

solubility/dissolution rate improvement and controlled delivery of poorly water-soluble drugs through nano and micro-particle and amorphous solid dispersion technology.

Name: Dr. Giovani Leone Zabot

Giovani Leone Zabot currently working as a professor at Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM)–Brazil. He held a position of postdoctoral researcher at UNICAMP from 2015 to 2016.He has received a bachelor’s degree in Food Engineering (2011) and his DSc. in Food Engineering at University of Campinas – UNICAMP/Brazil (2015). The main subjects of research comprise Bioprocesses Applied in Agriculture, Biotechnology, Food Processes, and Microorganisms Applied to Food Waste Treatment. He has published 33 peer-reviewed papers and 3 book chapters and 43 scientific works. He has a partnership with more than 90 researchers from Brazil, Peru, Colombia, and Spain.

Research Interests:

Biotechnology, Yeasts, Reactions, Microbiology.

Name: Dr. Sinoj Abraham

Dr. Sinoj Abraham is working as Research faculty and Group Leader at IngenuityLab, Chemical and Materials Engineering Department and Adjunct Professor at Mechanical Engineering Department of University of Alberta. After receiving Ph. D. in August 2007 (Macromolecular Design and Engineering), Dr. Abraham joined Alberta Lipid Utilization Program at University of Alberta for investigating value added materials from renewable resources and commissioned the Scale up pilot plant production facility for making polyols from canola oil. During the post-doctoral tenure, Dr. Abraham was actively involved in fabricating anti-biofouling materials for medical implants and biomimicing growth factors, ECM’s etc. Working as senior research officer with Hy-Power Nano Inc., Dr. Abraham was leading the team that developed a new method for making transparent conducting oxides (TCO) for various photo-electro-mechanical applications. Currently he is the team leader of chemistry and materials with IngenuityLab, designing Nano-Bio electronic materials. This includes biomimics, 4D printing, Regenerative medicine, membranes, water purifications, oil-water separations etc. He is working with various projects funded by Natural Resources Canada, J&J Inc., Alberta Innovates Technology Futures (AITF), National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) etc. Dr. Abraham owns 9 patents and co-authored more than 30 publications.

Research Interests

Biomaterials, Polymers, Nano Materials, Environmental and green material, Energy harvesting and energy-transfer materials, Materials-based devices.

Title: Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection Registry in Flanders : Opportunities and Pitfalls

Biography

Annelies Keymeulen was born in 1978. She received her master degree in medicine in 2003 at the University of Ghent. In the same year she started the specialization of pediatrics at the Ghent University Hospital during 5 years. She developed a special interest in Neonatology and started as a resident at the NICU of the Ghent University Hospital in 2009, where she became a staff member in 2011. Within the field of neonatology, congenital cytomegalovirus infection is one of her topics of interest and it has become her topic for PhD.

Title: The Feldenkrais Method and Cerebral Palsy

Biography

King’s College, University of London: PhD: Olivier Messiaen and the Culture of Modernity Supervisors: Prof. Daniel Chua, Prof. John Deathridge Central Research Fund Scholarship, London University, (1998), Lacey Bursary for French Studies (1999, 2000, 2001), Arts and Humanities Research Council Scholarship (2000-03). MMus in Theory and Analysis: Dissertation: ‘Structure and Counter-Structure, Metaphor and Multiple Meaning in Olivier Messiaen’s Couleurs de la cité céleste’. Supervisor: Prof. Arnold Whittall.

Title: Assessment of the effect of intimate partner violence on low birth weight: A community based prospective cohort study in Ethiopia

Biography

Sewhareg Belay has completed her Master of Public Health (MPH) at the age of 32 years from Addis Ababa University in 2013 and now a PhD fellow at the joint PhD program at Hawassa University, Ethiopia and the University of Bergen, Norway. She is lecturer at Hawassa University. She has published two papers in reputable journals.