Webinar on Material Science and Nanotechnology

Dr. Stephen Coulson has worked in the nano-coating industry for over twenty years. He developed a series of hydrophobic coatings during his Ph.D. studies at the U.K.’s Durham University. This research was sponsored by the U.K.’s Ministry of Defence, through Dstl, to investigate uses for liquid repellent nano-coatings to protect soldiers’ uniforms from chemical attack. The coatings that Dr. Coulson developed provided the highest levels of defense against liquids, without affecting the breathability of the material. Dr. Coulson then went on to found P2i in 2004 to commercialise the many commercial applications of the technology. After several years of success in the lifestyle, filtration and life-science sectors, Dr. Coulson and the P2i team further optimised the technology for the electronics market and now the technology is used by some of the biggest manufacturers in the consumer electronics world. After leading the R&D team to deliver the coating technology for P2i’s Splash-proof, Barrier Coating, and Dunkable® products, Dr. Coulson is now focused on the productization of these technologies to embed them into the electronics sector.

Alexander M. Korsunsky is a specialist in the engineering microscopy of materials and structures for optimisation of design, durability and performance. He has made numerous contributions to science in the areas of materials mechanics, microscopy, residual stress evaluation and modelling, eigenstrain theory and structural integrity. He founded the Multi-Beam Laboratory for Engineering Microscopy (MBLEM) in the University of Oxford, Department of Engineering Science, and Centre for In situ Processing Studies (CIPS) in the Research Complex at Harwell. His research group pursues studies of a wide range of natural and engineered materials, from flax fibres, seashell nacre and human dental tissues to zirconia ceramics and porcelain veneers, advanced aerospace alloys, films and coatings, and materials for energy.

Alexander Seifalian, Professor of Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine worked at the Royal Free Hospital and University College London for over 26 years, during this time he spent a year at Harvard Medical School looking at caused of cardiovascular diseases and a year at Johns Hopkins Medical School looking at the treatment of liver. He published more than 647 peer-reviewed research papers and registered 14 UK and International patents. On editorial boards of 41 journals. He is currently CEO of NanoRegMed Ltd, working on the commercialization of his research. During his career, Prof Seifalian has led and managed many large projects with successful outcomes in terms of commercialisation and translation to patients. In 2007 he was awarded the top prize in the field for the development of nanomaterials and technologies for cardiovascular implants by Medical Future Innovation, and in 2009 he received a Business Innovation Award from UK Trade & Investment (UKTI). He was the European Life Science Awards’ Winner of Most Innovative New Product 2012 for the “synthetic trachea”. Prof Seifalian won the Nanosmat Prize in 2013 and in 2016 he received the Distinguish Research Award in recognition of his outstanding work in regenerative medicine from Heals Healthy Life Extension Society. His achievements include the development of the world first synthetic trachea, lacrimal drainage conduit, and vascular bypass graft using nanocomposite materials, bioactive molecules and stem cell technology. He has over 15,000 media report from his achievement; include BBC, ITV, WSJ, CNN, and many more. Currently, he is working on the development and commercialisation of human organs using graphene-based nanocomposite materials and stem cells technology. He has commercialised a novel functionalised graphene oxide for medical and other industrial applications. He also commercialised new biodegradable nanocomposite materials for medical and other industrial applications.

Beau Webber gained his PhD at the University of Kent, UK (thesis : "Characterising Porous Media"). He has published 50 papers in refereed journals, and is a called upon referee. He makes use of a wide range of measurement techniques for studying porous materials and liquids contained in them and has made extensive use of Central Facilities neutron scattering instrumentation at Grenoble, Paris and Abingdon, for these studies. He is director of Lab-Tools (nano-science) Ltd. a small UK spin-off research laboratory that performs academic and commercial contract nano- to meso- materials-science research, studying the structure, dynamics and phases of liquids and their solids (and also gas hydrates) in confined geometry and at and near surfaces. Lab-Tools also designs, implements and sells the cutting-edge NMR instrumentation needed to carry out this research, including NMR relaxation spectrometers and NMR cryoporometers.  

Kyu Back Lee is a professor in Department of Biomedical Engineering in Kora University. He has served as a professor in Korea University since 2001. He got a Medical Doctor license from Korean Government in 1995 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Biomedical Engineering at the Seoul National University in 1998. He is an expert in chemical surface modification and nanopatterning. He has interests in nanobiotechnologies, especially in nano-bio-interfaces between nanopatterned surfaces and stem cells for the improvement of cell-material interaction and the modulation of cellular responses to biomaterials. He is also interested in the delivery of materials into the hard-to-transfect cells and the modulation of exosome production from stem cells using nanotechnological tools

Prof. Dr. Aysegul UYGUN OKSUZ graduated from Department of Chemistry, 19 May University, Turkey in 1993 and received PhD- degree from Gazi University, Ankara-Turkey (2002). She studied at South of Florida (US), University of California-San Diego (US), Wisconsin University (US) and Freiburg University (Germany), as a post-doctoral research scientist in 2008, 2011, 2013, 2004.She became professor in 2011, and she has already been working as professor in Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta. She published over 125 papers in international and national journals; she joined over 160 conferences and symposia in international and national level. She has works onto the synthesis and characterization of conducting polymers and their composites with different metal nanoparticles, metal oxides and carbon nanomaterials using different methods such as chemical, electrochemical and plasma polymerization. Her research fields are electrochromic devices and biosensors applications of the materials. She recently has worked on micro/nanomotors including polymer hybrid systems.

Vjeran Gomzi has graduated at Faculty of Science in Zagreb in the field of Medical physics in 1999. In 2007 he obtined his PhD from the same Faculty in the field of Biophysics. He has been working as a PhD student at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry and as the postdoc at the Rudjer Boskovic Institute in Zagreb. He is the author of 27 scientific papers in the fields of Computational Physics, Biophysics, and Theoretical chemistry. Since 2018 he holds the position of Assistant professor at the Applied Physics Department at Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb.

Professor Sabu Thomas is currently Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University He is also a full professor of Polymer Science and Engineering at the School of Chemical Sciences of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, Indiaand the Founder Director and Professor of the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology..

Arjama Mukherjee is a research scholar in University of Madras, Chennai, India. She has done her M.Tech in Biotechnology and now is persuing her research work on the application of natual nanocomposites in drug delivery against cancer. She is also involved in the synthesis of nontoxic hydrogels for tissue engineering. She has published paper in Elsevier and has attended International conference on Nanotechnology.

Mr. Nilesh Shantanand Kunkolikar Director at Nimotherm Engg. Pvt. Ltd, Pune, India. Present activities Engineering, design, and supply of various customized heat transfer equipment such as heat exchangers, radiators, heat recovery systems, etc. All equipment tailer made.

Dr. Ali Abu Odeh has extensive experience in the academic field which extends to more than 21 years. He is currently an assistant professor at Khawarizmi International College. Prior to his current role, he worked in the colleges of Engineering in the United Arab Emirates University and Qatar University. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Nanoelectronic Engineering from University Malaysia Perlis in 2018. His master's degree was in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the New York Institute of Technology since 2007. He published many peer-reviewed papers with impact factor in ISI and Scopus indexed journals. He is an editorial board member, peer-reviewer, and keynote speaker for many journals and conferences. He received two awards for his research in the University Malaysia Perlis.

Dr. Dipak Maity received his Ph.D. from NUS, Singapore and M.Tech. degree from IIT Kanpur in Materials Engineering. Currently, he is working as an Asst. Professor at the Odisha campus of ICT Mumbai. He has published more than 35 research articles in peer reviewed journals with h-index of 18 and co-authored for 6 books/book chapters. He has been participated in several international scientific conferences, received numerous honors/awards and served as a Review/Editorial member for various scientific journals. His major research area lies in the field of Multifunctional Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Application particularly in the area of Drug Delivery, and Cancer Theranostics.

Mrs. R. Rajakumari did her research in “Dietary Supplements and Nutraceutical Formulations” under the guidance of Dr. Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Honourable Director, International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology & Director, School of Pure and Applied Physics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala and co-guided by Prof. Sabu Thomas, Vice Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi University.

Professor Al Ani has completed his PhD at the age of 26 years from Southampton University - England , UK,  and postdoctoral studies from Texas University, Austin, Texas - USA .He was a visiting professor at Liverpool University at the Inorganic and industrial department, Liverpool – England, UK.. He has a professor post at Baghdad University, Department of Physical Chemistry – Iraq, a professor of physical chemistry at Oran university of science and technology – Algeria, also at the Hashemite University – Jordan.  He was dean of Faculty of Pharmacy (2014 – 2017) at Jadara University, Jordan. Currently, he is Head of the Pharmaceutical Sciences at Jadara university – Irbid , Jordan. He has published more than 48 original articles in international journals, and attended more than 19 international conferences around the world.