Ülkü Anık received her Ph.D. degree in Analytical Chemistry from Ege University in 2003. Currently, she is a Full Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University (MSKU). She is also the founder and the director of Sensors, Biosensors and Nano-diagnostic Systems Lab in MSKU. Her current research focuses on nanomaterial modified/plain diagnostic platforms including infection mechanism mimicry based biosensors and nanomaterial based electrochemical/bioelectrochemical systems

Prof. Dr. Avni Berisha is a Full Professor of Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Prishtina, Republic of Kosova. He leads the Materials Science–Nanochemistry Research Group under NanoAlb, an initiative of the Albanian Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on the surface modification of materials through covalently grafted nanometric 2D organic layers, computational chemistry, including DFT, Monte Carlo, Molecular Dynamics and Molecular Docking, electrochemistry with applications in corrosion and sensors, and the adsorption of pollutants using nanostructured adsorbents. Prof. Berisha has authored more than 285 scientific publications, contributed to numerous book chapters, and led several scientific projects. With an h-index of 57 and more than 9,250 citations, his work has achieved broad international recognition. For the last five years, he has been included in Stanford University’s World’s Top 2% Scientists ranking, reflecting the impact and visibility of his research. Beyond his scientific work, Prof. Berisha is actively involved in academic governance and higher education quality assurance as a member of the State Council of Quality (SCQ) of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA).

I am a Senior Lecturer at the School of Engineering and Design in LSBU. I am a computational materials physicist interested in modelling the properties of semiconductors and other functional materials. I am fascinated by the interaction of charge carriers with defects in crystalline systems, and aim to understand this interaction at a fundamental level. My work focuses on materials used in energy applications and high power microelectronics. I am from Cork, Ireland, which is where I studied physics (at University College Cork). After obtaining my PhD, in 2011 I moved to the Chemistry Department in UCL. I moved to LSBU in 2019.

Prof Casiraghi holds a Chair in Nanoscience at the Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester (UK). She received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Nuclear Engineering from Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cambridge (UK). In 2007, she was awarded with the prestigious Kovalevskaja Award (1.5M Euro). In 2010 she joined the department of chemistry at the University of Manchester. She is recipient of several awards, including the ERC Consolidator (2015), ERC Proof of Concept (2020), ERC Advanced grants (2022), as well as the Leverhulme Award in Engineering (2016, 100K GBP), and the RSC 2020 Gibson-Fawcett Award. Her current research work focuses on the development of biocompatible 2D inks and their use in printed electronics and biomedical applications.

Armond Daci, Prof, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology at the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacy. He teaches courses within PhD programs in preclinical and clinical medicine and serves as a Science Coordinator of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Prishtina, Hasan Prishtina, Kosovo. Areas of research interest are Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Drug Delivery and Pharmacogenetics. He has gained research experience during his PhD studies at the Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Department of Pharmacology and Biomolecular Science, University of Milan, University of Milan. Department of Pharmacology, Istanbul University, and recently Post Doc Fellowship at the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University. He has contributed to national projects funded by MEST, and to international projects such as Erasmus Plus, SIGMA, TEMPUS, YTB, and Fulbright. Dr Daci has actively participated in international conferences at home and abroad. He is an author of 30 indexed scientific papers, (cited 670 times, h-index 14) and serves as a reviewer for many indexed scientific journals. He was awarded as Scientist of the Year from MEST and Kosovo Academy of Science, twice as best oral speaker and awarded for research based learning from QAINT and MEST project. He is sharing his experience by actively serving as a member of the commission established by the Ministry of Health for the evaluation of medical products at the National Agency for Medical Products and also he was a member of the Review for the First Clinical Guideline "Management and Treatment COVID-19". He is an active coordinator from UP, in the project Nanoparticles in Environment and Medical Research" - EUROPEAID/173691/DD/ACT/XK (“Increasing Research Capacities in Kosovo”).

Alfredo de la Escosura-Muñiz holds a PhD in Chemistry (2006) from the University of Oviedo (Spain). Most of his post-doctoral career has been spent at Prof. Merkoçi’s group at ICN2 (Barcelona, Spain), where he specialized in Nanobiosensors. He has participated in +25 national and international projects (5 as PI) and is the coauthor of over 95 scientific publications (+4100 citations; h-index: 39) and 4 patents. As of December 2023, he holds a position as Associate Professor in the Nanobioanalysis Group, Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, University of Oviedo (Spain) where he is also the Group Leader. His research interests focus on the development of biosensing systems based on nanoparticles and nanochannels for point-of-care diagnostic applications

Massimo De Vittorio is the Director of the Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies of the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Lecce – Italy, and a Full Professor at Università del Salento. He is currently focusing his research on nanomachined implantable probes for manipulating and recording brain activity and on piezoelectric transducers applied to wearable and skin sensors and ingestible sensors for monitoring and controlling pathophysiological signals and symptoms in real-time. He has been a consultant for high-tech corporations and founder/advisor of 5 startup companies. He is the author of about 440 manuscripts in international journals, 14 patents, 10 book chapters, and several invited/keynote talks at international conferences. He has served on several boards and committees, and for his activity, he has received recognitions and awards. He is the recipient of the 2023 Novo Nordisk Foundation Research Laureate Award and of the 2024 Fellow Award of the International Micro and Nano Engineering Society (iMNEs).

Nunzio Denora earned his PhD in Pharmaceutical Technology from the University of Palermo in 2004. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at Kansas University, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor in 2006. His academic journey progressed, and in 2019, he was promoted to Associate Professor. As of July 2023, he holds the position of Full Professor in Pharmaceutical Technology and Legislation at the University of Bari, where he leads a cutting-edge research laboratory focused on advanced drug delivery systems. Throughout his career, Professor Denora has authored over 205 peer-reviewed publications and is the inventor of 10 patents. He also serves as the Coordinator of the Industrial PhD program in "Sustainable Technologies for Medicines and Diagnostics Development" and plays an active role in shaping pharmaceutical education and research. In addition, he is the Secretary of the Italian Society of Pharmaceutical Technology and Legislation (SITELF). His research is at the forefront of pharmaceutical innovation, focusing on the development of advanced drug delivery systems using state-of-the-art technologies such as 3D printing, prilling, and microfluidics.

Yasuaki Einaga received his BS (1994), MS (1996), and PhD (1999) from the University of Tokyo. After 2 years as a research associate at the University of Tokyo, he started a faculty career as an assistant professor in Keio University in 2001, where he was promoted to full professor in 2011. He has been also a research director of JST-CREST (2011-2014), JST-ACCEL (2014-2020), and NEDO (2020-). He was awarded "The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work" in 2016 and “Awards for Science and Technology” from The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 2023 for his pioneering work in diamond electrodes. His research interests include functional materials science, photochemistry, and electrochemistry.

Arzum Erdem Gürsan received the PhD degree on Analytical Chemistry in Ege University (Izmir, Turkey) in 2000. She has been working as a Full Professor since 2009 at Analytical Chemistry department in the Faculty of Pharmacy of Ege University.
Prof. Dr. Arzum Erdem Gürsan who is the principal investigator at the research team @nanoBioSensLab (Ege University, Izmir, Turkey), has initiated many national and international collaborative research on development and applications of electrochemical (bio)sensors based on drugs, nucleic acids, enzymes, proteins, toxins etc. She is the Project investigator many national/international projects from 2002 up to now. In 2021, she was awarded as the one of national research leaders on health sciences of all by TÜBİTAK. She has authored more than 225 papers in refereed SCI-expanded journals and conference proceedings, 30 invited talks in international meetings and conferences. In addition, she is the co-author of 20 book chapters and review papers. She has 9 national patents approved between 2018-2025. She has received more than 8500 citations according to the records on Web of Science (WoS) obtained in August 2025 with h-index: 48.
Prof. Arzum Erdem Gürsan received "Incentive Award of TÜBİTAK" in 2006, and "Science Award of TÜBİTAK" in 2015 by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK). She was elected associate member of Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) fort he period of 2007-2016 and elected principal member of TÜBA since 2016.
Prof. Arzum Erdem Gürsan was elected member for the Special Committee in Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA)- Women In Science and Engineering (WISE) for each term in the period between 2017 and 2025. She was elected as the fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) in December, 2017. In April 2024, she has been appointed as the Scientific Committee member representative for Türkiye by the selection of the Committee of Senior Officials in COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). In July 2025, she has been appointed as the member of Advisory Scientific Board for International Basic Sciences Programme of UNESCO.
The recent research of Prof. Arzum Erdem Gürsan is centred on the development of novel transducers and chemical and biological recognition systems by using different nanomaterials (e.g, graphenes, magnetic nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, gold and silver nanoparticles, dendrimers, nanowires, nanorods etc.) designed for electrochemical sensing of nucleic acid (DNA, miRNA) hybridization, and also the specific interactions between drug and DNA, or protein and DNA, aptamer-protein and also the development of integrated analytical systems for environmental monitoring, food safety, industry and biomedical monitoring.

Andrea C. Ferrari earned a PhD in electrical engineering from Cambridge University, after a Laurea in nuclear engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Italy. He is Professor of Nanotechnology and the Director of the Cambridge Graphene Centre and of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Graphene Technology. He is Fellow of Pembroke College, the American Physical Society, the Institute of Physics and the Materials Research Society. His research interests include nanomaterials growth, modelling, characterization, and devices. He was awarded the Royal Society Brian Mercer Award for Innovation, the Marie Curie Excellence Award, the Philip Leverhulme Prize, The EU-40 Materials Prize, The Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award. He is also the Chairman of the Executive Board of the EU Graphene Flagship

Raik Grünberg received his degree in Biochemistry from the University of Leipzig. His PhD research, initially at the EMBL Heidelberg and then at the Institute Pasteur in Paris, used computational tools to explore the biophysics of protein-protein interactions and structural dynamics. His postdoc at the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona brought him back to experimental work and he started applying principles of synthetic biology to protein engineering. After a research associate position at Université de Montréal he is now research scientist at KAUST and leads a team of protein synthetic biologists within a larger structural biology lab.

Dr. Gjylije Hoti is an Assistant Professor (RTDA) in the Polymeric Materials Group at the Department of Chemistry, University of Turin, Italy, where she develops innovative polymer-based solutions at the interface of chemistry, materials science, and biomedicine. She obtained her Ph.D. in Chemical and Materials Sciences from the University of Turin in 2022, driven by a strong curiosity for designing functional materials with real-world impact. Her research focuses on the green synthesis and design of bioporous and biocompatible polymers, with particular emphasis on starch-based nanoformulations for drug, nutraceutical, gas, and protein delivery. By combining polymer chemistry, nanotechnology, nanomedicine, and green chemistry, her work aims to bridge fundamental science with translational applications, addressing challenges in drug delivery and sustainable materials design. She has contributed to the development of innovative one-pot, solvent-minimized synthetic strategies and advanced characterization of functional polymer systems. In 2025, she was selected among approximately 600 young scientists worldwide to attend the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Chemistry), supported by a Bayer Foundation Fellowship—an experience that further strengthened her international scientific engagement. Dr. Hoti has co-authored numerous scientific publications, book chapters, and editorials, and has received several recognitions for her research. She actively collaborates with both academic and industrial partners, including Roquette, Kemin, and CNR-STIIMA, contributing to interdisciplinary projects with high application potential, bridging science with real-world impact. A member of SCI, AIM, CD.TE.C, AWIN, PhDCircle, and the Lindau Alumni Network, she is also engaged in mentoring, science communication, and international collaboration. Her scientific vision is driven by curiosity, collaboration, and the ambition to translate innovative materials into meaningful solutions for society.

Andrea Idili is a Tenure-track Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical Science and Technologies at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. He received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry with full marks under the supervision of Prof. Francesco Ricci at the University of Rome Tor Vergata in 2017. After this period, Dr. Idili did two different postdocs in the group of Prof. Kevin W. Plaxco (University of California Santa Barbara, USA) and Prof. Arben Merkoci (Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology ICN2, Spain). His current research focuses on the development of novel DNA-based electrochemical and optical sensors able to support the real-time, continuous monitoring of diagnostically relevant molecules both in vitro and in vivo. The importance of his research is highlighted in more than 33 peer-reviewed papers published in high-impact factor journals, 1 patent, and 3 book chapters. He has received several international/national awards and fellowships in recognition of his work, including the “Marie Skłodowska-Curie individual fellowship” (ERC, 2021), “ISSNAF Awards for Young Investigators 2019” (ISSNAF, USA), the “PROBIST postdoctoral fellowship 2018” (BIST, Spain), and the “Canada-Italy Innovation Award 2013” (Embassy of Canada to Italy).

Dr Suela Kellici is Associate Professor of Materials Engineering at London South Bank University. She leads the Materials Analysis and Device Design (MADD) group, a multidisciplinary team of chemists, physicists and engineers translating advanced modelling into functional materials and devices. MADD leverages in‑house modelling platforms to guide green continuous flow synthesis, state‑of‑the‑art flow reactors for scale‑up, and clean‑room prototyping for energy storage, conversion and sensing applications.
At her Nano2D Lab, she develops eco‑friendly flow synthesis of 2D materials, from graphene to carbon quantum dots for scalable production in energy, environmental and biosensing devices. Her work earned the IChem Global Awards finalist for Innovation in Production of 2D Materials.
A Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Higher Education Academy, she secures competitive funding from the EU, EPSRC and industry. Suela champions diversity in STEM through targeted outreach and mentoring of emerging materials engineers.

Dr. Filiz Kuralay has been working as a Professor at Hacettepe University, Department of Chemistry. She received her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Analytical Chemistry department of the same university in 2003 and 2009, respectively. She worked as an Associate Professor at Ordu University, Department of Chemistry between 2013 and 2019, and then she was an Associate Professor at Hacettepe University, Department of Chemistry between 2019 and 2021. In 2010-2012, she was a postdoctoral fellow at University of California, San Diego. Her research interests mainly focus on (bio)sensors, electrochemistry and nano/micromotors. She was elected as the Associate Member of Turkish Academy of Sciences in 2015. She was the recipient of The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye Incentive Award in 2017.

Sevinc Kurbanoglu is currently working as an Associate Professor at Ankara University Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Analytical Chemistry, in Turkiye. She graduated from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, in 2008. She got her master’s degree from the same university in 2010. She received her Ph.D. degree in Analytical Chemistry from the Pharmacy Faculty of Ankara University in 2016 under the supervision of Prof. Sibel A. OZKAN and co-advisor Prof. Dr. Arben Merkoçi. She worked as a visiting researcher in Prof. Dr. Lo GORTON's Laboratory at Lund University, Sweden; Prof. Dr. Arben Merkoçi’s Laboratory at Barcelona Autonoma University; the Catalan Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute; and Prof. Dr. Frieder W. Scheller’s Laboratory at the Department of Analytical Biochemistry at Potsdam University. She is an active member of Core group of Cost Action CA23131 Working Groups 1 and 2 and CA23151 Working Group 2 and 4. She has published over 100 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and 60 book chapters. Her research focuses on electrochemical nanobiosensors, molecularly imprinted polymers, aptamer-based enzyme-labeled nanobiosensors, and the design of hybrid electrochemical biosensors.

Emmanuel Kymakis is a Full Professor at the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU) and Director of the Institute of Emerging Technologies of the HMU Center for Research & Innovation. He earned his PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Cambridge in 2003. His multidisciplinary research lies at the interface between nanotechnology and electrical engineering and is centred on the development of printed optoelectronic and photovoltaic devices. He has published more than 150 research articles, which have attracted over 12.000 citations and an h-index of 58, while he has an extensive experience in the management of research and industrial projects (8,5 M€ research funding, design & implementation of 67 MWp of PV parks). Ηe is also included in the list of the top 2% of scientists in their respective fields by citation impact (PLoS Biol 17(8), e3000384). He has been an honorary lecturer at UConn and a recipient of an Isaac Newton and an EPSRC studentship. He was named as a 2014 ChemComm Emerging Investigator and has received three National Excellence Awards. He has served as a member of the founding General Assembly of the Hellenic Foundation for Research & Innovation (HFRI), a member of the Engineering sectoral scientific council of the National Council for Research & Innovation of Greece (NCRI) and the work package leader of Energy Generation of the EU FET-Flagship Initiative Graphene

Prof. Laura M. Lechuga received her PhD in Chemistry from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) in 1992. She is Full Professor of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Head of the Nanobiosensors and Bioanalytical Applications Group at the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) in Barcelona (Spain) and at the Networking Biomedical Research Center (CIBER-BBN).

I'm a Senior Researcher at the University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom. I received my Ph.D. from the National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan and have held academic roles at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), USA. I hold professional higher education teaching degrees from Harvard and Strathclyde, and have been recognized as the Rising Star in Measurement Science, world's top 2% scientists, UK’s global talent, and JPhysD Emerging Leaders.

Attilio Marino is currently Researcher at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia. Attilio Marino received his doctorate in Biorobotics (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, SSSA), grade 100/100 summa cum laude, with the project: “Nanoparticles and nanostructured surfaces as smart solutions for the modulation of cellular functions”. During his doctorate, he spent six months as a visiting Ph.D. student at the Waseda Bioscience Research Institute in Singapore (Wabios). Dr. Marino was then granted by Fondazione Umberto Veronesi the Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Smart Bio-Interfaces group. Dr. Marino received the Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale qualification for the position of Associate Professor in Bioengineering (16/10/2018 - 16/10/2024) and Applied Physics (16/10/2018 - 16/10/2024).

Professor Sushanta MITRA is a full Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering and is cross-appointed as a Professor of Chemical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Physics & Astronomy, and Chemistry at the University of Waterloo. He serves as the Executive Director of Canada’s largest nanotechnology institute – the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN).
Before joining Waterloo, he had several administrative roles in Canadian higher education, including Department Chair (Lassonde School of Engineering), Associate Vice-President Research (York University) and Assistant Vice-President Research (University of Alberta). He also served as the President of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering.
For his contributions to science and engineering, he has been elected a fellow of several professional organizations, including the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a foreign fellow of both the Indian National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences India.
He has an entrepreneurial mind, being the Founder & CEO of a Canadian startup, Aquabits Inc. (on quantum computing) and a Dutch startup, SLE Enterprises B.V. (on ultra-fast encapsulation technology), supported by Waterloo.
He is equally passionate about teaching and has implemented experiential learning for first-year undergraduate engineering curricula through public-private partnerships. He has implemented a “Mobile First” learning platform to improve preparedness for post-secondary STEM programs in partnership with K-12 school and industry.

Prof. Aitor Mugarza graduated in physics in 1997 and completed his PhD in the same field in 2002, both at the Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (University of the Basque Country). He was awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship to work as a postdoctoral scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA) and the Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB). He joined the former Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology in 2007 with a Ramón y Cajal Fellowship. In 2013 he became group leader of the Atomic Manipulation and Spectroscopy Group at ICN2. He has been an ICREA Research Professor since 2015.

ICREA Research Professor Josep Nogués earned his degree from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) in 1986. After obtaining his PhD at the Kungliga Tekniska Höskolan (RoyalInstitute of Technology) in Stockholm (Sweden) in 1993, he moved to the University of California San Diego (USA) to complete his postdoctoral studies. Four years later he returned to the UAB as an associate researcher, becoming an ICREA research professor in 2001 and a founding member of the former Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN) shortly thereafter. His Magnetic Nanostructures group was formally integrated into the ICN structure in 2006.

Sibel A. Ozkan is currently working as a Full Professor of Analytical Chemistry at Ankara University, Faculty of Pharmacy. She is the active member of European Chemical Society-DAC member on behalf of Turkish Chemical Society. She is the member of European Pharmacopoeia-EDQM- Chromatography Section. She is the member of PortASAP: - European network for the promotion of portable, affordable and simple analytical platform: Core group of Cost Action CA 16215. Working Group 4. She has published more than 385 original and review papers and Editor of 9 scientific books from HNB Publishing (2012), Springer (2015), Bentham (5 Volumes, 2018-2019), Elsevier (2019), CRC (2022) and more than 50 book chapters in different years (for Elsevier and Springer). She received Ankara University Encouragement Award (2003), Turkish Pharmacists Association-Scientific Award (2008), Supervisor of The Best PhD Thesis Award (Health Sciences) in Turkey from High Council of Education of Turkey in 2017, Ton Duc Thang University Woman in Science 2019 Award (Vietnam) and Ankara University Science Award (2021). She is the Editor of the Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis (SCI) and Regional Editor (Europa) of Current Pharmaceutical Analysis (SCI). In addition, she is an Editorial Board member of Talanta (SCI), Chromatographia (SCI), Biosensors&Bioelectronics X and other journals.

Francesca Petronella is a researcher at the Rome division of the “Institute of Crystallography” (IC) of the National Research Council since September 2019. After obtaining her degree in Chemistry and her Ph.D. in “Chemistry of Innovative Materials” from the University of Bari “Aldo Moro” in 2013, she worked as a research fellow at the Bari division of the “Institute for Physical and Chemical Processes” (IPCF) of the CNR. She conducted short visiting periods abroad: at Lausanne at EPFL (2012), in Warwaw at the group of Prof. F. Pierini in Warsaw at IPPT-PAN (in 2019 and 2022) and at Gdańsk University of Technology (2023 and 2024) where she gain new competences on the photothermal characterization of materials. Currently, she is involved in the development of optical biosensors based on plasmonic nanoparticles, consolidating various collaborations including one with Prof. L. De Sio at the Biophotonics Laboratory, Sapienza University of Rome focused on photothermal nanomaterials and liquid crystal metasurfaces.

Fetah Podvorica is Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Prishtina and Corresponding Member of Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosova. Since 2014 he has been visiting professor at University of Paris, former University of Paris 7, and previously was visiting professor at Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie de Paris (ESPCI); during the period 2003-2013. He did his PhD thesis at the University of Paris 7 in 2000 and his Habilitation he obtained in 2010 at the University of Paris 6. His research interests include: electrochemical or chemical modification of material’s surfaces with 2D organic thin layers and their use for different applications; the use of Electro-Fenton method for the degradation of organic pollutants in waste water. He has 2 patents, 1 book and 4 book chapters, more than 50 published papers in peer review journals, H index: 26 and over 5900 citations (scholar). He was Associate Editor in the Springer journal, Chemistry Africa and is member of Advisory Boards of several journals.

Dr. Porchetta is an Associate Professor at the Department of Sciences and Chemical Technologies of University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. During the PhD his research activities mainly focused on the development of innovative strategies to recreate naturally occurring mechanisms to finely control structure-switching DNA-based receptors for sensing applications. His research activities currently lie in the fields of nucleic acid-based nanodevices and CRISPR-Cas technology for diagnostic and drug monitoring applications. In addition, he recently developed supramolecular systems combining soft nanomaterials with responsive DNA modules for theranostic applications. He published 38 papers in ISI peer-reviewed journals (15 papers in journals with impact factor (IF) > 10 (6 JACS + 2 Nano Letters + 1 Acc. Chem. Res. + 4 Ang. Chem. Int. Ed.) with more than 1000 total citations and a H-index of 20. In 2018 Prof. Porchetta was awarded the prestigious European Young Chemist 2018 intended to showcase and recognise the excellent research being carried out by young scientists. Prof. Porchetta holds a Horizon-2020 RISE-Marie Skłodowska-Curie project named “Nano-OligoMed“.

Mamas Prodromidis is a full Professor of Analytical Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry (University of Ioannina, Greece). His research is focused on the development of electrochemical (bio)sensors, the generation of nanoparticles with spark discharge, the development of diagnostic devices for point-of-care applications, the design & fabrication of screen-printing integrated electrochemical cells and bipolar electrochemistry. He has co-authored more than 140 articles, reviews, and book chapters (Citations >6000, H-index >42) and he has given several invited lectures at international meetings and seminars. Since 2017 he is included in the “World's Top 2% Scientists” list released by Stanford University and since 2020, he is Editor in Chief of Microchimica Acta.

He has more than 15 years research experience in the academic sector working on nanoelectronics, spintronics and optoelectronics. He possesses extensive hands-on experience on emerging low dimensional electronic systems including nanowire transistors, GaAs single spin quantum-bits, as well emerging phenomena in functional oxide and superconductive/ferromagnetic interfaces towards beyond-CMOS technologies. He has served at various academic research positions in high reputation European institutions including the Foundation of Research and Technology in Greece, the Institut Néel CNRS in France and the London centre for Nanotechnology – University College of London in United Kingdom. Dr Konstantinos Rogdakis received his undergraduate degree in Applied Mathematics and Physical Sciences and his master’s degree in Microsystems and Nanodevices both from National Technical University of Athens, Greece in 2005 and 2006, respectively. He obtained his PhD in Nanoelectronics from Grenoble Institute of Technology in France, in 2009. He is a member of Technical Chamber of Greece. He is currently a Researcher (Grade C) in the i-EMERGE Research Center of HMU and the Team Leader of Innovative Printed Electronics at the Nanomaterials for Emerging Devices research group. His current research interests include 2D materials engineering in various printed device concepts including high performing solar cells, functional sensors and thin film memristors/transistors for neuromorphic computing towards energy efficient Internet of Things and wearables.

Daniel Ruiz-Molina got his PhD in Chemistry with a thesis on polyradical dendrimers at the Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) under Prof. Jaume Veciana’s tutorship. Then he obtained a postdoctoral position at the University of California San Diego (USA), where he spent three years working on single-molecule magnets and molecular switches. Since 2001 he has held a permanent position as a Spanish National Research Council researcher, most recently at the ICN2, where he is the leader of the Nanostructured Functional Materials Group. His main research areas include the fabrication of hybrid colloids and surfaces, biomimetic functional nanostructures, and micro- or nanoparticles for smart applications and encapsulation and delivery systems.

I am an Associate Professor of Energy Engineering and Materials Devices in the School of Engineering and Design. Before LSBU, I worked at the Organic Semiconductor Centre at the University of St Andrews, UK. I received my MSc and PhD from the Advanced Technology Institute at the University of Surrey, UK.

Hamed Shahsavan is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He obtained his PhD in Chemical Engineering - Nanotechnology from University of Waterloo in 2017. Before joining University of Waterloo at 2020, he was an NSERC postdoctoral fellow at Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems. During his PhD studies, he was a visiting scholar in the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute at Kent State University, Ohio, USA. During his post-doctoal fellowship, he was a visiting scientist in the Smart Photonic Materials (SPM) research group at the University of Tampere in Finland. Hamed's current research interests revolve around the development of a variety of soft, stimuli-responsive, and programmable materials. In addition, he is interested in emerging fabrication strategies for the manufacturing of small-scale mobile robots and devices, such as direct laser writing, and micro-scale 4D printing.

Zdeněk Sofer has been a Full Professor at the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Czech Republic, since 2019. He also received his Ph.D. at the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague in 2008. During his Ph.D., he spent one year at Forschungszentrum Julich (Peter Grünberg Institute, Germany), followed by postdoctoral experience in University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. His research interests include semiconductors and 2D materials, their synthesis, crystal growth, chemical modifications and functinalization. He is particularly focused on various applications of two-dimensional materials including energy storage and conversion. He has published more than 350 papers, received more than 13,000 citations, and has the h-index of 56. He was the recipient of the Rector award for young researcher in 2013 and 2016 as well as the Neuron Impulse award in 2016 and the award of the Czech Science Foundation President and the UCT Prague rector award in 2019.

Emmanuel Stratakis is a Research Director and Acting Director of the Institute of Electronic Structure (IESL) of the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH). He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Crete (UOC) in 2001. After graduating, he joined as a visiting Researcher the IESL-FORTH working on the ultrafast laser engineering of materials. In the fall semesters of 2006 and 2008, he was appointed as a visiting Researcher at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of California, Berkeley. In 2007 he was elected Researcher at IESL-FORTH where he is leading the “Ultrafast Laser Micro- and Nano- processing” laboratory (https://www.iesl.forth.gr/en/research/ULNMP-Group; https://stratakislab.iesl.forth.gr). He has over 300 SCI publications and more than 17000 citations, h-index=71 (Google Scholar) and he has coordinated many National and European grants. He has delivered more than 150 invited and keynote lectures and has been organizer and chair in major international scientific conferences

She has received her Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry at Ege University in 2001. She is currently a full-time Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, at the same University. Her research is focused on the integration of biomolecules and other species with micro and nanoplatforms to create novel functional bio-based surfaces.

Majlinda Vasjari is currently professor in Analytical Chemistry Group at Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana. She obtained a Ph.D. in Chemistry at University of Tirana (1997, Albania) and followed various postdoctoral researches in various european universities supported by TEMPUS program, DAAD, Erasmus mundus, etc. She is/was coordinator of national and international EU projects (Erasmus+ Program, Twinning, Ceepus network, COST Action), as well as bilateral projects Albania-Italy, Albania-Turkey, etc. Her research interests include environmental studies and nanotechnology (designing sensitive and selective modified analytical sensors and biosensors using nanomaterials, biomolecules, plant tissue, etc). She has more than 60 published papers in peer review journals, 1 book chapter. Since 2020 she is Co-coordinator of the Albanian Unit of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NanoAlb), next Academy of Science of Albania.

Dr. sc. Albana Veseli is a teaching assistant of Analytical Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural and Mathematical Science, University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”, Kosovo. She gets her Master degree in 2009 at the University of Prishtina and her PhD in 2014 at the University of Tirana in the field of ‘’Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors for organic compounds analysis’’ in collaboration with the Institute of Analytical Chemistry at the Karl – Franzens University of Graz, Austria. Currently, she is continuing her professional development as a postdoc researcher at University of Vienna, Austria regarding ‘’Electroactive Molecularly Imprinted Polymers Nanoparticles’’. She is author and co-author of many scientific papers published in high ranking journals. She coordinated Erasmus + project between University of Prishtina, Kosovo and Keele University, UK as a National Coordinator and is part of COST action program financed by EC. Accomplished her two own Nacional scientific projects with a title ‘’Antibiotic Residues in Water near Municipalities of Kosovo: Raising Public Health Issues Awareness through University Teaching’’ and “Using Nanostructured Carbon Material to design Electrochemical Sensor for detecting the residue of Antibiotics in the Environment’’ (2017 -2021) financed by Ministry of Science and Education, Kosovo and NanoAlb unit, Academy of Science in Tirana, Albania. Voluntary work – active member of regional and local organization Western Balkan Alumni Association (WBAA) 2017-2022 and Organization of Kosovar Austrian Alumni Organization (OKAA) 2021-2023. Very good communicative and organizational abilities and capable skills on teamwork and individually.

Kledi Xhaxhiu is a full time professor at the Chemistry Department, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana. He is also acting as a co-coordinator of the Albanian Unit of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NanoAlb). For 1.5 year he was deputy minister of the environment of Albania. Kledi Xhaxhiu studied Food Chemistry at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana. Elaborated the diploma thesis at the Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry-Biology, University of Siegen, Germany. Completed PhD at the same university and faculty at the Department of Inorganic Chemistry. Participated in an internship at the Intermediate Products Department, BASF A.G. Ludwigshafen, Germany. He Post-doctorated at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. He has co-authored over 65 publications in international and national scientific journals and has presented in more than 40 international and national scientific conferences. He is an as editorial board member of 6 scientific international journals and member of scientific/advisory board of 14 international conferences. His research interests of include syntheses and structural characterization of solid compounds, thermal expansion and thermal behavior of solids, physical properties of solid compounds and their composites with conducting polymers, such as: thermoelectric and photo-sensorial; adsorption-desorption of heavy metals on layered/channeled solids, adsorption-desorption of organic pollutants from clays and fly ash; carbon paste electrodes for targeted determination and quantification of electro-active compounds in aqueous solutions; sub- and supercritical extraction of essential oils from plants and fruits. Actually cooperates with several research groups in distinguished universities abroad.

Prof. assoc. Dr. Merita Xhetani has been a member of the academic staff of the Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, the University of Tirana since 2010. She graduated in Biology (DIND), UT, FSHN in 2004. Earlier after graduation, she was a Molecular biologist at the National Blood Transfusion Center, Tirana, in the role of regional manager in the quality control and assurance unit, responsible for the stabilization of Standard Operating Procedures (POS) in blood crossmatching for transfusion.
Merita Xhetani's research activity is focused on: Molecular genetics of human blood groups, as well as on the study of human genetic variability.
She attended many training courses in molecular genetics in different European countries and recently completed her post-doctoral studies at LFKRI, Research Institute, New York Blood Center, NY, USA, supported by the Fulbright research program. In the framework of scientific research, she has published about 20 scientific articles in national and international Scientific Journals, of which she is the first author 10 of them. She has participated in about 40 national and International Symposia and Scientific Conferences, of which, in 20 of them, she is the first author.

Dr. Ziberi is a full time professor at the Physics department of Physics, University of Tetova. He earned his BSc in Physics in Tirana Albania in 1998 and his MSc in 2001 and PhD in 2006 at the University of Leipzig in Germany. From 2002 until July 2010 he worked as a scientific employee at the Leibniz Institute for surface modification in Leipzig, Germany, working on surface engineering and nanostructuring of different materials using low energy ion beams. Dr. Ziberi is board member of the institute Alb-Shkenca and of the NanoAlb excellence group of ASA in Tirana. He was awarded the Fulbright scholarship in 2018 at Harvard Medical school, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, working on combination of radiotherapy and imunnotherapy using immunogenic biomaterials loaded with nanoparticles for cancer treatment. He is a Global Health Catalyst and member of the Global Oncology University. He is reviewer in a number of scientific journals, has more than 40 publications and over 100 contributions in international conferences, from which more than 20 are invited. Dr. Ziberi was member of scientific infrastructure and bio-nanotechnology group of the framework program HORIZON2020 in Brussels and evaluator of CEEPUS programs.

Dr. Erhan Zor is an Associate Professor at Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey. He received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Selçuk University in the topic of electrochemical chiral discrimination based on graphene-related materials. During his Masters and Ph.D., he had worked as visiting researcher at European research centers in the field of nano(bio)sensors; at Nanotechnas-Nanotechnology and Material Research Center at Vilnius University in Vilnius, Lithuania, and at the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) in Barcelona, Spain. Dr. Zor has published more than 40 SCI papers, book chapters and, review articles relevant to his scientific research field. His current research interest is focused on graphene, nanocellulose, chiral sensors, (nano)biosensors, optical sensors, electrochemical sensors, paper-based diagnostics, biomedical diagnostics.