Janusz Lipkowski graduated at Warsaw University, Faculty of Chemistry (1965), got PhD in 1972 at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences. In 1978 he has been appointed the position of Head of Department (original name: ‘Physical Methods of Analysis’, by JL transformed to‘Physicochemistry of Supramolecular Complexes’). In 1983 he was awarded the degree of DSc (habilitation) and in 1990 became titular professor. Prof. Lipkowski is the author or co-author of more than 360 scientific papers, and 17 chapters to books. He has visited foreign scientific centers, a postdoctoral stay in Parma (Italy) and sabbatical in Tokyo (Japan). Among awards and honors are: the Honorary Professorship of Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (and a doctor hc of the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry in Novosibirsk) and the foreign member of the Academy of Sciences in Moldova. In Poland he was appointed a series of important positions: director of the Institute of Physical Chemistry (of PASci) from 1992 to 2003, vice-President of Polish Academy of Sciences (2003-2006). Recently retitred as the professor of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaaw (the 2nd State University in Warsaw). Janusz Lipkowski is full member of Polish Academy of Sciences, member of Academia Europea, fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry and member of societies. From 2007 to 2020 he served as the President of Warsaw Learned Society. Janusz Lipkowski is author or co-author of 380 scientific publications, mostly on clathrate inclusion compounds, supramolecular complexes and their practical uses.

Paulo C. DE MORAIS, PhD, was full Professor of Physics at the University of Brasilia (UnB) – Brazil up to 2013, Appointed as UnB’s Emeritus Professor (2014), Appointed as Guest Professor of Huazhong University of Science and Technology– China (2011), Visiting Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) – China (2012-2015), Appointed as Distinguished Professor at Anhui University (AHU) – China (2016-2019), Appointed as Full Professor at Catholic University of Brasília (UCB) – Brazil (2018), Appointed as CNPq-1A Research Fellowship since 2010. 2007 Master Research Prize from UnB, 2008-member of the European ERA NET Nanoscience Committee, Member of the IEEE-Magnetic Society Technical Committee, Senior Member of the IEEE Society, 2012 China’s 1000 Foreign Expert Recipient, and 2012 Academic Excellence Award from Brazilian Professor’s Union. He held two-years (1987-1988) post-doc position with Bell Communications Research – New Jersey, USA and received his Doctoral degree in Solid State Physics (1986) from the Federal University of Minas Gerais – Brazil. He graduated in both Chemistry (1976) and Physics (1977) at UnB. ProfessorMorais is member of the Brazilian Physical Society and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – IEEE. He has served as referee for more than 50 technical journals, takes part of the Editorial Board of more than 15 technical journals and has conducted research on nanomaterials for over 40 years. He has delivered more than 150 Invited Talks all over the World. He is known for his research in preparation, characterization and applications of nanosized materials (magnetic fluid, magnetoliposome, magnetic nanoemulsion, magnetic nanocapsule, magnetic nanofilm, magnetic nanocomposite, nanosized semiconductors, polymeric dots, carbon dots, and graphene quantum dots). With nearly 500 published papers in peer reviewed journals, more than12,000 citations and 15 patents, he has appeared in recent World ranking of top scientists, such as 2020-Stanford, 2022-Research.com, 2023-AD Scientific Index, and 2023-Research.com.

Dr. Radha Narayanan was born and raised in Savannah, Georgia. She obtained her BS in chemistry from Georgia Southern University in May 2000. She then went onwards to pursue her PhD in analytical chemistry under the direction of Dr. Mostafa A. El-Sayed and her PhD thesis work was on the effect of the nanoparticle shape on the catalytic activity and also the effect of catalysis on the nanoparticle size and shape. She obtained her PhD in May 2005. She then did a post-doctoral research fellowship with Dr. Marc D. Porter for three years in which she developed SERS based nanobiosensors with cubic shaped gold nanoparticles. After her postdoctoral time period was over, she became an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Rhode Island. She taught courses in analytical chemistry, general chemistry, and nanotechnology as well as conducted research on nanocatalysis and nanosensors with graduate and undergraduate students and served on several faculty search committees. After she left academia, she dived into the patent world in which she started as a patent examiner in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and then became a patent agent at a law firm and two companies. Now, she started her own company and is the Chief Executive Officer of Designer Nanocrystals LLC.

Dr. Thanh Nguyen is currently Associate Principal Scientist in Synthetic Chemistry and High Throughput Experimentation at AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden. Prior to AstraZeneca, he obtained Bachelor degree in Chemistry at Hanoi University of Science in 2012, MSc and PhD degrees at The University of Tokyo in 2017. After a post doc at Aarhus University, he joined AstraZeneca R&D site in Gothenburg in 2019 as a medicinal chemist supporting respiratory and immunology drug projects. From 2023, he has been focusing on solving challenging synthetic problems across different drug discovery projects using chemistry automation techniques. Beside project works, he is interested in developing novel catalyst systems in C-H functionalization and photochemistry.”

Nothando Shuba, a Senior Lecturer and emerging researcher in the Department of Chemical Engineering with a PhD and a track record for publications in high impact factor journal with over 10 publications as a first author in the leading field of Fischer Tropsch Synthesis and Photocatalysis.

Rajeshree Liya is a doctoral scholar and teaching assistant at Ahmedabad University (from 2021). She is working under the supervision of Professor Aditi Singhal. Her primary research work is based on the development of catalysts for OER. She is also receiving a SHODH scholarship from the Government of Gujarat. She has completed her master's and bachelor's degrees from Sardar Patel University, Anand (2012–2018). She was a chemistry teacher at A. G. High School, Ahmedabad (2018–2021).