Loic Dupont is a full professor at the University of Picardie Jules Verne with a PhD in Materials Science. For more than 20 years, he has been engaged in the field of Lithium-ion battery and Electron Microscopy. He is Editorial board member of 3 journals : Frontiers in Energy Research (Research Topic "3D Printing Methods and Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion"), Polymers, special issue “Polymers towards next generation energy storage” and Virtual and Physical Prototyping. He is co-author of more than 100 peer-reviewed international journal publications including 1 article in Nature cited more than 7000 times and 3 publications in nature materials. Currently, he is working at the Energy Hub Building in Amiens on a new topic: 3D printing of Lithium-ion Batteries.

Ligang Liu is a professor at the University of Science and Technology of China. He received his PhD from Zhejiang University in 2001. He once worked at Microsoft Research Asia, Zhejiang University, and visited Harvard University. His research interests include computer graphics and geometry modeling in 3D printing. He serves as the associated editors for many journals and served as the conference co-chairs and the program co-chairs of a number of conferences. He serves as the steering committee member of GMP and the secretary of Asiagraphics Association

Dr Ehsan Sabet, is an academic member of Wolfson School of Mechanical Engineering at Loughborough University, a member of Additive Manufacturing Research Group at Loughborough, and the director of Additive Manufacturing Centre of Excellence in England. He is a material scientist, with 20 years of ongoing research background in casting, 3D printing, continuous improvement, and process/product design management. His research and consultancy activities have shown impacts within the supply chain of Rolls Royce (RR), SIEMENS, Jaguar & Land Rover (JLR), JCB Compact Systems, and General Motors (GM)

José Manuel Torralba, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and Senior Scientist at IMDEA Materials Institute. Prof. Torralba is Fellow in the two most important Powder Metallurgy associations in the world: FAPMI and FEPMA (first European to be Fellow at the same time in Europe and USA). FEMS Gold Medal. He has participated in more than 80 International Advisory Committees at International Conferences, in about 35 competitive funded projects (among which five EU-projects and one NSF-USA project) and in several research evaluation panels (including the EU Research Framework Programmes) some of which in Israel and New Zealand. Throughout his career, Prof. Torralba has constantly striven for a holistic approach, being involved in a wide number of academic activities: teaching, research, innovation, university management and management of research programmes and science communication. He also regularly participates in activities related to mentoring, research integrity, new ethics in science and to the promotion of healthy conditions in research labs. He has been an active supervisor of PhD students and has created a good international network of former students in academia and industry. Prof. Torralba also collaborates regularly with two NGOs (supporting a secondary school in Kenya and providing scientific divulgation lectures in jails).

Professor Aibing Yu specialized in process metallurgy, obtaining BEng in 1982 and MEng in 1985 from Northeastern University, PhD in 1990 from University of Wollongong, and DSc in 2007 from the University of New South Wales (UNSW). He is currently Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor, Pro Vice-Chancellor and President of Monash Suzhou, Monash University. He has been Inaugural Director of UNSW Centre for Simulation and Modelling of Particulate Systems, Deputy Director of ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials, Founding Director of Australia-China Joint Research Centre for Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials, ARC Research Hub for Computational Particle Technology, and JITRI Research Institute for Process Modelling and Optimisation. He is a world-leading scientist in particle/powder technology and process engineering. He has made many significant contributions and is recognised as an authority in particle packing and flow, particulate and multiphase processing, and simulation and modelling. He has authored/co-authored>1,000 publications (including >800 collected in the ISI Web of Science), delivered many invited plenary/keynote presentations at various international conferences, and graduated >40 postdoc fellows and >100 PhD students. He is Executive Editor of Powder Technology, Regional Editor of Granular Matter, and on the editorial board of ~20 learned journals. He is a recipient of numerous prestigious awards/fellowships including ARC Australian Professorial and Federation Fellowships, Josef Kapitan Award from Iron and Steel Society, Ian Wark Medal from Australian Academy of Science, ExxonMobile Award from Australian and New Zealand Federation of Chemical Engineers,Shell Thomas Baron Award from American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the Top 100 Most Influential Engineers in Australia. He was elected to Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in 2004, and Australian Academy of Science in 2011, and Foreign Member of Chinese Academy ofEngineeringin 2017.

Professor Raman Singh’s primary research interests are in the relationship of Nano-/microstructure and Environment-assisted degradation and fracture of metallic and composite materials, and Nanotechnology for Advanced Mitigation of such Degradations. He has also worked extensively on use of advanced materials (e.g., graphene) for corrosion mitigation, stress corrosion cracking, and corrosion and corrosion-mitigation of magnesium alloys (including for the use of magnesium alloys for aerospace, defence and bioimplant applications). He is a senior professor at Monash University, Australia. He was a Visiting Professor at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, US Naval Research Lab, and University of Connecticut. He worked as a scientist at Indian Atomic Energy and as and a post doc University of New South Wales, Australia. Prof Singh’s professional distinctions and recognitions include: Guest Professor of ETH Zurich, Editor of a book on Cracking of Welds (CRC Press), Lead Editor of a book on Non-destructive Evaluation of Corrosion (Wiley), Editor-in-Chief of an Elsevier and two MDPI journals, leader/chairperson of a few international conferences and regular plenary/keynote lectures at international conferences, over 250 peer-reviewed international journal publications and 15 book chapter, and several competitive research grants (that includes 4 Discovery, 7 Linkage and one ITRH grants of Australian Research Council). Prof Singh has supervised 50 PhD students. His vibrant research group at Monash University comprises of PhD students from different disciplines (Mechanical, Chemical, Materials and Mining Engineering, and Science) as well as from different cultural backgrounds (Australian, Middle-eastern, Chinese, Malaysian, Indian, African, North American and Israeli).

Paulo Bartolo holds a PhD degree in Polymer Physics from the University of Reading (UK, 2001), a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (1996) and a Licenciatura in Mechanical Engineering (1993), both from the Technical University of Lisbon (Portugal). Paulo Bartolo is Chair Professor on Advanced Manufacturing at the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering (MACE), University of Manchester (UK); Visiting Professor at Nanyang University (Singapore), Professor of Biomaterials (Cathedra UNESCO) at the University of Habana (Cuba); Collaborator Professor of both the Advanced Manufacturing Group at the Tecnologico de Monterrey (Mexico) and CIAUD (The Research Centre for Architecture, Urbanism and Design) a Centre of Excellence of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology based at the University of Lisbon (Portugal). At the School of MACE, he is the Head of the Manufacturing Group. At the University of Manchester is the Industry 4.0 Academic Lead, member of the Management Board of the EPSRC & MRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Regenerative Medicine and theme leader of the “Industry 4.0” Societal Challenge area within the Digital Futures. He is a Fellow of CIRP (The International Academy of Production Engineering), Chairman of the CIRP Scientific Technical Committee on Electro-Physical and Chemical Processes (STC E) and served as Vice-Chairman of STC E (2013-2016) and Vice-Chairman of the CIRP Collaborative Working Group on Biomanufacturing (2010-2012). Paulo Bartolo is also Advisor of the Brazilian Institute of Biofabrication (INCT-BIOFABRIS) funded by the Brazilian Government, and member of the Manufuture High Level Group the governing body of the MANUFUTURE Platform responsible for set-up the strategy related to maintaining European leadership in Maufacturing. He was also member of the Additive Manufacturing Platform (a sub-platform of the MANUFUTURE Platform). Paulo Bartolo has been member of the evaluation panels of several International funding agencies, such as the European Research Council,UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal), Portuguese Agency for Innovation (Portugal), Italian Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes (Italy), Dutch Arthritis Association Reumafonds (The Netherlands), Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO), Flanders Research Foundation (Belgium), Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Canada), Swiss National Science Foundation (Switzerland), Flanders Strategic Initiative Materials (Belgium), A*Star (Singapore) and South Africa Science Foundation (South Africa). He was also member of the EPSRC panel of “Manufacturing Futures: Adventurous Manufacturing Research”.

Dr Khamis Essa is Reader in Advanced Manufacturing and Process Modelling at the School of Engineering, the University of Birmingham and the Director of the Advanced Manufacturing Group. His research is focused on advanced manufacturing technologies for instance Metal and ceramic 3D printing, Hot Isostatic Pressing and Incremental Sheet Forming. He has been developing novel manufacturing routes and applications for aerospace, defence, automotive and biomedical industries. The scientific emphasis of his research is on material and process interaction. He has been also developing holistic modelling for comprehensive understanding of process and material behaviours. He has been leading a number of research projects funded by EU, UK research councils and industry. His research portfolio has a research income in excess of £12M. His research has been supporting major companies across the world including Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, MBDA Missiles, MicroTurbo, Ford, European Space Agency and Caterpillar. He has been also supporting Small to Medium enterprises through major ERDF funding programmes such as CASIM2 and SmartFub. Dr Essa is currently supervising 17 PhD students and 6 Research Fellows, and he successfully completed the supervision of 14 PhD projects. He was appointed as an examiner for quite large number of PhD and MRes students and acted as reviewer for a number of grant applications. Dr Essa has over 80 journal and conference publications in addition to two patents and one book. He is guest editor for the Micromechanics journal and is setting on the editorial board of three other international journals

Dr. Yen Wei is Chair Professor of Chemistry at Tsinghua University, an internationally renowned materials chemist. He received his undergraduate diploma (1979) and MS (1981) at Peking University, and PhD at City University of New York (1986). After postdoctoral work at MIT, he became an Assistant Professor at Drexel University in 1987, where he was promoted to DuPont Associate Professor with tenure in 1991, Full Professor in 1995 and Herman B. Wagner Professor of Chemistry in 2004. He has co-authored 1196 articles (>49500 SCI citations; H-index: 110). Recruited as a national highest talent, he joined Tsinghua University full-time in 2009. His current research is focused on polymers and nano-materials for biomedicine, energy, biomaterials, environment and 3D-printing technologies. He was listed a highest cited scientist in the world every year from 2014 to 2020.

Brief CV of Dr. R.R.K. Sharma, IIT KANPUR Professor, HAG Scale, (Since Aug 2012) Department of Industrial and Management Engineering List of Achievements: Dr Sharma has had 35 years of career to date. Started as graduate engineer trainee with TELCO (PUNE) (now TATA MOTORS INDIA) during 1980-82, and later went on to do Ph.D. in management at I.I.M., Ahmedabad, INDIA. After Ph. D. in management, he worked with TVS Suzuki (for 9 months) as executive assistant to GM (marketing). Now he has 32 years of teaching and research experience at the department of Industrial and Management Engineering, I.I.T., Kanpur, 208016 INDIA. He has taught over 22 different courses in management at IIT Kanpur INDIA (to B. Tech., M. Tech. and M.B.A. students) and is well versed with all the facets of management and has unique ability to integrate different areas of the subject. To date he has written 1191 papers (peer reviewed (388) /under review (22) / working papers 781 (not referred) and 11 BOOKS are included in this (6 are referred and 5 books of working papers). He has developed over 10 software products. Till date he has guided 64 M TECH and 21 Ph D (7 in progress) theses at IIT Kanpur. He has been Sanjay Mittal Chair Professor at IIT KANPUR (15.09.2015 to 14.09.2018); and is currently HAG scale professor at IIT Kanpur. One of his research monograph is now available in 8 different languages worldwide. Dr. Sharma has won several international awards: He was elected FELLOW of AIMS International in 2012. He is the recipient of the Dr Manubhai M Shah Memorial Award 2013 (instituted by the Indian Commerce Association) & it carried a cash prize of Rs. 1 Lakh, trophy and a certificate of excellence. In 2015: “Membership Award” for Prof. RRK Sharma; given by IABE USA (International Academy of Business and Economics). Prof. RRK Sharma, recognized as “Distinguished Scientist”, by Venus International Foundation Research Awards 2015 (VIFRA 2015) at CENTRE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH AND DESIGN; Chennai: Dec 19; 2015. In 2016: Prof. RRK Sharma, “Distinguished Educator Award”, selected by IEOM (Industrial Engineering and Operations Management) Society, USA; given Kuala Lumpur on MAR 09, 2016. In 2018 career 360 recognized him as one of the top ten knowledge producer in India. In 2019 and 2020 he was invited by MHRD to participate in NIRF rankings survey for management schools in India. In 2019 and 2020 he was invited to participate in QS ranking exercise for management schools in Asia. In 2021 he received IEOM Distinguished Service Award of the IEOM Society USA.

Marilena Vlachou: BriefBiography Marilena Vlachou is an Associate Professor at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUoA), Greece. She obtained her BSc Pharmacy and PhD(Pharmaceutical Technology)degrees from theNKUoA. Just prior to obtaining her PhD degree she moved to the University of Rhode Island, U.S.A., as a Visiting Research Scientist, to conduct cutting edgeresearch related to Pharmaceutical Technology techniques. In NKUoA, she teaches,at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, courses related to the fields of Pharmaceutical Technology, Physical Pharmacy and Nanotechnology. She has co-authored the textbook entitled “Pharmaceutical Technology I: Principles of Physical Pharmacy and Nanotechnology”, (Parisianou Ed, Athens, 2007) and a plethora ofbook chapters. She has presented her research work in more than eighty (80) International and Domestic Scientific Conferences. She has published more than seventy(70) articles in peer-reviewed high impact factor Journals and is Marilena Vlachou: BriefBiography Marilena Vlachou is an Associate Professor at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUoA), Greece. She obtained her BSc Pharmacy and PhD(Pharmaceutical Technology)degrees from theNKUoA. Just prior to obtaining her PhD degree she moved to the University of Rhode Island, U.S.A., as a Visiting Research Scientist, to conduct cutting edgeresearch related to Pharmaceutical Technology techniques. In NKUoA, she teaches,at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, courses related to the fields of Pharmaceutical Technology, Physical Pharmacy and Nanotechnology. She has co-authored the textbook entitled “Pharmaceutical Technology I: Principles of Physical Pharmacy and Nanotechnology”, (Parisianou Ed, Athens, 2007) and a plethora ofbook chapters. She has presented her research work in more than eighty (80) International and Domestic Scientific Conferences. She has published more than seventy(70) articles in peer-reviewed high impact factor Journals and is a member of the Greek Pharmaceutical Society, the Greek Society of Pharmaceutical Technology, and the Greek Section of the Society of Controlled Release of Drugs. a member of the Greek Pharmaceutical Society, the Greek Society of Pharmaceutical Technology, and the Greek Section of the Society of Controlled Release of Drugs.

Dr. S.A. Tsipas, received her MEng degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Imperial College, London, UK and completed her PhD at the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy in the University of Cambridge, UK. She is currently an Associate Professor at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Her research activity is currently focused on the synthesis and processing of porous and dense MAX phases materials, such as Ti3SiC2, Ti2AlC and Cr2AlC for application in extreme environments. Dr. Sophia Tsipas also has significant research experience on surface engineering and development of coatings for improving the surface properties of materials. She has also been involved in research on the development and surface modification of Ti and Ti alloys by powder metallurgy. Finally, Dr. Tsipas has extensive experience in the use of thermodynamic & kinetic modelling tools for optimization of materials, coatings and processes.

Dr. Yunfeng Liu Professor, Advisor for Ph.D Candidate, Deputy Director of Institute of Advanced Manufacturing and Design, College of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology. His research interests are Digital medicine, Medical 3D printing, Design and fabrication of implant for mandibular reconstruction, 3D printing process of PEKK, Medical application of shape memory polymer, Biomechanical analysis of mandibular bone.

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I am an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). My research group is the Security and Forensics Engineering (SAFE) Lab. I am also a faculty fellow of VCU Cybersecurity Center. Before VCU, I was a Canizaro-Livingston Endowed Assistant Professor in Cybersecurity at the University of New Orleans (UNO), New Orleans, LA. My research interests are broadly in the area of cybersecurity, currently focusing on digital forensics, malware, cyber-physical systems, and cybersecurity education. I am a recipient of the ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, an Outstanding Research Award from the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), and the UNO's Early Career Research Prize. My research work has been supported in part by the NSF, NSA, DHS, ONR, ARO, ORAU and VA CCI, and has received three Best Paper Awards at DFRWS'20, ISC'13, and ICRC'11, and an Outstanding Poster Award at CODASPY'16

Changjun CHEN,Phd, Professor, Director, Soochow University Secretary General of Jiangsu Laser Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance, Deputy Secretary General of National Laser Processing Industry Technology Innovation Alliance, Secretary General of Suzhou Industrial Park Laser Industry Innovation Alliance, Deputy director of Surface Equipment Committee, member of National Additive Standards Committee, member of Gas Turbine Operation and Maintenance Committee, Member of Gas Turbine Operation and Maintenance Standards Committee, DR CHEN Changjun is the Professor in the School of Mechanical and Electric Engineering of Soochow University,which located in Suzhou, JaingsuProvience, P.R.China. He founded Laser Research Processing Research Center in 2007 and has been serving as its director until to now. Prior to Joining Soochow University, He was the director at the Laser Processing Research Center in Wuhan University of Science and Technology from 2007-2011. In 2011, He moved to Soochow University and founded Laser Processing Research Center and served as Director. In 2013-2014, He studied in Columbia University in the city of New York as a visiting scholar. In 2001-2007, He obtained his PhD degree in the field of Materials Science with focus on laser additive manufacturing. And obtained his B.S degree from 1996-2000 from Northeastern University, which located in Shenyang, Liaoning Provience in the field of Nonferrous Metallurgy.Dr CHEN Changjun’s research interests include metal laser additive manufacturing, laser welding, laser hybrid welding, laser sealing glass to metal,etc. He has published over 200 papers in professional journals, as well as 4 books, with an h-index of 26. He authorized 26 invention patents. Dr. CHEN Changjun received numerous professional awards including, among others, the NAMRI /SME outstanding paper of North American Manufacturing Research Institution of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (2016) . He also carried out laser remanufacturing of Cy-27 and Cy-30 aero-engine blades by laser additive manufacturing

Yaoyao Zhang Medical Center of Human Reproduction, West China 2nduniversityhospital, Sichuan University, China Email: zyyprince08@hotmail.comTel: 86-18910518083 sex: male ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE Jul 2019- Attending doctor, Fertility center of West China women&children’s Hospital，West China School Of Medicine，Sichuan University，Sichuan，China Jul 2017-Jun 2019 Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University 3rd Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China Jul 2014- Jun 2017 PhD in Reproductive Medicine, Medical Center of Human Reproduction, Peking University 3rd Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China Jul 2011- Jun 2014 Master in Reproductive Medicine, Fertility center of West China women&children’s Hospital，West China School Of Medicine，Sichuan University，Sichuan，China Sep 2006- Jun 2011 Bachelor of Medicine,Southern Medical University,Guangzhou,China PUBLICATIONS Zhang Y, et al. Qiao J. Yan J, Liying Yan. Transcriptome Landscape of Human Folliculogenesis Reveals Oocytes and Granulosa Cells Interactions. Molecular Cell 2018 Dec. (IF=14.28) Zhang Y, Xia X, Yan J, Yan L, Lu C, Li R, Qiao J. Mesenchymal stem cells-derived angiogenin promote follicle survival and angiogenesis in human ovarian tissue transplantation. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2017 March. Zhang Y, Wang Q, Zhang Q. The general expression analysis of WTX gene in normal and cancer tissues. Pathology and Oncology Research 2016 June. Zhang Y, Xiao Z, Wang Y, Luo S, Li X, Li S. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone for preservation of ovarian function during chemotherapy in lymphoma patients of reproductive age：a summary based on 434 patients. Plos One 2013 Nov 28;8(11) Zhang Y, Chen B, Ding YQ. Metastasis-associated factors facilitating the progression of colorectal cancer. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2012;13(6):2437-44. Lu C, Zhang Y, Zheng X, Song X, Yang R, Yan J, Feng H, Qiao J. Current perspectives on in vitro maturation and its effects on oocyte genetic and epigenetic profiles. Sci China Life Sci. 2018 Mar. Xiao Z, Zhang Y, Fan W. Cryopreservation of human ovarian tissue using the silver closed vitrification system. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2017 Nov. Xiao Z, Li SW, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Li LL, Fan W. NIV versus dropping vitrification in cryopreservation of human ovarian tissue. Cryo Letters. 2014 May-Jun;35(3):226-31. Luo S, Li S, Jin S, Li Y, Zhang Y. Effectiveness of GnRH antagonist in the management of subfertile couples undergoing controlled ovarian stimulation and intrauterine insemination: a meta-analysis. PloS One. 2014 Oct 9;9(10)

Dr. Sun Xiaoyan is associate professor of Zhejiang University. Her research interests are intelligent additive construction of concrete structure, structural health monitoring and life cycle structural maintenance management. She received her PHD from Department of Civil Engineering, Dalian University of Technology in 2004, and worked as post doctor in Tsinghua University for 2 years. She worked as visiting scholar in Stanford University during year 2009 and 2010, and assistant research fellow in Polytechnic University of Hong Kong during year 2013.

Khaoula ABOUZAID (Senior Lecturer - Mechanical engineering). In 2019, she received a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Sciences - Mechanical Engineering from the National School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Hassan II University (Casablanca, Morocco). She was a Lecturer at the University of Avignon, from 2020 to 2021. And she is an invited professor at the Cnam, China. Currently, she is a Lecturer with the Department of Industrial Engineering at the Engineering School of Automotive, Aeronautics, and Transport (ISAT) at Bourgogne University, France, and in 2021 she joined the Drive lab as a researcher in 2021. Dr. ABOUZAID serves as a reviewer for many prestigious international journals (Rapid Prototyping Journal, International Journal for Simulation and Multidisciplinary Design Optimization, ....), and assumes various TPC Chair and other roles in many major international conferences. Her research interests are focused on advanced manufacturing technologies for polymers additively manufactured and the scientific emphasis of her research is on bio-based material behaviors and process interaction.

Patrick Pizette is an Associate Professor at the University of Lille/IMT Lille Douai in France since 2011. He holds a PhD in engineering from Grenoble-INP and French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). His work focuses on the development of industrial scale discrete element models for granular material processing in Civil Engineering and Material Sciences. This is enabled by High-Performance Computing, notably through the application of multi-GPU compute nodes. He is actively establishing research and teaching collaborations between France and Africa, notably Tunisia, Morocco, South Africa, Algeria, Cameroon and Senegal. Collaboration with EBIT Faculty at the University Pretoria has been active since 2015, visiting professor in 2018 and Future Africa Fellow in 2020

Maria Manuel Gil, is currently Associate Professor at the Polytechnic of Leiria, Deputy Director of MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Coordinator of MARE- Polytechnic of Leiria and Coordinator of CETEMARES building (I&D Center training and dissemination of maritime knowledge). She is also member of the Board of Directors of the +ATLANTIC CoLAB, member of the Board of International Association of Fish Inspectors, member of the Sectoral Council for Qualification of the Blue Economy, National Agency for Qualification and Vocational Education and Training (ANQEP) and member of the Board of National Observatory of Emerging Risks (ASAE), Portugal. She is also involved in the preparation of the Regional Programme for Spatial Planning of the Central Region (PROT Centro), contributing, specifically, to the thematic area A3 - Innovation and Competitiveness: Blue economy. She has coordinated 17 R&D projects and services to SMEs and participated as researcher member on 19 R&D projects and services to SMEs, with a global budget of 30M€ and is evaluator for different international agencies. Currently, she is working in four main research lines: add economic value to marine food resources, innovative food formulations with functional properties (incorporation of seaweeds extracts/compounds), marine bio-based ingredients as additives in food formulations and food structure with an emphasis on 3D printing materials.

I have joined Northumbria University in 2020 as a Vice-Chancellor's Senior Fellow in the Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering. My current research interest lies in understanding the emergence of defect-tolerance in semiconductors and using defect-tolerant semiconductors for PV and solar fuel applications. This involves materials discovery and building structural-activity relationship through a combination of atomistic computational modelling, materials processing and defect-characterization of new inorganic PV semiconductors and devices. I have developed novel methodologies to process complete solar cells using non-vacuum techniques, examining a variety of unconventional absorbers including Cu2SnS3, Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4, BiFeO3, BiI3, BiSI, BiPS4. Recently we have been investigating these methodologies to develop PV structures for low-cost system integration (buildings, automotive, etc.) as well. ​My postdoctoral studies were undertaken at the University of Bristol in Professor David Fermin's lab as a part of an EPSRC project targeting new PV technologies based on solution-processable earth-abundant materials. Before this, I studied chemistry from Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, India (MSc 2009) and completed my PhD in 2014 investigating solution-processed Cu2SnS3 thin-films for solar cells at Dr K. C. Patel research and development centre (CHARUSAT, India) through a UGC-department of atomic energy (DAE) fellowship. My thesis work focused on low-temperature charge-transport measurements and photoemission experiments on semiconductor thin-films and PV devices.

Dr. Hicham Es-soufi is a senior research fellow, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences the Meknès, University Moulay Ismail, Meknès, Morocco. He is a director of studies and professor at the High School of Engineering, ESGCNT, Meknès, Morocco. He is an invited professor at the Institute Technique of Agriculture, Marrakech, Morocco. He is an associate editor on the Editorial Board of Open Journal of Composite Materials, SCIRP. Also, he is a reviewer for more than 12 international scientific journals. He is interested in research and development in designing the new materials and studying their physical-chemistry properties like materials of the structure: Tetragonal Tungsten Bronze (TTB), phosphate materials, glass-ceramic materials, and glass materials, especially phosphate glasses. In addition, he is interested in applying the new materials in energy storage, biomedical applications, wastewater, etc

Mohsen Mhadhbi obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, Tunisia. He is currently Professor in National Institute of Research and Physical-chemical Analysis, Tunisia. His research interests include material engineering, modelling, powder technology, and nanomaterials for mechanical and biomedical applications. Her published works in national and international impacted journals and books. He is a teacher in Materials Science. Hence, he supervised several researchers in materials science and nanometerials. He is a member of various scientific journals and associations and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute.

Dr. Vishnu Narayan Mishra is working as Professor and Head of Department of Mathematics at Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Lalpur, Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh, India. Prior to this, he also held as academic positions as Assoc. Prof. at IGNTU, Amarkanta, Assistant Professor in AMHD, SVNIT, Surat and Guest Lecturer at MNNIT, Prayagraj. He received the Ph.D. degree in Mathematics from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee in 2007. His research interests are in the areas of pure and applied mathematics including Approximation Theory, Variational inequality, Fixed Point Theory, Operator Theory, Fourier Approximation, Non-linear analysis, Special functions, q-series and q-polynomials, signal analysis and Image processing, Optimization etc. He is referee and editor of several international journals in frame of pure and applied Mathematics & applied economics. He has authored more than 280 research papers to his credit published in several journals & conference proceedings of repute as well as guided many postgraduate and PhD students (09 Ph.D.). He has delivered talks at several international conferences, Workshops, Refresher programmes and STTPs etc. as Resource person. He is actively involved in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as PhD students. He is a member of many professional societies such as Indian Mathematical Society (IMS), International Academy of Physical Sciences (IAPS), Gujarat Mathematical Society, International Society for Research and Development (ISRD), Indian Academicians and Researchers Association (IARA), Society for Special Functions and their Applications (SSFA), Bharat Ganit Parishad etc. Citations of his research contributions can be found in many books and monographs, PhD thesis, and scientific journal articles, much too numerous to be recorded here. Dr. Mishra awarded as Prof. H.P. Dikshit memorial award at Hisar, Haryana on Dec. 31, 2019. Moreover, he serves voluntary as reviewer for Mathematical Reviews (USA) and Zentralblatt Math (Germany). Dr. Mishra received Gold Medal in B.Sc., Double Gold in M.Sc., V.M. Shah prize in IMS at BHU and Young Scientist award in CONIAPS, Allahabadd Univ., Prayagraj and best paper presentation award at Ghaziabad etc.

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Henry Colorado is from Medellin-Colombia. He took courses in Archaeology Materials Science from Materials Science at University of California, Los Angeles; and training in oil painting and other techniques with Painter Dorian Florez in Colombia. Visit Orbiarte Henry got a PhD and MS in Materials Science (2013) from the University of California, Los Angeles; and MS and BS in Mechanical Engineer from Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin. Henry is currently a Faculty member of Enginnering at Universidad de Antioquia (Medellin, Colombia). With this interests, Henry is now working in developing several lines of Arts-Science: exploring new materials in arts, doing research of ancient and cultural materials, and bringing arts to engineering. In 2016 Henry has been Section Chair in the “Art and cultural heritage symposium”: Materials Science and Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, USA. Henry presented Art-Sci works in this Conference.