Soshu Kirihara is a doctor of engineering and a professor of Joining and Welding Research Institute (JWRI), Osaka University, Japan. In his main investigation “Materials Tectonics” for environmental improvements of “Geotechnology”, multi-dimensional structures were successfully fabricated to modulate energy and materials flows effectively. Ceramic and metal components were fabricated directly by smart additive manufacturing, design and evaluation (Smart MADE) using high power ultraviolet laser lithography. Original stereolithography systems were developed, and new start-up company “SK-Fine” was established through academic and industrial collaboration.

A.V.Dvurechenskii has completed in his Doctor degree in physics from Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics. From 2002 to 2018 he was the Vice-Director of this Institute and currently he is the Head of the Lab. of Nonequilibrium Semiconductor’s Systems, Professor of Novosibirsk State University. As a guest scientist he worked at New York State University in Albany (1979), Research Center Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany (1980 – 2006) and at Fudan University in Shanghai, China (2001, 2002, and 2006). He has published more than 400 peer-reviewed papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an expert board member of repute.

Dr. Arkadi Zikin completed his master's degree at Tallinn University of Technology. Research work subsequently led him to AC2T Research, the Austrian Excellence Center for Tribology, where he earned his doctorate in the context of a collaboration between technical universities of Tallinn, Vienna, and AC2T. He has his background in Surface Engineering, with the main focus on PTA and Laser Cladding, combined with over 10 years of industrial experience. Since September 2015, Dr. Zikin is working at Oerlikon Metco as a Head of the Laser Centre of Competence.

Dr. Per A. Löthman obtained his Ph.D. degree from Twente University , The Netherlands in the field of Macroscopic Magnetic Self-assembly and conducted research in Canada, France and Germany on carbon nanotubes, Graphen and related nanomaterials. His research is interdisciplinary and involve BioNanotechnology including DNA, S-layers, Viruses (archaea, bacteriophages), Biomolecular Architecture. Botany and functional surfaces. Dr. Löthman has published over 60 scientifical articles, several book chapters and serves as a reviewer for several journals such as Journal of Bioanalytical and Analytical Chemistry, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Thin Solid Films, Sensors and Actuators, Microsystems Technologies, Biophysical Reviews and Letters, He is Senior Research Scientist at Foviatech GmbH in Hamburg, Germany, a young innovative high-tech company in the field of advanced materials and artificial intelligence, and a lecturer in Nanomedicine, Nanopharmacy and Nanomaterials (Kaiserslautern University) and Mechatronics Systems and Design (Hamburg University), Germany.

Dariusz Jacek Jakóbczak was born in Koszalin, Poland, on December 30, 1965. He graduated in mathematics (numerical methods and programming) from the University of Gdansk, Poland in 1990. He received the Ph.D. degree in 2007 in computer science from the Polish – Japanese Institute of Information Technology, Warsaw, Poland. From 1991 to 1994 he was a civilian programmer in the High Military School in Koszalin. He was a teacher of mathematics and computer science in the Private Economic School in Koszalin from 1995 to 1999. Since March 1998 he has worked in the Department of Electronics and Computer Science, Koszalin University of Technology, Poland and since October 2007 he has been an Assistant Professor in the Chair of Computer Science and Management in this department. His research interests connect mathematics with computer science and include computer vision, artificial intelligence, shape representation, curve interpolation, contour reconstruction and geometric modeling, numerical methods, probabilistic methods, game theory, operational research and discrete mathematics.

Samuel Bertolini received his PhD at Texas A&M University (USA), Dr. Bertolini joined our group in the Section of Theory, in the department of Electrochemistry, Universität Ulm (Germany), as a Postdoctoral Researcher in October 2018. During this time, Dr. Bertolini has been leading a variety of research projects, particularly focused on sulfur polyacrylonitrile as host material for positive electrodes in lithium-sulfur batteries. Further, has been working on the development of a Software for electron reactive force fields (eReaxFF), and on force field training.

Janire Peña-Bahamonde is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Houston. She obtained her Ph.D. degree at the University Carlos III of Madrid in Materials Science and Chemical Engineering. Her main research lines include the synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials for wastewater treatment and biomedical applications. Throughout her scientific career, she has participated in national and international research projects, contributed to several peer-review articles in high-impact factor journals, and has participated in several international conferences. Additionally, she is a co-author of one patent in detecting organic molecules with molecular imprinting polymers.

After graduating in Chemical Engineering in 2013 at the University of Huelva, in 2014 I continued with my education by conducting the Master in Product Formulation and Design with Applications in the Chemical, Food and Pharmaceutical Industry. In the latter, I started my research activity performing the final research project on the Thermo-rheological characterization of foams and adhesives based on polyurethanes and biopolyurethanes. Upon completion of the Master, I was given a national grant for PhD contract “Ayuda a la Formación de Profesorado Universitario (FPU13/01114)” by el Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. As a result of the four years of PhD, affiliated to the Doctoral Programme in Industrial and Environmental Science and Technology at the University of Huelva, more precisely in the Research Line of Chemical Process and Product Engineering, I defended my PhD thesis entitled Development of polyurethane formulations based on cellulose acetate and castor oil 28th March 2019, acquiering the Doctor degree with the distinction Cum Laude unanimously and with International Mention. During my PhD I have conducted a stay abroad (Hamburg, Germany) for 3 months, published six research articles in international journals of high impact factor. Besides having taken part in a series of national and international congresses with 14 oral and poster contributions, I was awarded with the Prize for the best poster presentation in the Iberian Meeting in Rheology 2017 (IBEREO 2017). On the other hand, I have been a member of the research projects MINECO CTQ2014-56038-C3-1-R and TIC 1499 funded by El Ministeri de Economía y Competitividad and La Conserjería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa de la Junta de Andalucía, respectively. Since the beginning of my research activity I have been member of the Research Group of Complex Fluids Engineering (TEP-185) and the Research Centre in Technology of Chemical Products and Processes (Pro2TecS) affiliated to the University of Huelva. I have recently taken part in a research project for the development of synthetic ice rinks in collaboration with Xtraice Rinks company. Finally, I have taught subjects attached to the Chemical Engineering (7 ECTS credits) and Thermal Machinery and Engine (40 ECTS credits) areas, I am participating in 2 Teaching Innovation Projects, along with counting 232 hours of specialized training and 824 hours of courses and seminars for the teaching skill enhancement and innovation.

Olga Shikimaka has completed his PhD from the Laboratory of Mechanical Properties of Materials, Institute of Applied Physics. She has been working as a researcher in this laboratory since 2002 and as a head of this laboratory since 2009, and as an Associate Professor at the University of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova since 2011. She has published more than 50 papers in reputed journals and took part in more than 30 scientific forums with oral and poster presentations.

Sina Khoshsima has completed his PhD, in Material Science and Engineering, and postdoctoral studies at Koç University, Turkey. He has been working as a Post doctoral fellow, at Jozef Stefan Institute (JSI) in Slovenia since. He is working on grain boundary engineering of NdFeB hard magnets to understand and optimize the mechanism of magnetism and the effects of the grain boundary conditions (composition, thickness etc.) on the overall magnetic properties of the magnets. He is a well stablished interdicsiplinary scientist with a published track record in both material sicence and biomaterials.

Esperanza Cortés-Triviño has completed her PhD at the University of Huelva in 2019 obtaining an international recognition and Cum Laude Mention. Her work, framed in the bio-lubricating greases field, was awarded for the best 2019 Doctoral Thesis of the University of Huelva, and received an honourable mention at the IBEREO 2019. She is a member of The Complex Fluid Engineering Research Group and Pro2Tecs Centre affiliated to the University of Huelva, as well as The Spanish Rheology Group belonging to RSEQ. She has been working on the development of different polymer-based biodegradable products with applications on lubricants and bioplastic fields and publishing several scientific articles in high reputed international journals. She is currently working at the University of Huelva within an international project for the P&G Company.

I'm Abir SWAIDAN, a PhD researcher at the Institut d'Electronique de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie (IEMN), Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, France. I did research in Catalysis, Nanotechnology and Materials science. My project was about 'Synthesis of composite nanomaterials as enzyme mimics for sensitive and selective detection of heavy metal ions in real environmental water samples and biomolecules in human serum, and as photothermal nano-agents for controlled release of drugs for bacterial treatment and biofilm disruption under near-infrared irradiation'.

Anatoliy Zavdoveev, Ph.D. has been worked in Donetsk Institute of Physics and Technology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine since 2003. From October 2005 to October 2008, he studied at the graduate school of the Donetsk Physics and Technology Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. In 2007 A.V. Zavdoveev was awarded Academician A.A. Galkin scholarship. From November 2008 to November 2014, he worked in the department of high-pressure physics and advanced technologies of the Donetsk Physics and Technology Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Since November 2014 A.V. Zavdoveev works on Researcher position of the department of alloy steels welding, Paton Electric Welding Institute of the NAS of Ukraine. A.V. Zavdoveev defended his thesis for the positions degree of candidate of technical sciences in 2014. The scientific interests of A. V. Zavdoveyev concern the structural, physical, and operational characteristics of low-carbon steel subjected to various thermal-deformation processing methods. A.V. Zavdoveev successfully works with such techniques as backscattered electron diffraction (EBSD), scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, fractography, etc. His work shows the effectiveness of rolling with shear on the structure and properties of low carbon steel. In particular, the use of rolling with shear allows creating a special structure, which is inherited during further processing by traditional methods. He has 1 monograph, more than 15 articles in international journals and over 20 abstracts of conferences, actively participates in international conferences, Institute activities, and student training.

Mohammad Ahmadifar has completed his B.S and M.S in the field of material science and engineering-Metallurgy. Then he shifted to the field of mechanical engineering and focused on polymer and polymer-based composite materials during his second master (MAGIS master). He graduated from Arts et Metiers Institute of Technology (ENSAM-ParisTech). He is currently a Ph.D. student and teaching assistant in the field of additive manufacturing of polymers and polymer-based composites in ENSAM. He considers both viewpoints of a material engineer and a mechanical engineer during his research.

Alina Vladescu has completed her PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania. She works at National Institute for Optoelectronics, Department for Advanced Surface Processing and Analysis by Vacuum Technologies since 2002. She is also associate professor at University Politehnica of Bucharest since 2015 and research scientist at National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia, since 2016. She has published more than 123 papers in reputed journals, 14 patents, 4 books. She was Guest Editor in Frontiers in Materials (2016-2017), Composite Interfaces (2016), Coatings (2019-2021).

Akshat Verma has completed his Master in Engineering from the Department of Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology Pilani (BITS PILANI) in June 2021. He is a young researcher and his interest as well his present work lies in novel fire-retardant coatings. He has done his Bachelor in Technology in Chemical Engineering from Department of Chemical Engineering, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India where he worked on wastewater treatment & energy generation using microbial fuel cell, and presented his work at two conferences. His work was published in conference proceeding of International Conference on Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Development (ICETSD-2019).

Anders Winkler worked in the German automotive industry for 15 years, during which he also spent 10 years conducting research in the fields of experimental mechanics and process-induced material properties. His research led him to achieve the degree of Dr.-Ing, from Chemniz University of Technology in Germany. He later joined Dassault Systemes to work on fatigue algorithms for polymer materials, and is now Director of Manufacturing & Materials Initiatives. He has also served as the secretary in CIMAC WG4 for 7 years, and represents Dassault Systemes in the NAFEMS metal manufacturing working group

Osman Adiguzel graduated from Department of Physics, Ankara University, Turkey in 1974 and received PhD- degree from Dicle University, Diyarbakir-Turkey. He studied at Surrey University, Guildford, UK, as a post doctoral research scientist in 1986-1987, and his studies focused on shape memory alloys. He worked as research assistant, 1975-80, at Dicle University and shifted to Firat University in 1980. He became professor in 1996, and he has been retired due to the age limit of 67; following academic life of 45 years. He published over 60 papers in international and national journals. Adiguzel served his directorate of Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Firat University in 1999-2004. He supervised 5 PhD- theses and 3 M.Sc theses. He received a certificate which is being awarded to him and his experimental group in recognition of significant contribution of 2 patterns to the Powder Diffraction File – Release 2000. The ICDD (International Centre for Diffraction Data) also appreciates cooperation of his group and interest in Powder Diffraction File. Scientific fields of Adiguzel are as follow: Shape memory effect and displacive phase transformations in shape memory alloys and other alloys, molecular dynamics simulations, alloy modeling, electron microscopy, electron diffraction, x-ray diffraction and crystallography.

Yunfu Ou is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Hecompleted his PhD at IMDEA Materials Institute &Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in 2020 and obtainedCum Laude Award. He has published over 20 research articles in reputed journals and recently won Excellent postdoctoral fund with 400,000¥for research start. He is currently working carbon fabric/epoxy composites with more emphasis placed on intralaminar and interlaminar toughening of CFRP using CNT and its assemblies.

Narugopal Manna is a Doctoral Fellow at the CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory. He has done M.Sc from Calcutta University. After that, he joined NCL in 2016. His main research lines include the synthesis and characterization of low-cost nanomaterials for electrochemical energy applications. Throughout his scientific career, he has participated in national and international conferences. Additionally, he published three articles on electrocatalysts development and energy applications.