Invited Speakers

Plenary Speakers

Prof. Christoph Brabec, Friedrich-Alexander Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany

Title of plenary talk: Materials and Concepts for Printed Photovoltaic Technologies

Christoph J. Brabec is holding the chair “materials for electronics and energy technology (i-MEET)” at the materials science of the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg. Further, he is the scientific director of the Erlangen division of the Bavarian research institute for renewable energy (ZAE Bayern, Erlangen), board member of the ZAE Bavaria and board member of the Energy Campus Nurnberg.
He received his PhD (1995) in physical chemistry from Linz university, joined the group of Prof Alan Heeger at UCSB for a sabbatical, and continued to work on all aspects of organic semiconductor spectroscopy as assistant professor at Linz university. He joined the SIEMENS research labs as project leader for organic semiconductor devices in 2001, finished his habilitation in physical chemistry in 2003 at Linz university and joined Konarka in 2004, where he was holding the position of the CTO before joining Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Prof. Antonios G. Mikos, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, USA

Title of plenary talk: Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering

Antonios G. Mikos is the Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University. His research focuses on the synthesis, processing, and evaluation of new biomaterials for use as scaffolds for tissue engineering, as carriers for controlled drug delivery, and as non-viral vectors for gene therapy. His work has led to the development of novel orthopaedic, dental, cardiovascular, neurologic, and ophthalmologic biomaterials. Mikos is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, the Biomedical Engineering Society, the Controlled Release Society, the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering, the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society, and the National Academy of Inventors. He has been recognized by various awards including the Founders Award of the Society For Biomaterials and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society-Americas.

Prof. Francesco Stellacci, SuNmIL, Materials Science & Engineering, School of Engineering, EPFL, Switzerland

Title of plenary talk: Nanoparticles: characterization and applications

Prof. Francesco Stellacci got his degree in Materials Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano in 1998 with Prof. Zerbi. He then moved as a post-doc with Prof. J.W. Perry in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Arizona. In 2002 he became as assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT (Cambridge, USA). There he became associate professor with tenure in 2009. In 2010, he moved as a full professor to EPFL where he holds the Constellium chair. Stellacci has published more than 130 papers and has more than 15 patent applications. He has won numerous awards, among the the Technology Review TR35 ’top innovator under 35’, the Popular Science Magazine ’Brilliant 10’, and the EMRS EU40. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and of the Global Young Academy

Keynote Speakers

	Prof. Alexandra Boltasseva, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, USA Practical Platform for Nanophotonics with Plasmonic Metal Nitrides and Transparent Conducting Oxides
	Prof. Milan Damnjanovic, NanoLab Group, Department of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia Electron-phonon interaction anomalies in layers
	Dr. Athanasios Dimoulas, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology NCSR Demokritos, Greece Materials for Energy Efficient Nanoelectronic Devices
	Prof. Emmanuel Giannelis, Materials Science and Engineering Department, Cornell University, USA Responsive Nanostructured materials for energy applications
	Dr. Souren Grigorian, Department of Physics, University of Siegen, Germany Characterization of Organic Nanomaterials by Sychrotron Radiation
	Prof. Vladimir Shalaev, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, USA New Material Platforms & Metasurface Designs for Plasmonics and Quantum Photonics
	Prof. Franz Stelzer, Institute for Chemistry & Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Austria Biopolymer (Nano)Composites: Thin Films, Characterization and Degradation

Invited Speakers

	Dr. David Babonneau, University of Poitiers, France Fabrication and plasmonic properties of metal nanoparticles grown on nanoripple patterns
	Prof. Zeynep Basaran, School of Engineering, Ozyegin University, Turkey Alternative Applications of nano-engineering in cement-based systems
	Dr. Stefan Bengtson, National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark Sustained inflammation and genotoxicity following pulmonary exposure to graphene and graphene oxide in mice
	Dr. Francois Berger, INSERM, France
	Prof. Fabio Biscarini, Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Capacitive Coupling in electrolyte-gated organic field effect transistors
	Prof. Thomas Brown, Nano&Optoelectronics group (OLAB), University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules on Flexible Substrates
	Dr. Maja Buljan, Division of Materials Physics, Ruder Boskovic Institute, Croatia Self-ordered Ge-based nanostructures in glasses: fabrication, properties and application
	Prof. Gabriel Caruntu, Central Michigan University, USA Solution Processing of Ferroelectric Colloidal Nanocrystals for Energy Storage and Transistor Applications
	Dr. Cinzia Casiraghi, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, UK Water-based 2D-crystal Inks: from Production to Devices
	Prof. Francesco Cellesi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Nanomedicines for overcoming biological barriers in kidneys and treating proteinuric diseases
	Prof. Maria Chatzinikolaidou, IESL-FORTH and University of Crete, Greece Engineering nanomaterials for tissue engineering with controlled immunomodulation
	Prof. Stelios Choulis, Molecular Electronics & Photonics Laboratory, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus Solution Processed Photovoltaics: Interfaces, Electrodes, Processing and Devices
	Dr. Vassilios Constantoudis, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, NCSR Demokritos, Greece Sidewall Roughness of Nanoelectronic and Nanophotonic Structures: Metrological Challenges and their Critical Role in Applications
	Dr. George Deligeorgis, FORTH IESL, Greece Graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides for flexible high frequency electronics
	Prof. Thierry Djenizian, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines, France Improved electrochemical performance of porous electrodes for all-solid-state Li-ion microbatteries
	Dr. Tim Echtermeyer, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester, UK Photodetection and Sensing with Graphene
	Prof. Elpida-Niki Emmanouil-Nikoloussi, European University of Cyprus, Cyprus Bio-Distribution of Nanoparticles and Developmental Toxicity
	Mr. Andreas Falk, BioNanonet, Austria Bringing nano-enabled developments closer to the market, facilitated by a semi-holistic approach in nanosafety
	Dr. Ilise Feitshans, Institute for Work and Health University of Lausanne, Switzerland Ten Years After: Ethical Legal And Social Impacts Of Emerging Nanotechnology Laws
	Dr. Federica Fernandez, Department of Architecture and Industrial Design, University San Raffaele, Italy Products innovation and sustainability: the contribution of nanotechnologies to the building construction sector
	Dr. Evangelos Golias, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Germany Ground state and out-of-equilibrium phenomena in prototypical topological insulators using time-, spin- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy
	Dr. Andreas Gondikas, Univeristy of Vienna, Austria Nanometrology in support of regulatory efforts for the nanotechnology industry
	Dr. Roman Gorbachev, Scholl of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, UK New materials for van der Waals heterostructures
	Prof. Dimitrios Gournis, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Ioannina, Greece Graphene pillaring: Towards novel multifunctional materials
	Dr. Ilya Goykhman, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, UK Two-dimensional materials and van der Waals heterostructures as a platform for integrated optoelectronic devices
	Prof. Dimitris Ioannou, George Mason University, USA Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) nano-CMOS for Mobile Communications and the Internet of Things (IoT)
	Prof. Antonios Kanaras, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, UK Colloidal Gold Nanoparticles in Biomedical Applications
	Dr. Demosthenes Katritsis, Athens Euroclinic, Greece
	Prof. Panagiotis E. Keivanidis, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus On the role of intermolecular states and polymorphs in the optimization of solution-processed organic electronics
	Prof. Ik Jin Kim, Department of Material Science Engineering, Hanseo University, Korea Carbon nanotubes grown on molecular sieve coated biomorphic carbon membrane by CCVD method
	Prof. Kyriakos Komvopoulos, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley, USA Control of Nanofiber Conformity and Scaffold Structure by Micropattern Geometry and Electrospinning Condition for Cell Regulation
	Dr. Emmanuel Kymakis, School of Applied Technology, Technological Educational Institute (T.E.I) of Crete, Greece Graphene-related materials for organic and perovskite solar cells
	Prof. Theodora Kyratsi, Powder Technology Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Highly Efficient Mg2Si-based Thermoelectric Materials
	Prof. Didier Letourneur, INSERM, Hopital Bichat, Paris, France NanoAthero – An EU Programme Nanomedicine for target-specific imaging and treatment of atherothrombosis
	Prof. Eleftherios Lidorikis, Dept. of Materials Science & Eng., Uni of Ioannina, Greece Modeling and design of novel plasmonic optoelectronic devices
	Dr. Julianna Lisziewicz, eMMUNITY, Hungary Precision Immunotherapy for Melanoma
	Dr. Alessandro Maiocchi, Bracco Group, Bracco Research Centre, Italy Perspectives and challenges on the clinical translation of nano- & micro-sized systems for medical imaging applications
	Dr. Manuel J. Mendes, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Optimal high-index spheroidal structures for nanophotonic-enhanced thin film solar cells
	Prof. Ivanka Milosevic, Department of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia Raman Spectra and Electronic Properties of Deformed Carbon Nanotubes
	Prof. Yannis Missirlis, Lab of Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering, University of Patras, Greece Morphogenesis – epigenetic functions in cells : the role of biointerfacial mechanical signals
	Prof. Thimios Mitsiadis, University of Zurich, Switzerland Tooth on a chip: generation of stem cell niches using microfluidic devices
	Prof. Maria J. Mosquera, Physical-Chemistry Department, University of Cadiz, Spain Nanomaterials for Preserving Buildings by an Inverse Micelle Mechanism: Consolidants, Superhydropobic Agents and Self-cleaning photocatalysts
	Dr. Sergio Enrique Moya, CIC biomaGUNE, Spain Translocation, biological fate, stability and effective dose of engineered NMs for safety studies and nanomedicine
	Dr. Antonios Oikonomou, University of Manchester, UK 2D materials for energy
	Prof. Giovanna Orsini, Marche Polytechnic University, Italy Differentiation potential of dental epithelial stem cells: an in vivo study
	Prof. Roisin Owens, Ecole des Mines de St. Etienne, France Organic electronics for in vitro toxicology: tuning the interface
	Prof. Jean Francois Pierson, University of Lorraine, France Local epitaxial growth in reactively sputtered oxide thin films
	Prof. Dominique Pioletti, Laboratory of Biomechanical Orthopedics, EPFL, Switzerland Development of a photopolymerized composite hydrogel and surgical implanting tool for a nucleus pulposus replacement
	Dr. Etienne Quesnel, CEA, France Graphene for energy applications: an update on running activities within the Graphene Flagship European project
	Prof. Maria Eugenia Rabanal Jimenez, University Carlos III, Spain Ag/Pt-ZnO nanocomposites: synthesis, characterization, and their enhanced photocatalytic activity
	Dr. Lidia Santos, CENIMAT/I3N, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, CEMOP/UNINOVA, Portugal Sensing properties of WO3 nanoparticles
	Dr. Helmut Schmid, Fraunhofer-Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT), Germany Hygiene Improvements by Nanosilver System Technology in Medical Environments
	Dr. Radek Sevcik, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic The investigation of CaCO3 polymorphs formation during the carbonation of nanolime dispersion in ethanol
	Prof. Ismail Hakki Tavman, Mechanical Engineering Department, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey Preparation and Characterization of Thermally Conductive Polymer Nanocomposites
	Prof. Katsuya Teshima, Department of Enviromental Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Japan Novel Fabrication Route for High Quality Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalysts ~ Flux Growth of Idiomorphic Oxynitride and Nitride Crystals
	Prof. Zivoslav Tesic, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Serbia Nanomaterials in Food Chemistry
	Prof. Ioannis S. Vizirianakis, Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, AUTH, Greece Pharmacological development of target-specific, delocalized lipophilic cation-functionalized carboranes for cancer therapy
	Dr. Maziar Zeibadabi, LEITAT, Spain 3D printed energy storage device