2026 Invited Speakers

NANOTEXNOLOGY 2026 Invited Speakers (tentative list)

Plenary Speakers (tentative list)

	Prof. Manish Chhowalla Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science, Head of 2D Materials and Devices Group, University of Cambridge, UK Van der Waals interfaces for high electronics based on atomically thin semiconductors short bio short bio Manish Chhowalla is the Goldsmiths’ Professor of Materials Science at the University of Cambridge. His research interests are in the fundamental studies of atomically thin two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). In particular, his group studies the properties of different phases of 2D TMDs. He has demonstrated that it is possible to induce phase transformations in atomically thin materials and utilise phases with disparate properties for field effect transistors, catalysis, and energy storage. Prof. Chhowalla is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), Materials Research Society, and Churchill College. He was the founding Editor-in-Chief of Applied Materials Today, Associate Editor of ACS Nano, and is now the Editor-in-Chief of MRS Energy & Sustainability. He has been on the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers since 2016. Prior to Cambridge, he was a Professor at Rutgers University in NJ, USA.

	Prof. Lydia Kavraki University Professor, Kenneth and Audrey Kennedy Professor of Computing, Professor of Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Bioengineering, Director of the Ken Kennedy Institute, Rice University, USA Physical AI: Reshaping Physical Discovery and Engineering Practice short bio short bio Lydia E. Kavraki is a University Professor and the Kenneth and Audrey Kennedy Professor of Computing and professor of Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Bioengineering. She also serves as the director of the Ken Kennedy Institute at Rice University. Kavraki received her B.A. in Computer Science from the University of Crete in Greece and her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University, working with Professor Jean-Claude Latombe. She was a research associate at Stanford University before moving to Rice. Kavraki works broadly in robotics, computational biomedicine, and physical AI. She has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications and is one of the authors of the widely used robotics textbook “Principles of Robot Motion” published by MIT Press. Work in her group has produced the Open Motion Planning Library (OMPL), an open-source library of motion planning algorithms used worldwide. Besides this library her group maintains several web servers for computational biomedicine applications. Kavraki’s research has been funded by NSF, NIH, ARO, DOD, NASA, industry, and the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). Kavraki's more than 40 postdocs and PhD students have gone on to faculty positions at top universities, industry research labs, startups, and large software companies. Through her role at the Ken Kennedy Institute, she brings faculty together across seven schools and twenty-seven departments to shape large research projects and future directions in AI, data, and computing at Rice University. Kavraki is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is also a member of Academia Europaea, the Academy of Europe and a corresponding member of the Academy of Athens. She has served the Academies in multiple roles, including serving as a vice-chair and chair of Section 1 of NAM, founding member of the Health and Technology Interest Group of NAM, and member of the Board of Mathematical Sciences and Analytics. Kavraki received the IEEE Frances E. Allen medal in 2023. She received the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Grace Murray Hopper Award (2000), the ACM Athena Lecturer Award (2017), and the ACM/AAAI Allen Newell Award (2020). Kavraki received the Early Academic Career Award from the IEEE Society on Robotics and Automation (2002) and Robotics Pioneer Award from the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (2020). Other awards include an NSF CAREER award, a Sloan Fellowship, a Whitaker Investigator Award, recognition as a top TR100 investigator from the MIT Technology Review Magazine, recognition as a Brilliant 10 Scientist from the Popular Science Magazine, and the Anita Borg ABIE Technical Leadership Award. At Rice University, she is the recipient of the Charles Duncan Award for Excellence in Research and Teaching, the Presidential Mentorship Award, the Outstanding Faculty Research Award from the Engineering School, and the university-wide Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, Teaching and Service (2022). She has been recognized in Houston with BioHouston’s Women in Science Award. Kavraki is a Fellow of ACM, a Fellow of IEEE, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), and a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).

Keynote Speakers (tentative list)

	Prof. Spiros Anastasiadis , University of Crete & FORTH IESL, Greece Graphene Derivatives as Self-healing Enhancers in Functional Polyurethane Coatings
	Prof. John Anthony , University of Kentucky, USA Bespoke soluble semiconductors: From simple transistors to quantum computing
	Prof. Thomas Anthopoulos , University of Manchester, UK Scalable manufacturing of self-aligned gate transistor architectures
	Prof. Lajos Balogh , Precision Nanomedicine (PRNANO), USA DON'T PERISH-PUBLISH! - The landscape and state of science publishing
	Prof. Jacky Even , National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA Rennes), France Progress toward stable photovoltaic devices with multilayered perovskite heterostructures
	Prof. Georges Hadziioannou , University of Bordeaux, France Fully printed electrocaloric heat pump
	Prof. Martin Heeney , King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia Materials development for OECT devices
	Prof. George Malliaras , University of Cambridge, UK Precise Recording and Stimulation with Surface Electrophysiology
	Mr. Evangelos Mekeridis , OET Energy Technologies, Greece
	Prof. Thomas Riedl , University of Wuppertal, Germany Perovskite-Organic Tandem Solar Cells
	Prof. Ravi Silva , University of Surrey, UK Let the Sun Shine: PV-Storage Convergence for Dispatchable, Affordable Decarbonised Power
	Prof. Katsuya Teshima , Shinshu University, Japan A New Approach to Inorganic Materials Research - AI-Driven Automated and Autonomous Experiments
	Prof. Wolfgang Tress , Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Switzerland Integrated memristor for mitigating reverse-bias in perovskite solar cells
	Prof. Koen Vandewal , Hasselt University, Belgium Organic Photon Energy Up-conversion Devices
	Prof. George Volonakis , University of Rennes, France Modelling and Computational Screening of Halide Perovskites & Ternary Halide Double Salts

Invited Speakers (tentative list)

	Dr. Antonio Agresti , University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy Interface engineering in perovskite-based devices: an effective approach for multi-purpose photovoltaic applications
	Dr. Maria Rosa Antognazza , Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Milan, Italy Polymer nanoparticles for regenerative medicine: new tools for aortic stenosis and wound healing
	Dr. Raul Arenal , University of Zaragoza, Spain Unveiling the Atomic Configuration and Physical Properties of Low-Dimensional Materials via Advanced TEM
	Dr. Cyril Aumaitre , CEA Grenoble, France A Reliable Methodology for the Preparation and Accurate Characterization of Semiconducting Donor-Acceptor Block Copolymers
	Prof. Luca Beverina , University of Milano Bicocca, Italy Light activated multifunctional derivatives for imaging and therapy from X-rays to Vis region
	Prof. Aristos Christou , University of Maryland, USA Nanowires for Single Photon Detection and Amplification Based on Wide Bandgap Semiconductors
	Dr. Choon-Gi Choi , Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Korea Multifunctional 2D Material Nanocomposites: From EMI Shielding to Sensors
	Dr. Ta-Ya Chu , National Research Council Canada, Canada Advanced 2D MXene for printed sensors and flexible electronics
	Prof. Fabio Cicoira , Polytechnic School of Montreal, Canada New Materials and Processes for Self-Healing, Sustainable, and Biointegrated Electronics
	Prof. Konstantinos Daskalakis , University of Turku, Finland Polaritonic Microcavities as a New Design Paradigm for Organic Optoelectronic Devices
	Mr. Christophe Defranoux , Semilab Semiconductor Physics Laboratory Co. Ltd., France
	Prof. Marco Fanciulli , University of Torino, Italy Synaptic non-linear element devices for physical Kolmogorov-Arnold networks and other unconventional computing tasks
	Dr. Ilise Feitshans , Virginia Mountain Valley Lawyers Alliance & Georgetown University Law Center, O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, USA Law and Ethics of Nanomedicine Transforming Disability Into Health
	Prof. Dimitra Georgiadou , University of Southampton, UK
	Mr. Ioannis Gkaragkos , OET Energy Technologies, Greece
	Prof. Emmanouil Glynos , Univeristy of Crete, Greece
	Dr. Amparo Guemes Gonzalez , University of Cambridge, UK PEDOT:PSS Conductive Eutectogel Films for Peripheral Nerve Bioelectronics
	Prof. Panagiotis Grammatikopoulos , University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Spain Atomistic Modelling of Nanoparticle Coalescence during Gas-Phase Synthesis
	Dr. Kiran Gulia , University of Wolverhampton, UK
	Prof. Vinay Gupta , Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE 3D printed Porous PLA/S/CNT Nanocomposite Electrodes for Li-Ion Batteries
	Dr. Salim El Hadwe , University of Cambridge, UK Surface Circumferential Spinal Cord Recording in Freely Moving Rodents: A Conformal Nanotechnology Platform for Multifunctional Neuroprosthetic Interfacing
	Prof. Violet Haraszthy , University at Buffalo, USA Decontaminating Dental Implants: A Critical Step-Toward Bioactive Nanotechnology-Based Surface Detoxification
	Prof. Vangelis Harmandaris , The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus Design New Materials via AI/ML Methods and Simulations
	Dr. Timothee Harvey , CT-IPC, France Preliminary environmental assessment of products integrating organic photovoltaic technology
	Prof. Rodney Hill , Charles Sturt University, Australia Utilizing Covalent and Non-covalent Interactions for Nano-gold Therapeutics Design
	Prof. Martin Thomas Horsch , Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway Digital product passport information exchange interoperability infrastructure
	Prof. Patrick Hunziker , University of Basel, Switzerland Translating successful academic nanomedicine project to the real world
	Dr. Pietro Ibba , University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
	Prof. Elefterios Iliopoulos , University of Crete & IESL-FORTH, Greece InGaN alloys in the entire composition range: Challenges, epitaxy, properties and application perspectives
	Dr. Furkan Isikgor , University of Manchester, UK Perovskite-based tandem solar cells for sustainable energy generation and storage
	Prof. Panagiotis Keivanidis , Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
	Prof. Ufuk Kilic , University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
	Prof. Joseph Kioseoglou , Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Artificial Intelligence in Materials Science: Machine Learning-Based Interatomic Potentials
	Prof. Kyriakos Komvopoulos , University of California at Berkeley, USA
	Dr. Natalia Konchakova , Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany Digital Product Passport and Simplification for SMEs for Industrial Uptake of Innovative Advanced Materials
	Prof. Vasileios Koutsos , University of Edinburgh, UK Nanomechanics of Biomedical Microbubbles
	Prof. Dimitrios Koutsouras , University of Bath, UK
	Prof. Emmanuel Kymakis , Hellenic Mediterranean University Research Center, Greece
	Prof. John Labram , University College London, UK Low Temperature Capacitive Energy Storage
	Prof. Elefterios Lidorikis , University of Ioannina, Greece
	Prof. Yen-Hung Lin , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Operando-Guided Defect, Interface and Growth Engineering for Stable Perovskite Solar Cells
	Prof. Emil List-Kratochvil , Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
	Prof. Tom Macdonald , University College London, UK Chaotropic Guanidinium Salts in Tin-Lead Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
	Prof. Guy Makov , Ben-Gurion University, Israel Bimetallic nanometric phase diagrams
	Dr. Leszek Majewski , University of Manchester, UK Low threshold voltage, sustainable organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) using plant-based biodielectrics
	Mr. Emmanouel Margaritis , OET Energy Technologies, Greece Organic Photovoltaics at Scale: Bridging Breakthrough Technology and Global
	Dr. Guillermo Martinez-Denegri , Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), Germany
	Prof. Martyn McLachlan , Imperial College London, UK
	Prof. John de Mello , Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway Photonic devices based on high density metallic nanogaps
	Ms. Sofia Michailidou , OET Energy Technologies, Greece
	Prof. Yannis Missirlis , University of Patras, Greece Emergent properties in multicellular organisms
	Prof. Bert Mueller , University of Basel, Switzerland Whole brain imaging with world leading spatial resolution: Mice and humans
	Prof. Nako Nakatsuka , EPFL, Switzerland Nanoscale Aptamer Bioelectronics for Real-Time Monitoring in the Brain
	Prof. Dipanjan Pan , Pennsylvania State University, USA Sub 5 nm Ytterbium Nanoparticle for Pulmonary Delivery in Large-Animal SPCCT K-Edge Imaging
	Dr. George Papavieros , NCSR Demokritos and Nanometrisis p.c., Greece Hierarchical surfaces in nanotechnology and nanoelectronics
	Dr. Eleni Pavlopoulou , FORTH IESL, Greece Low voltage polymer ferroelectrics obtained by defect engineering of PVDF-based tetrapolymers
	Prof. Anna-Maria Pappa , Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
	Prof. Alexandra Paterson , University of Kentucky, USA
	Prof. David Payne , Imperial College London, UK
	Prof. Charalampos Pitsalidis , Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE Low-cost, environmentally friendly flexible triboelectric nanogenerators for sustainable energy harvesting
	Prof. Kyriakos Porfyrakis , COPE-Nano Centre of Excellence for Organic, Printed Electronics & NanoTechnologies, Greece Enhancing the Photodynamic Activity of Nanomaterials for Water Purification
	Prof. Kun Qian , Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Metabolome Engineering
	Dr. Mohsen Rezayat , Founder & President, OMID, USA AI-Guided Transparent Organic Photovoltaics for the Future of Agrivoltaics
	Prof. Xavier Rocquefelte , University of Rennes, France Computational Insights into Li3PS4 Glass Electrolytes: From Structural Modeling to Ionic Transport Mechanisms
	Prof. Ingo Salzmann , Concordia University, Canada
	Prof. Aylin Sendemir , Ege University, Turkey A Microfluidic Blood Brain Barrier Platform for Drug Screening and Permeation Studies
	Prof. Dmitri Simberg , University of Colorado Anschutz, USA Understanding Lipid Structure-Tumor Accumulation Relationship (STAR)
	Dr. Stefano Toffanin , CNR-ISMN, Italy Persistent radicals in for pattern recognition of electrical and multicolor optical stimuli
	Prof. Michael Turner , University of Manchester, UK Preparation and Application of Aqueous Dispersions of Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles using Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Polymerisation
	Prof. Argyrios Varonides , University of Scranton, USA Parity-Protected Bell-State Dynamics in a Double Quantum Dot Coupled to Majorana Zero Modes
	Prof. Guohua Xie , Xiamen University, China Soft Lithography for MicroOLEDs
	Prof. Myung-Han Yoon , Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea Direct Fabrication of Large-Area Highly-Conductive PEDOT:PSS Electrodes on Plastic Substrates for Rollable Touchpads, Transparent Speakers, and Printed Organic Electrochemical Transistor Arrays
	Prof. Ioanna Zergioti , National Technical University of Athens, Greece Laser Induced Forward Transfer: current and future directions
	Prof. Yanliang Zhang , University of Notre Dame, USA High-Throughput Printing of Wearable Devices for Energy Harvesting and Sensing
	Dr. Smaragda Zygridou , OET Energy Technologies, Greece