Current Research in Surface Chemistry

Dr. Challa Vijaya Kumar is working as Professor in the Department of Chemistry at University of Connecticut. He also worked as Associate Professor and Assistant Professor of Chemistry at University of Connecticut. Dr. Kumar has received Faculty Development Award, Merck Sharp & Dohme, 1988-90. His Publications includes total ~162, in peer reviewed national and international journals, which include, Science, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences USA, Advanced Materials, JACS, Angewandte Chemie, and others. Dr. Kumar's Research Interests includes: Bioactive Protein-Inorganic Materials, Photochemical Protein Scissors, Protein ligand Interactions, Drug-DNA Interactions, DNA Photo-damage, Organo-Hydrogels and Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy.

Dr. Bharat Bhushan is Ohio Eminent Scholar and The Howard D Winbigler Professor and Director of Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio- & Nanotechnology and Biomimetics, in Department of Mechanical Engineering at Ohio State University.He was Research Staff Member and Manager Head-Disk Interface of Almaden Research Center at California. He also worked as Research Scientist in Technology Services Division, SKF Industries Inc,King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.Dr. Bhushan received many awards. His publications includes Authored 8scientific books, 90+handbook chapters, 800+scientific papers. Also edited more than 50 books and holds more than 25 U.S. and Foreign Patents. Dr. Bhushan's research interests includes Fundamental studies in the interdisciplinary areas of bio/nanotribology/nanomechanics and nanomaterials characterization inbio/nanotechnology and biomimetics with a focus on scanning probe techniques.

Prof. Yucang Liang is a Senior Scientist in the Department of Chemistry of Eberhard Karls University of Tubingen, Germany. He earned his PhD degree in Material Science from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in 2005. After finishing his two-year postdoctorateand working as a researcher on Nano process and Application of Nano catalysts for three years at the University of Bergen in Norway. Prof. Liang joined the present university in 2010 and independently developed his research. Prof. Liangsresearch interests focus on the preparation, characterization and surface modification of the nano-structured inorganic materials with designed topologies and shapes as well as controlled particle sizes. These inorganic materials include biocompatible monodispersive(non)porous silica nanospheres, the functionalized core-shell structured mesoporous silica nanospheres, quantum dots, and metal/metal oxide nanoscale materials with special chemical and physical properties. Their applications are concentrated on biomedicine, environment and catalysis, as well as the preparationof membrane for the applications in antireflective, antifogging, water treatment and nanofilltration.

Professor Kyoung-Woong Kim is a Professor of the School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) in Korea. Prof. Kim has been involved at GIST since 1997 and working on the projects in the field of the remediation and monitoring of contaminated soil/ground water from Southeast Asia countries including Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. His current research focuses on the development of safe drinking water filtration systems especially for the disaster areas caused from climate change such as South Pacific region (e.g. Fiji and Tuvalu) and Mongolia. He has got his Ph.D at the Centre for Environmental Technology at Imperial College London in the UK and MSc & BSc at the Department of Petroleum & Mineral Engineering from Seoul National University in Korea.

Dr Janowski is a clinical neurosurgeon and stem cell researcher. He serves as an Associate Professor of Radiology at the Institute of Cell Engineering, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as well as is affiliated at the Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland. He is mainly interested in precision of stem cell and drug delivery under image guidance primarily within central nervous system using minimally invasive intra-arterial and intraventricular routes. He employs various stem cell tracking methods and imaging modalities including CEST MRI to accomplish this goal.

Dr. John Zhanhu Guo is an Associate Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His current research interests are in the areas of optical, electric, magnetic and dielectric materials for flame retardancy, microwave absorption, catalysis, sensing, nano-kinetics, and electronics. Dr. Guo earned his Ph.D degree in chemical engineering from Louisiana State University in 2005. He received his three-year (2005–2008) postdoctoral training in mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of California Los Angeles. Dr. Guo directs the Integrated Composites Laboratory and Chairs the Composite Division of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE, 2010–2011). Before joining UTK, Dr. Guo worked as an Assistant/Associate Professor of chemical engineering at Lamar University. The current laboratory focuses on the fundamental studies behind the multifunctional nanocomposites for energy harvesting, environmental remediation, pollutants treatment and recycling, safety, sensing, and electromagnetic wave treatments (radiation) and applications (heating resources). Dr. Guo's research intersts includes: Multifunctional Nanocomposites, Advanced Nanocomposite Membranes, Fuel Efficiency Improvement and Energy Usage Efficiency Enhancement, Electrochromic, Strain Sensing and Magnetic Field Sensing Devices, Electromagnetic Wave Shielding Materials, Environmental Sustainability and Remediation, Pollutants Treatment and Recycling, Industrial/Civilian Safety Materials

Dr. Sandeep K. Vashist is the R&D Manager at Immunodiagnostics Systems. He worked as Bioanalytical Scientist for Bristol-Myers Squibb Ireland (2006−2009), Team Leader for point-of-care (POC) diabetic monitoring at NUS (2009−2012); Head of Immunodiagnostics at Hahn-Schickard, Germany (2012-2015); and, Chief Scientific Officer at Vallo Med Health Care GmbH, Germany (2015-16). His research outputs include manysuccessful technology transfers; several in vitro diagnostic and POC technologies; more than 100 high impact factor journal publications and ~100 conference publications;3 books; several patents;and, book chapters. He has constantly received highly prestigious fellowships and awards for scientific research excellence and innovation. He has been invited as the Editor formany reputed journals and acting as the expert/reviewer/advisor for many international funding agencies. He has been a Technology consultant to several companiesin the field of IVD and POC technologies. His research interests include IVD, POC technologies, bioanalytical sciences, mobile healthcare, and nanotechnology. Expertise keywords: IVD, POC technologies,bioanalytical sciences, mobile healthcare, and nanotechnology.

Magesh T. Rajan, Ph.D., P.E., MBA, is the Director of Plasma Engineering Research and anAssociate Professor of Engineering at the Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. His expertise includes laser plasmas, atmospheric and non-thermal plasmas, cold plasmas, biomedical engineering, surface chemistry, nanotechnology, laser shadowgraphy, interferometry, optical emission spectroscopy and biomedical applications of cold plasmas. Dr. Rajan has published 2 books and over 100 records of journal and conference proceedings.