Stellios Arseniyadis

Dr Arseniyadis obtained his PhD from the University of Strasbourg under the guidance of Dr Charles Mioskowski. After various postdoctoral stints in industry (Rhodia Chirex, Boston, USA, in collaboration with Prof. Stephen L. Buchwald, MIT) and in academia with Prof. Alan C. Spivey (Imperial College London, UK) and Prof. K. C. Nicolaou (The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA), I started my academic career in France as a permanent CNRS researcher before getting promoted to the rank of CNRS Director in 2015. The same year, I moved to Queen Mary University of London where my group continues to be interested in the development of new synthetic methods, with a special emphasis given to asymmetric catalysis and natural product synthesis.

Jean-Luc Ayitou

Jean-Luc Ayitou is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois Chicago. He earned his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from North Dakota State University. In 2013, he continued his research training as a Merck Laboratories and University of California President Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA under the mentorship of Professor Garcia-Garibay. While at UCLA, Dr. Ayitou worked on mechanistic solid-state photochemistry and time-resolved spectroscopy to elucidate reactive intermediates. Currently, Dr. Ayitou and his students are exploring novel organic triplet and doublet chromophores, as well as organic polymeric materials for photo-therapy, solar energy conversion, photocatalysis, and battery applications. Dr. Ayitou has been recognized for his work, receiving the NSF Early CAREER Award in 2018, the 2021 NOBCChE Young Scientist Award, and a recent NSF grant to explore the interplay between molecular aromaticity and triplet photochemistry.

Patrícia Maria Berardo Gonçalves Maia Campos

Prof. Campos is a pharmacist and holds a Master's degree and a Doctorate in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of São Paulo. Currently, she is a Full Professor at the University of São Paulo. She has a Pharmacy background with over 30 years of experience in the research and development of dermocosmetics products: innovation in formulations and evaluation methods. She coordinates the Centre for Advanced Studies in Cosmetic Technology (NEATEC) and has extensive experience in the development and clinical efficacy studies of dermocosmetics by biophysical and image analysis techniques, such as the Reflectance Confocal Microscopy, an advanced imaging technique, which allows the diagnosis of diseases, the evaluation of morphological characteristics of the skin and the efficacy of products in a non-invasive way.

Till Bousquet

Dr. Bousquet obtained his Ph.D. in 2006 from the University of Le Havre Normandie working in the URCOM laboratory under the guidance of Prof. Dalla and Prof. Decroix. After various postdoctoral internships at the University of South Florida (USA) and the University of Lille. In 2009, he obtained a position as a lecturer in Lille working at the Catalysis and Solid State Chemistry laboratory. His research activities are particularly oriented towards the development of organocatalyzed and photocatalyzed organic transformations. The methodological tools he has developed are mainly used for the valorization of biomass products and/or the synthesis of natural products.

Mohamed Mahmoud El-Shazly

Prof. El-Shazly graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy at Ain-Shams University in Cairo (Egypt) in 2000. He pursued his postgraduate studies as a teaching and research assistant at the Department of Pharmacognosy at the same institute. After obtaining his postgraduate diploma, he travelled to Germany (Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen, Germany) to pursue his master's and Ph.D. studies. In 2006, he received his master’s degree in nanomolecular science, and his Ph.D. in 2009 focusing on the synthesis of pharmaceutical intermediates and natural products. He went back to Egypt to join his home institute as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain-Shams University. In 2011, he received an offer to work at the Graduate Institute of Natural Products, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan where he spent 2.5 years working in different fields including natural product isolation, structural elucidation, and determination of their biological activity. In 2015, he was promoted to associate professor at the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain-Shams University. In 2017, he joined the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, at the German University in Cairo as the Head of the Pharmaceutical Biology Department. In March 2021, he was promoted to full professor in pharmacognosy and natural products chemistry. In 2022, he returned to his home institute and currently working as a Professor at the Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.  

Céline Kaddoum

Dr Kaddoum has an engineering degree from ESCOM (Ecole Superieure de Chimie Organique et Minerale) in Compiègne. After her degree, she carried out a PhD at Le Havre University on “The synthesis and characterization of hydrophobically modified Xanthan for applications in formulation as an emulsion stabilizer.” She has been working as a scientist for Dsm-Firmenich for 5 years to develop new product formulations containing vitamins and carotenoids.

 Joanna Marto

Dr Marto obtained her BSc/MSc from the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon (FFUL) in 2010 and started her professional activity in a Portuguese pharmaceutical company. To further develop her career, she started PhD research work in 2012 and obtained a doctoral degree in Pharmacy from the University of Lisbon, in March 2016. Since the beginning of her career, she has focused on the development of medicines and cosmetics for topical application, including cutaneous and ophthalmic administration, and the development of new drug delivery systems (micro, nano and 3D carriers) using a Quality by Design (QbD) approach.

  Adamantini Paraskevopoulou

Prof. Paraskevopoulou received her PhD in “Food Chemistry” from the Department of Chemistry at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) where she is now a Professor specializing in Food Chemistry and Technology. Ηer research focuses on food biopolymers and their techno-functional properties, exploration of new resources, aroma determination, and innovative product development. Prof. Paraskevopoulou has actively contributed to various research projects, authored over 80 scientific publications, and holds a patent for "Instant dressing powder base." She has supervised numerous theses at various academic levels and actively participates in educational activities. She serves as an Editorial Board member for "Future Foods" and "Foods" scientific journals.

Géraldine Savary

Géraldine SAVARY is a researcher at the URCOM laboratory at the University of Le Havre Normandie. For more than 15 years, she has been developing olfactory sensory analysis, particularly in the field of aromas and fragrances. She has led several theses and research projects to better understand the link between odour perception and chemical properties. As a trainer in the Field of Smells and the Language of Noses, she has trained hundreds of people in these methodologies to objectively characterize our olfactory sensations.

Alina Sionkowska

Prof. Alina Sionkowska obtained her Master's Degree in 1987 in Chemistry at Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) in Torun (Poland) followed by a Ph.D. in polymer chemistry in 1997. Since 2008, she has been appointed as a Professor at the Faculty of Chemistry at NCU and is currently Head of the Department of Biomaterials and Cosmetics Chemistry Faculty in Torun. Her ongoing research interests are in polymeric biomaterials, biopolymer/ceramic composites, scaffolds for medical applications, cosmetic raw materials,  controlled release of drug and cosmetic ingredients from polymeric matrices, surface modification of polymers, biopolymers and their blends.