Keynote

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prof. Dr. Nicolas Voelcker

Deputy Director of the Mawson Lake Institute,

University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

 

Diplom and Dr. rer. nat. in Chemistry, RWTH Aachen, Germany

BSc University of Saarland, Germany

 

The key research interest of Prof. Nicolas Voelcker lies in biomaterial, porous materials, surface engineering, biosensors, biointerfaces, high-throughput screening, tissue engineering and cell therapy. He actively involves in high impact journals publication and review. He has received fellowship from the German Research Foundation (GRF), the CSIRO, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and is a recipient of the Tall Poppy Science Award.

 

website: http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/staff/Homepage.asp?Name=nico.voelcker

 

Keynote Title: Recent progress in nanomedicine approaches based on nanostructured silicon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Professor Dr. Harith Ahmad

Distinguish Professor, Department of Physics, University Malaya, Malaysia

 

Ph.D., University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST), United Kingdom, 1983

MSc., University of Wales, United Kingdom, 1980

BSc., University of Malaya, Malaysia

Dip_Sc., University Technologi MARA, Malaysia

 

Professor Dr Harith's areas of expertise are Fibre Optics And Waveguides (Plannar Lightwave Circuit), Quantum Electronics And Lasers (Laser Technology) and Fibre Optics " Waveguides (Fibre Optic Technology). He publishes and reviews journals that recognized by the International Citation Index and has obtained 10 patents jointly with Telekom Malaysia. Prof Dr Harith Ahmad has been appointed as Distinguished Professor (Prof Ulung) for 2014 and received the Merdeka Award for 2010. He was awarded the title for his contributions in physics, particularly in the field of photonics, the science of creating, manipulating and transmitting light particles.

 

website: http://umexpert.um.edu.my/harith

 

Keynote Title: Recent advances in Q switching and mode locking in optical fiber lasers

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Ng Eng Poh

Senior Lecturer, School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

 

Ph.D, in Material Chemistry, Mulhouse, France, 2009

MSc., in chemistry, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 2006

BSc., in Industrial Chemistry, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 2004

 

The fields of research interest for Dr. Ng involve synthesis and characterization of porous materials, heterogeneous catalysis, colloidal nanocrystals, surface chemistry, chemistry of nanostructured materials and lubricant oil. He actively publishes research outcomes in high impact journals. His research has been awarded second prize in Breakthrough of the Year 2011 ( Journal Science = Impact Factor: 31.47) and Anugerah Akademik Negara 2012.

 

website: http://chem.usm.my/index.php/our-staff-nurul/academic/physical-nurul/111-dr-ng-eng-poh

 

Keynote Title: Nanometer-scaled zeolites as advanced materials in recent research