Invited Speakers — Polymer Conference

Dr Vivek Trivedi, University of Kent, UK

“Polymer processing in CO2 and its application in improving drug solubility”
Prof. Galiya Irmukhametova, al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan

“Synthesis and Antimicrobial Evaluation of Functionalised Organosilica Nanoparticles and Chitosan Conjugates“
Prof. Steve Rannard, University of Liverpool, UK

"Homopolymerising multi-vinyl monomers: Transfer-dominated Branching Radical Telomerisation as a new synthesis strategy for soluble branched polymers with step-growth backbones."
Dr. Petr Chytil, The Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Republic

“Advanced glycopolymers as potent inhibitors of galectins“
Prof. Matthew I. Gibson, University of Manchester, UK

“Chemical CryoBiology: Discovering Materials To Interface with Ice and Protect Biologics”
Dr. Ina Vollmer, Utrecht University, Netherlands

“Mechano-catalytic recycling of polyolefins and polyesters – two different challenges”
Prof. Charles E. Diesendruck, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

“Breaking Covalent Bonds with Mechanical Force“
Prof. Guillaume De Bo, University of Manchester, UK

“Tie, pull, release: forcing polymers into (re)action“
Prof. Kerstin Blank, Johannes Kepler University, Austria

“Protein Motifs as Tunable Mechanical Elements in Natural and Bioinspired Materials”
Prof. Brijitta Joseph Boniface, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, India

“Electric Field-Driven Assembly and Structure of Ionic Microgels Under Crowded Conditions“
Dr. Cornelus van Nostrum, Utrecht University, Netherlands

“Dithiolane-crosslinked polymer micelles: reduction responsive drug release.”
Dr. Horacio Cabral, the University of Tokyo, Japan

“In Vivo Programming of Cancer Immunity with Polymeric Nanomedicine“
Dr. Jian Wang, DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Germany

“Mechanical activation in responsive polymer systems”
Dr Daniel Gromadzki, Department of Polymer and Biomaterials Science West Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland

“Block Copolymers, Graft Copolymers and Molecular Brushes: From Fundamental Polymer Science to Functional Nanostructured Materials“
Valentina Jauković, University of Belgrade, Serbia

“From clay minerals to advanced drug nanocarriers: modified halloysite nanotubes for sustained drug release”
Dr. Gyarmati Benjámin Sándor, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

“The development of mucosa-mimetic poly(vinyl alcohol)-based hydrogels to study adhesion and the role of polymer structure in adhesive performance”
Dr. Bas van Ravensteijn, Utrecht University, Netherlands

“Tuning the length of filomicelles prepared via templated polymerization-induced self-assembly”
Prof. Fouad Damiri, University of Hassan II Casablanca, Morocco

“New Formulations of Polysaccharide-Based Hydrogels for Controlled Drug Release and Tissue Engineering Applications”
Dr. Shiva Vanukuru, University of Hertfordshire, UK

“Unleashing the Potential of Nasal Drug Delivery”
Dr. Jessica Clough, Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

“The Molecular Choreography of Polymers under Mechanical Stress“
Dr. Sivanjineyulu Veluri, Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland.

“Mechanical Enhancement of Isotactic Polypropylene Nanocomposites via High-Pressure γ-Form Crystallization“