
Abdelkrim Abourriche
Professor
National School of Applied Sciences
Morocco
Biography
Abdelkrim ABOURRICHE is a Professor in the Industrial Engineering Department and Director of the laboratory of Materials, Processes, Environment and Quality at National School of Applied Sciences in Safi, Morocco. Abourriche’s specialist areas are the development of original natural resources such as Moroccan oil shale. He also worked as Project Manager entitled: Solvent Extraction of organic matter of oil shale. Study and Promotion of the oils produced. This project is funded by Hassan II Academy of Science and Technology. In 2008 he took on the role of Head of the Industrial Engineering Department at National School of Applied Sciences Safi. He is the author of over 60 publications in international journals and conference proceedings refereed and a hundred oral presentations or by posters. He is the member of scientific and organizing committees of several national and international conferences.
Research Interest
Extraction of oil shale, Carbone fibres, microporous and mesoporous materials

Alain L. Fymat
Founding Chair, President/CEO and Professor
International Institute of Medicine & Science
USA
Biography
DR. ALAIN L. FYMAT, BA, BS, MA, MS, PhD, PhD is a medical-physical scientist and an educator. He is the current President/CEO and Institute Professor at the International Institute of Medicine & Science with a previous appointment as Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer and Professor at the Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, California, U.S.A. He was formerly Professor of Radiology, Radiological Sciences, Radiation Oncology, Critical Care Medicine and Physics at several U.S. and European Universities. Earlier, he was Deputy Director (Western Region) of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Office of Research Oversight). At the Loma Linda Veterans Affairs Medical Center, he was Scientific Director of Radiology, Director of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Center and, for a time, Acting Chair of Radiology. Previously, he was also Director of the Division of Biomedical and Biobehavioral Research at the University of California at Los Angeles/Drew University of Medicine and Science and an Advisor to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, for postdoctoral programs tenable at the California Institute of Technology. He is Health Advisor to the American Heart & Stroke Association, Coachella Valley Division, California. He is a frequent Keynote Speaker and International Organizing Committee Member of several international scientific conferences. He has lectured extensively in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Africa. He has published ~ 425 scholarly scientific publications and books. He is also Editor-in-Chief, Honorable Editor or Editor of 72 medical/scientific Journals to which he contributes regularly. Dr. Fymat is a Board member of several institutions, a professional member of the New York Academy of Sciences and the European Academy of Sciences, and a reviewer for the prestigious UNESCO Newton Prize, United Kingdom National Commission for UNESCO. His current research interests are focused on neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer, Parkinson, epilepsy, dementias and others), oncology, molecular/precision/personalized medicine, and nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology.
Research Interest
DR. FYMAT's current research interests lie at the interface between medicine and science, particularly neurodegenerative disorders (Alzheimer, Parkinson, epilepsy, dementias and others), human genetics/ epigenetics/ ecogenetics, molecular/ personal/ precision medicine, and nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology. He has extensively published (~ 425 scholarly publications (including patents, books & monographs, book chapters, refereed articles). He has received numerous research grants from government, academia and private industry, and has consulted extensively with these entities. He has lectured extensively in several national and international academic, professional, governmental and industrial venues. He is the Editor-in-Chief, Honorable Editor or Editor of 62 medical/scientific Journals to which he contributes regularly. He is a professional member of the New York Academy of Sciences, an advisor to the American Heart/Stroke Association (Coachella Valley Division) and a reviewer for the prestigious UNESCO Newton Prize, United Kingdom National Commission for UNESCO.

Istavan Toth
Professor
Chair in Biological Chemistry University of Queensland
Australia
Biography
Prof. Wei is best known for his ground-breaking work on theory of complicated liquids. He along with Prof. Gren Patey have found that strongly interacting dipolar spheres can form a ferroelectric nematic phase. This was the first demonstration that dipolar forces alone can create an orientationally ordered liquid state. It is also the first time that the existence of a ferroelectric nematic phase has been established for a model liquid. This discovery solved a long standing problem in theoretical physics, and created a new direction in search for new liquid crystal materials (Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 2043, 1992), cited about 180 times). In recent years, Prof. Wei developed tools of molecular simulation and applied them to study biological systems with relevance to computed aided drug design and structural biology.
Research Interest
Quantum & statistical mechanical theory and computer simulation of molecular clusters, liquids, liquid crystals, solid/liquid interfaces, energetic materials and biologically interesting systems.