8th World Congress on Recent
Advances in Nanotechnology (RAN 2023)

March 23, 2023 - March 25, 2023 | Lisbon, Portugal

Our program schedule is based on Western European Standard Time (Lisbon Time)

The RAN 2023 Congress is composed
of 2 conferences

ICNNFC
NDDTE

Our program schedule is based on Western European Standard Time (Lisbon Time)
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10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Registrations


RAN 2023 Scientific Committee Chairs:


Wolfgang Ensinger
Dr. Wolfgang Ensinger

Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
Congress Chair

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Dr. Josef Jampilek
Dr. Josef Jampilek

Comenius University, Slovakia
Congress Co-Chair

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Local Co-Chairs:


Dr. João Manuel Cunha Rodrigues
Dr. João Manuel Cunha Rodrigues

University of Madeira, Portugal
Congress Local Co-Chair

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Dr. Manuel Bañobre-López
Dr. Manuel Bañobre-López

International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
Congress Local Co-Chair

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Dr. Sofia Lima
Dr. Sofia Lima

University of Porto, Portugal
Congress Local Co-Chair

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Our program schedule is based on Western European Standard Time (Lisbon Time)

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Registrations

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Official Opening
Dr. Wolfgang Ensinger, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

9:15 AM - 10:10 AM

ICNNFC'23 Plenary Lecture
Graphene Origami Enabled Mechanical Metamaterials
Dr. Jie Yang, RMIT University, Australia

10:10 AM - 10:55 AM

NDDTE'23 Keynote Lecture
Multifunctional Nanomedicine Platforms for Imaging and Treatment of Cancer and Other Diseases
Dr. Oleh Taratula, Aix Marseille Université, France

10:55 AM - 11:15 AM

Coffee Break

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Session
Nanomedicine

12:00 PM - 12:55 PM

NDDTE'23 Pleanry Lecture
Designing Next Generation Drug Delivery Systems for the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections
Dr. Emmanuel A. Ho, University of Waterloo, Canada

12:55 PM - 01:00 PM

Group Photo

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Lunch Break

02:00 PM - 03:15 PM

Session
Nanotechnology and Drug Delivery

03:15 PM - 04:50 PM

Session
Virtual Session

ICNNFC'23 Plenary Lecture

March 24| 9:15 AM - 10:10 AM | Session Chair: Dr. Wolfgang Ensinger, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany


Dr. Jie Yang

Graphene Origami Enabled Mechanical Metamaterials
Dr. Jie Yang, RMIT University, Australia


Dr. Yang is a full professor in the School of Engineering, RMIT University, Australia. He obtained PhD degree in solid mechanics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, in 2002 and was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Queensland, Australia before moving to City University of Hong Kong as a Research Fellow in late 2004 then a Lecturer in 2005. He joined RMIT University, Australia in late 2007 as a Lecturer where he was promoted to Professor in 2016. His main research interests include advanced composite structures, graphene enabled mechanical metamaterials, Nanomaterials Synthesis Characterization, advanced composite structures, structural stability and dynamics, smart structures and control, and nano/micro-mechanics. He is an author of over 350 papers including 260 journal papers which have so far attracted over 18300 Google Scholar citations with h-index 78. He is the Highly Cited Researcher (Cross Field) in 2019, 2020, 2021 by Clarivate Analytics and is named by Australian Research Magazine as Global Field Leader in Mechanical Engineering in 2020, Australia’s Research Field Leader in Mechanical Engineering in 2019, 2020, 2021, and Australia’s Research Field Leader in Structural Engineering in 2021. Prof Yang is the Editor-in-Chief of Engineering Structures (JCR Q1), Associate Editor of Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, and the editorial board member of Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, Thin-Walled Structures, International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, Scientific Reports, Materials, and Shock and Vibration, etc.


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NDDTE'23 Keynote Lecture

March 24| 10:10 AM - 10:55 AM | Session Chair: Dr. Wolfgang Ensinger, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany


Dr. Oleh Taratula

Multifunctional Nanomedicine Platforms for Imaging and Treatment of Cancer and Other Diseases
Dr. Oleh Taratula, Oregon State University, USA


Oleh Taratula received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in 2008. After that, he completed his postdoctoral research with Professor Tamara Minko at Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy in 2011. Oleh Taratula is currently a Professor of Pharmaceutics in the College of Pharmacy at Oregon State University (OSU) and a co-director of the Center for Innovative Drug Delivery and Imaging. He is also an Affiliate Research Member of the Knight Cancer Institute and Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University. The major focus of his research is the development of multifunctional nanoplatforms for imaging and specific eradication of cancer, endometriosis, and other diseases. His research accomplishments have been recognized with various awards, including the 2020 AAPS Best Abstract Award, and the 2016 Richard T. Jones New Investigator Award. OlehTaratula has obtained four patents and published 53 peer-reviewed papers in many high-impact journals (ACS Nano – Impact Factor 18.0, Small – 15.1, and others). His papers have been cited more than 5,000 times (h-index: 32) and one patent has been licensed to a company. Since joining OSU in 2011, Oleh Taratula has raised over $9 million in funding and currently holds three NIH grants (two R01, and R37).


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Session

March 24| 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | Session Chair: Dr. Monika Szefczyk, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland


Nanomedicine


NDDTE 106
Time: 11:15 - 11:30
Presenter: Evelina Voronovic, Biomedical Physics Laboratory of National Cancer Institute, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Authors: Evelina Voronovic, Simona Steponkiene, Greta Jarockyte, Dominyka Dapkute, Vitalijus Karabanovas, Ricardas Rotomskis

NDDTE 119
Time: 11:30 - 11:45
Presenter: Nhu Truong, University of Maryland, USA
Authors: Nhu Truong, Shruti Dharmaraj, Andrea Cottingham, Jacob Shaw, Jackline Joy Martin Lasola, Brianna Scotland, Ryan M. Pearson

ICNNFC 125
Time: 11:45 - 12:00
Presenter: Caroline E. Apolinário Botteon, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Authors: Caroline E. A. Botteon, Robson L. F. Amaral, Letícia B. Silva, Priscyla D. M. Gaspari


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NDDTE'23 Pleanry Lecture

March 24| 12:00 PM - 12:55 PM | Session Chair: Dr. Wolfgang Ensinger, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany


Dr. Emmanuel A. Ho

Designing Next Generation Drug Delivery Systems for the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections
Dr. Emmanuel A. Ho, University of Waterloo, Canada


Dr. Emmanuel Ho is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Waterloo and the theme lead for the Therapeutics & Theranostics section of the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology. His current research program is focused on the development and characterization of innovative nanomedicines, medical devices and biomaterials for imaging, treatment, and prevention of diseases including HIV/AIDS, cancer, and chronic wounds. Dr. Ho is the past President of the Canadian Chapter of the Controlled Release Society, the past Treasurer of the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences (CSPS) and is currently an Associate Editor for Drug Delivery and Translational Research and the Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences. He was awarded the 2021 Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Leadership in Pharmaceutical Sciences Award, 2015 Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada New Investigator Research Award and the 2014 GlaxoSmithKline / CSPS Early Career Award.


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Session

March 24| 02:00 PM - 03:15 PM | Session Chair: Dr. Chiara Gaetani, Elsevier, Italy


Nanotechnology and Drug Delivery


NDDTE 122
Time: 02:00 - 02:15
Presenter: Pablo Cea Callejo, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, BioAssays SL, Spain
Authors: Pablo Cea-Callejo , Sonia Arca-Lafuente, Laura Benítez Rico, Ricardo Madrid

NDDTE 129
Time: 02:15 - 02:30
Presenter: Daria Trushina, First Moscow State Medical University, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Authors: Daria Trushina, Tatiana Pallaeva, Alexander Mikheev, Roman Akasov, Tatiana Bukreeva

NDDTE 104
Time: 02:30 - 02:45
Presenter: Agata Kubisiak, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Authors: Agata Kubisiak, Agnieszka Dabrowska, Tomasz Kolodziej, Maksymilian Szczypior, Zenon Rajfur, Krzysztof Pyrc, Marta Targosz-Korecka

NDDTE 133
Time: 02:45 - 03:00
Presenter: Simone Galati, Politecnico di Torino, INRiM – Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica Italy
Authors: Simone Galati, Marta Vassallo, Alessandra Manzin, Adriano Troia

ICNNFC 109
Time: 03:00 - 03:15
Presenter: Monika Szefczyk, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
Authors: Monika Szefczyk, Juan Lizandra Pérez, Anna Szczepańska, Paulina Fortuna


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Session

March 24| 03:15 PM - 04:50 PM | Session Chair: Dr. Josef Jampilek, Comenius University, Slovakia


Virtual Session


ICNNFC 124
Time: 03:15 - 03:25
Presenter: Urte Cigane, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Authors: Urte Cigane, Arvydas Palevicius

ICNNFC 133
Time: 03:25 - 03:35
Presenter: Juliana Guimarães Ferreira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Authors: Juliana G. Ferreira, Vinavadini Ramnarain, Igor Taveira, Júlia de Castro, Rogerio Presciliano, Beatriz A. Vessalli, Dris Ihiawakrim, Ovidiu Ersen, Fernanda Abreu

ICNNFC 122
Time: 03:35 - 03:45
Presenter: Raffaella Signorini, University of Padova, Italy
Authors: Thomas Pretto, Marina Franca, Veronica Zani, Silvia Gross, Danilo Pedron, Roberto Pilot, Raffaella Signorini

ICNNFC 164
Time: 03:45 - 03:55
Presenter: Konstantinos Kotsis, UniversityCollege Dublin, Ireland
Authors: Konstantinos Kotsis

NDDTE 105
Time: 03:55 - 04:05
Presenter: Beyza Sümeyye Aydın, Bezmialem Vakif University, Turkey
Authors: Beyza Sumeyye Aydin, Ali Asram Sagiroglu, Fatemeh Bahadori

NDDTE 127
Time: 04:05 - 04:15
Presenter: Carla Sardo, University of Salerno, Italy
Authors: Carla Sardo, Carmela Tommasino, Tiziana Esposito, Giulia Auriemma, Rita Patrizia Aquino

NDDTE 126
Time: 04:15 - 04:25
Presenter: Tiziana Esposito, University of Salerno, Italy
Authors: Tiziana Esposito, Francesca Sansone, Teresa Mencherini, Francesco Del Prete, Anna Lucia Cannoniere and Rita P. Aquino

ICNNFC 130
Time: 04:25 - 04:30
Presenter: Justas Ciganas, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Authors: Justas Ciganas, Giedrius Janusas

NDDTE 123
Time: 04:30 - 04:40
Presenter: Giulia Auriemma, University of Salerno, Italy
Authors: G. Auriemma, C. Tommasino, C. Sardo, R.P. Aquino

ICNNFC 161
Time: 04:40 - 04:50
Presenter: Yara Gamaleldin ElGazar, Abu Dhabi University, UAE
Authors: Soumaya Grira, Yara Gamaleldin ElGazar, Hadil Abu Khalifeh, Mohammed Alkhkeder


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Our program schedule is based on Western European Standard Time (Lisbon Time)

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

ICNNFC'23 Keynote Lecture
Ionomers and Electrocatalysts for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Dr. Maria Luisa Di Vona, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

09:45 AM - 10:30 AM

Coffee Break & Posters Presentation
Coffee Break & Posters Presentation

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Session
Nanomaterials Synthesis Characterization

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

ICNNFC'23 Keynote Virtual Lecture
Nanocomposites of Clay for Food and Agriculture Applications
Dr. Saji George, McGill University, Canada

12:30 AM - 01:15 PM

Lunch Break

01:15 PM- 02:00 PM

Session
Nanobiotechnology

07:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Cruise Tour

Keynote Lecture

March 25 | 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | Session Chair: Dr. Josef Jampilek, Comenius University, Slovakia


Dr. Maria Luisa Di Vona

Ionomers and Electrocatalysts for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Dr. Maria Luisa Di Vona, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy


Professor in Chemistry at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. Responsible of the International Laboratory “Ionomer Materials for Energy” at the Department of Industrial Engineering. Principal investigator of several Research Projects and Educational Projects. Italian coordinator of the Master Erasmus Mundus “Chemical Nano-engineering”. Invited professor at Aix-Marseille University, France and Nat. Inst. Mater. Sci. NIMS, Japan. Principal organizer of many international symposia. Research Interests: Synthesis of organic-inorganic materials. Development of ionic polymeric conductors. 190 international publications.


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Session

March 25 | 09:45 AM - 10:30 AM | Session Chair: Dr. Daria Trushina, First Moscow State Medical University, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia & Dr. Simona Steponkiene, National Cancer Institute, Lithuania


Posters Session


NDDTE 120
Presenter: Dawid Lupa, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Authors: Dawid Lupa

NDDTE 103
Presenter: Leila Aparecida Chiavacci, São Paulo State University, Brazil
Authors: Camila Garcia da Silva, João Augusto Oshiro Junior, Thúlio Wliandon Lemos Barbosa, Leila Aparecida Chiavacci

NDDTE 117
Presenter: Eliska Hrda, Charles University, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Authors: Eliška Hrdá, Richard Laga, Ladislav Androvič

ICNNFC 159
Presenter: Zdenka Medříková, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic
Authors: Zdenka Medříková, Michaela Polášková, Viktorie Víchová, Josef Kašlík

ICNNFC 160
Presenter: Viktorie Víchová, Palacký University, Czech Republic
Authors: Viktorie Víchová, Josef Kašlík, Gabriela Macháčková

ICNNFC 149
Presenter: Hyo Sik Kim, Institute for Advanced Engineering, Republic of Korea
Authors: Hyo Sik Kim, Ji-Hyeon Kim, Suk-Hwan Kang

ICNNFC 150
Presenter: Hyo Sik Kim, Institute for Advanced Engineering, Republic of Korea
Authors: Hyo Sik Kim, Hyun-Ji Kim, Suk-Hwan Kang

NDDTE 130
Presenter: Iwona Pudełko, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Authors: Iwona Pudełko, Małgorzata Krok-Borkowicz, Karolina Schickle, Elżbieta Pamuła

NDDTE 131
Presenter: Karolina Knap, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Authors: Karolina Knap, Konrad Kwiecień, Weronika Patuszyńska, Daria Niewolik, Dorota Ochońska, Alicja Kazek-Kęsik, Katarzyna Jaszcz, Monika Brzychczy-Włoch, Elżbieta Pamuła

ICNNFC 110
Presenter: Ani Stoilova, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Bulgaria
Authors: Ani Stoilova, Iliyan Manoylov, Petya Ganova, Yordanka Trifonova

NDDTE 118
Presenter: Antara Sikder, Indian institute of technology Kharagpur, India
Authors: Antara Sikder, Saugat Mondal, Rabiya Rabiya, Pritha Biswas, Subham Pal, Ramkrishna Sen, N. D. Pradeep Singh

NDDTE 132
Presenter: Anna Moskwik, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Authors: Anna Moskwik, Katarzyna Reczyńska-Kolman, Elżbieta Pamuła

ICNNFC 111
Presenter: Woong-Ki Jang, Kangwon National University, South Korea
Authors: Woong Ki Jang, Yoo Su Kang, Young Ho Seo, Seok Min Kim, Shin Ill Kang, Byeong Hee Kim

ICNNFC 158
Presenter: Elmars Spalva, 3D Strong Ltd, Latvia
Authors: Elmars Spalva, Krisjanis Buks, Jana Andzane, Loreta Brauna, Donats Erts

ICNNFC 167
Presenter: Ludmila Žárská, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic
Authors: Ludmila Žárská, Elena Giusto, Darren Fergal Beirne, Arianna Rossi, Giada Bassi, Andrea Ruffini, Monica Montesi, Diego Montagner, Václav Ranc, Silvia Panseri


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Session

March 25 | 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM | Session Chair: Dr. Daria Trushina, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Russia


Nanomaterials Synthesis Characterization


ICNNFC 155
Time: 10:30 - 10:45
Presenter: Yiannis Deligiannakis, University of Ioannina, Greece
Authors: Areti Zindrou, Maria Solakidou, Yiannis Deligiannakis

ICNNFC 156
Time: 10:45 - 11:00
Presenter: Maria Louloudi, University of Ioannina, Greece
Authors: Christos Gatziouras, Konstantina Gravani, Maria Solakidou, Maria Louloudi

ICNNFC 129
Time: 11:00 - 11:15
Presenter: Sourav Saikia, Indian Institute of Science, India
Authors: Sourav Saikia, Jyoti Dutta, and Puspendu K. Das

ICNNFC 145
Time: 11:15 - 11:30
Presenter: Shean-Jen Chen, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Authors: Chun-Yu Lin, Shean-Jen Chen

ICNNFC 162
Time: 11:30 - 11:45
Presenter: Maribel Guzman, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Peru
Authors: Luis Ayala, Maribel Guzman, Betty C. Galarreta, Jose E. Herrera, Ya-Huei (Cathy) Chin, William Broomhead


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Keynote Lecture

March 25 | 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | Session Chair: Dr. Josef Jampilek, Comenius University, Slovakia


Dr. Saji George

Nanocomposites of Clay for Food and Agriculture Applications
Dr. Saji George, McGill University, Canada


Dr Saji George is an Associate Professor in the Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry at McGill University and Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Nanotechnology for Food and Agriculture. Previously, Dr George was spearheading Centre for Sustainable Nanotechnology at Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore from where he completed several research projects addressing the health risks of nanomaterials and environmental contaminants. His research is aimed at understanding the relationship between nanomaterial properties and their hazardous and beneficial biological outcomes with the ultimate goal of developing sustainable nanotechnology applications for current and future challenges in food safety and security. He has authored 74 peer reviewed articles, five patents and >45 invited talks. He has been serving as reviewer and editorial board member for many leading journals in the field of nanotechnology (nano-bio interactions). His excellences in teaching and research have been recognized by Ministry of Education, Singapore through the best mentor award and PS21 ExCEL Gold/Silver Awards in 2015 and 2016 and Canada Research Chair (Tier 2).


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Session

March 25 | 01:15 PM - 02:00 PM | Session Chair: Dr. Leila A Chiavacci Favorin, UNESP, Brazil


Nanobiotechnology


NDDTE 111
Time: 01:15 - 01:30
Presenter: Patrycja Gnacek, Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Authors: Patrycja Gnacek, Anna Barbasz, Ditta Ungor, Agnieszka Czyżowska, Edit Csapó, Julia Maciejewska-Prończuk, Paulina Żeliszewska, Magdalena Oćwieja

ICNNFC 144
Time: 01:30 - 01:45
Presenter: Avinash Prabhakar Ingle, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, India
Authors: Avinash Prabhakar Ingle, Mangesh Moharil, Shreshtha Saxena, Sanjay Sakhare, Rameshwar Ghorade

ICNNFC 157
Time: 01:45 - 02:00
Presenter: Yaw-Kuen Li, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Authors: Yaw-Kuen Li


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