Full Schedule

Chair: Mariah L. Arral, PhD (she/her/hers) – Tufts University

Invited Speaker: Rui Ivo

Invited Speaker: Mandip S. Sachdeva, Ph.D – FAMU

Invited Speaker: Christine Mayer, PhD (she/her/hers) – Wiley-VCH

Invited Speaker: Filipe Almeida, PhD – Nature Biomedical Engineering

Speaker: Irene Bechis, PhD (she/her/hers) – Schrödinger

Speaker: Pawel Balcerzak (he/him/his) – Lubrizol

Speaker: Elena Draganoiu, PhD – Lubrizol

Speaker: Brigitte Lamers, PhD (she/her/hers) – Corbion

Speaker: Christine Allen, PhD – Intrepid Labs | University of Toronto

Speaker: Joana Cristovao, PhD – Hovione

Speaker: Inês Matos, PhD (she/her/hers) – Hovione FarmaCiencia

Invited Speaker: Daniel Reker, DrSc (he/him/his) – Duke University

Invited Speaker: Mark Prausnitz, PhD – Georgia Institute of Technology

Award Winner: Wenguang Wang, PhD (he/him/his) – China Pharmaceutical University

Invited Speaker: João Mano, Ph.D. – University of Aveiro

Invited Speaker: Helen Cho, PhD – Samyang Biopharm Corp.

Local Chapter Speaker: Georgios A. Sotiriou, GeorgiosSotiriou – SciLifeLab, Stockholm University

Oral Abstract Speaker: Rita C. Acurcio, PhD – iMed.ULisboa, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon

Oral Abstract Speaker: Pau Castells, MSc (he/him/his) – Institut Químic de Sarrià

Oral Abstract Speaker: li Liang, PhD (he/him/his) – Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica

Oral Abstract Speaker: Jader Pires, PhD (he/him/his) – Federal University of Goiás

Oral Abstract Speaker: Julian Knoll, Pharmacist, PhD Student (he/him/his) – KU Leuven

Oral Abstract Speaker: Roman A. Barmin, MSc (he/him/his) – RWTH Aachen University Hospital

Invited Speaker: Matthias Barz, PhD (he/him/his) – Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research

Invited Speaker: Vladimir Kharitonov, Ph.D. – ReCode Therapeutics

Oral Abstract Speaker: Shraddha Sharma, Ph.D (she/her/hers) – Sanofi

Oral Abstract Speaker: Thomas Bobak, MSc – Novo Nordisk A/S

Oral Abstract Speaker: Flávia A. França (she/her/hers) – Federal University of Minas Gerais

Oral Abstract Speaker: SOUMYA S. DEY – University of Nebraska Medical Center

Oral Abstract Speaker: Niren Murthy, PhD – University of California at Berkeley

Oral Abstract Speaker: Muhammad Muzamil Khan, PhD (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia

Oral Abstract Speaker: Seong Gi Lim, MS (she/her/hers) – The Catholic University of Korea

Invited Speaker: Bozena B. Michniak-Kohn, PhD, D.Sc. (Hon.), FAAPS, FRSC, M.R.Pharm.S. (she/her/hers) – Rutgers the State University of New Jersey

Invited Speaker: Frank Theobald, Ph.D. – LTS Lohmann Therapie - Systeme AG

Oral Abstract Speaker: Ovidio Catanzano, PhD (he/him/his) – Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials (IPCB-CNR)

Oral Abstract Speaker: Yuqi Zhang, PhD (she/her/hers) – Zhejiang University

Oral Abstract Speaker: Anujan Ramesh, PhD (he/him/his) – University of the Pacific

Oral Abstract Speaker: Abraham M. M. Abraham, PhD – Queen's University Belfast

Oral Abstract Speaker: Jose M. Lagaron, n/a (he/him/his) – CSIC and Bionanopharma

Oral Abstract Speaker: Prateek Ranjan Yadav, PhD (he/him/his) – University College Dublin

Oral Abstract Speaker: Sharayu Naik, PhD candidate (she/her/hers) – BITS-Pilani Hyderabad campus

Invited Speaker: Willem Mulder

Invited Speaker: Silvia Scaglione, Ph.D.

Local Chapter Speaker: Roberta Censi (she/her/hers) – University of Camerino (IT)

Oral Abstract Speaker: Randy J. Mrsny, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Bath

Oral Abstract Speaker: Teresa Silvestri, PhD – University of Naples Federico II

Oral Abstract Speaker: ALVARO MORENO LOZANO (he/him/his) – Rice Univeristy

Oral Abstract Speaker: Zachary SCS Froom (he/him/his) – Dalhousie University

Oral Abstract Speaker: Catarina Leite Pereira, N/A, n/a – i3S/University of Porto

Oral Abstract Speaker: Ruoyu Cheng, n/a – University of Helsinki

Invited Speaker: Ben Maoz, Ph.D. – Tel Aviv University

Invited Speaker: Lorna Ewart, Ph.D. – Emulate, Inc.

Oral Abstract Speaker: Alina V. Sesarman, PhD (she/her/hers) – Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca

Oral Abstract Speaker: Laura Bracaglia, PhD – Villanova University

Oral Abstract Speaker: Yishu Liu – University of Galway

Oral Abstract Speaker: Dinh Son Vo, MSc (he/him/his) – Uppsala University

Oral Abstract Speaker: Maurizio Aiello – React4life S.p.A.

Oral Abstract Speaker: Regina Dare, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of São Paulo

Plenary Speaker: Chunying Chen, PhD – National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China

Chair: Melitini Koutsoviti, n/a – Novo Nordisk A/S

Speaker: Robert C.H Gresham, PhD. (he/him/his) – Gilead Sciences

Speaker: Preethi Raghavan, PhD (she/her/hers) – Gilead Sciences

Speaker: Brie Falkard, PhD – Gilead Sciences

Speaker: Shikhar Mohan

Oral Abstract Speaker: Xiaohui Ju – Mendel University in Brno

Invited Speaker: Aliasger K. Salem, PhD – University of Iowa

Invited Speaker: Joost Kreijtz, Ph.D. – Trained Therapeutix Discovery

Oral Abstract Speaker: Ahmed Gamal Hemdan Ahmed, n/a – Radboud University Medical Center - Radboud University- Nijmegen

Oral Abstract Speaker: Koen Van der Maaden, PhD, MSc, BSc (he/him/his) – Leiden University Medical Center

Oral Abstract Speaker: Fotios Mpekris, PhD (he/him/his) – The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics

Oral Abstract Speaker: Diana Velluto, MS, PharmD, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Miami

Oral Abstract Speaker: Wei Tang, PhD (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore

Oral Abstract Speaker: Elisa Battistini (she/her/hers) – University of Santiago de Compostela

Oral Abstract Speaker: Senna Roelofs, MSc – Eindhoven University of Technology

Invited Speaker: Manuel Arruebo, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Zaragoza

Invited Speaker: Marcel de Matas, PhD (he/him/his) – Seda Pharma Development Services

Oral Abstract Speaker: Thomas L. Moore, PhD – University of Naples Federico II

Oral Abstract Speaker: Koki Ogawa, Ph.D Pharmacist – Nagoya-city University

Oral Abstract Speaker: Anna-Maria Makri-Pistikou – Nanoworx B.V.

Oral Abstract Speaker: Cristina Casadidio (she/her/hers) – University of Camerino

Oral Abstract Speaker: Alvja Mali – wageningen university and research

Oral Abstract Speaker: Sanjeev Ranjan, PhD (he/him/his) – Aalto University, Finland

Chair: Matthew G. Holt, PhD (he/him/his) – Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S) | Universidade do Porto

Co-Chair: Lino Ferreira

Invited Speaker: Matthew Campbell, Ph.D. – Trinity College Dublin

Invited Speaker: Irina S. Moreira, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Coimbra

Local Chapter Speaker: Claudia Martins, PhD (she/her/hers) – i3S - University of Porto

Local Chapter Speaker: Chiara Bastiancich, Dr. – Institute of Neurophysiopathology - CNRS, Aix-Marseille University

Oral Abstract Speaker: Jingjing Gao, jgao@umass.edu – University of Massachusetts Amherst

Oral Abstract Speaker: Habib Baghirov, MD, PhD – Åbo Akademi University

Oral Abstract Speaker: Ramy Ghanim (he/him/his) – Georgia Institute of Technology

Oral Abstract Speaker: Eden N. Gordon, BS (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia

Oral Abstract Speaker: GIOVANNI MARCO SALADINO, gmsaladino – STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Invited Speaker: Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo, n/a (she/her/hers) – Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Oral Abstract Speaker: Silvia L. Fialho, PhD (she/her/hers) – Ezequiel Dias Foundation

Oral Abstract Speaker: Ilva Dana Rupenthal, PhD (she/her/hers) – The University of Auckland

Oral Abstract Speaker: Ghanashyam Acharya, n/a – Baylor College of Medicine

Oral Abstract Speaker: Katelyn E. Swindle-Reilly, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

Oral Abstract Speaker: Léa Guerassimoff, PhD – Ghent University

Oral Abstract Speaker: Shirin Tavakoli, Pharm.D, PhD – 1. Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland 2. School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Oral Abstract Speaker: RUI XUE ZHANG, PhD (she/her/hers) – Macau University of Sciences and Technology

Invited Speaker: Defang Ouyang, PhD – University of Macau

Invited Speaker: Laura Müller, PhD (she/her/hers) – AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG

Oral Abstract Speaker: Ashok Renuka Unni, BVSc & AH, MVSc, MBA, PhD (he/him/his) – Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center

Oral Abstract Speaker: Shakhawath Hossain, PhD – Uppsala University

Oral Abstract Speaker: Nerea Manzano – Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe

Oral Abstract Speaker: Conor M. Gomes, Ph.D. – Pion Inc.

Oral Abstract Speaker: Jiayin Deng – University of Macau

Local Chapter Speaker: Meltem Ezgi Durgun, PhD (she/her/hers) – Istanbul Health and Technology University

Invited Speaker: Twan Lammers, PhD, DSc – RWTH Aachen University Clinic

Invited Speaker: Juan Pellico, PhD (he/him/his) – Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC)

Oral Abstract Speaker: Sudath Hapuarachchige, PhD – The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Oral Abstract Speaker: Melissa Rooney (she/her/hers) – DigiM Solution, LLC

Oral Abstract Speaker: Quim Peña, PhD (he/him/his) – RWTH Aachen University Hospital

Oral Abstract Speaker: Klarinda de Zwaan, MSc – Eindhoven Technical University

Oral Abstract Speaker: Martta H. Peltoniemi, M.Sc. – University of Helsinki

Oral Abstract Speaker: Alessia Centanni, MSc – University of Helsinki

Oral Abstract Speaker: Sang Min Lee, Master's degree – Seoul National University

Chair: Ana Beloqui, PhD (she/her/hers) – Université catholique de Louvain

Moderator: Stephanie Barrett, PhD (she/her/hers) – Merck & Co., Inc.

Moderator: Seth P. Forster, PhD (he/him/his) – Merck & Co., Inc.

Speaker: Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, PhD (he/him/his) – Asahi Kasei Corporation

Speaker: Tanja Krainz, Dr – NovoArc GmbH

Speaker: Albert Grau Carbonell, PhD – Marama Labs

Speaker: Michael M. Sekar, PhD (he/him/his) – Jenetech Informatics LLC

Speaker: Jannik Jungmann, M.Sc. (he/him/his) – PHABIOC GmbH

Speaker: Anna-Maria Makri-Pistikou – Nanoworx B.V.

Speaker: Erik Agner (he/him/his) – Polypure AS

Speaker: Ben Peacock, PhD (he/him/his) – Sparta Biodiscovery

Speaker: Daniel Treffer, PhD (¯\_(ツ)_/¯) – MeltPrep

Speaker: Christian Schneider (he/him/his) – Celanese

Speaker: Darren Andrews, PhD – NanoFormiX

Chair: Amy Logan, PhD (she/her/hers) – Children's Cancer Institute