Speakers

Professor Liu LIWEI

Liu LIWEI, currently serves as a distinguished professor and doctoral supervisor at Shenzhen University. She has won Excellent Youth Science Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China, local leading talents in Shenzhen, and class C talent in Shenzhen “Peacock Project”. At present, she serves as a member of the standing committee and deputy secretary general of the biomedical photonic committee of China Society of Biomedical Engineering, a young member of the editorial committee of “China Optics”, and a member of the young Editorial Committee of “China Laser” magazine. She engages in research in the crossing field of biomedical photonics, and has published more than 80 SCI academic papers in recent five years. She has won 2 provincial science and technology awards as the first complete person, and presided over a number of projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Ministry of science and technology as the project leader.

Professor Anna ZAWADZKA

Doctor Anna ZAWADZKA was born in Kielce. She received an M.Sc. degree in Physics, specialization in Microelectronics from the Nicolaus Copernicus University (Toruń, Poland) in 1996 and obtained her PhD degree in Physical Sciences, specialization in Atomic and Molecular Physics in 2001. Her Ph.D. thesis concerned the multiphoton ionization process enhanced with two-electron excitation in calcium atoms. During her Ph.D. research, she joined the group of Physical Bases of Microelectronics at the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics at the University of Toruń. In 2003-2004 she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Radboud University in Nijmegen in the Netherlands. During this period, she worked in the Department of Molecular and Laser Physics in Professor D. Parker's group and dealt with velocity-map imaging phenomena. From the beginning of her scientific activity, her work focused on the subject of the interaction of strong electromagnetic radiation with matter. After returning from the Netherlands, she took up materials engineering with a special focus on thin films and their practical applications. Doctor ZAWADZKA obtained her habilitation in 2019 at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow POLAND in the field of technical sciences, specializing in materials engineering. The subject of the habilitation thesis was related to experimental methods of fabricating and testing the properties of thin films and thin-layer nanostructures. In 2020, she was employed as a Professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in the group of research and teaching staff. Currently, she is also the head of the laboratory and the team of Microelectronics and Laser Ablation at the Institute of Physics, and the laboratory and the team of Low-Dimensional Structures at the NCU Interdisciplinary Center for Modern Technologies. Doctor ZAWADZKA is a scientist specializing in materials engineering, in particular, the fabrication of thin films and nanostructures and the study of their properties in the processes of interaction with external radiation. She has extensive experience in the fabrication of multilayer structures for applications in micro-, optoelectronics and photovoltaics as well as diagnostics and investigations of NLO effects using short pulse lasers. Doctor ZAWADKA is also involved in research on nonlinear optical materials (NLO) and effects in nanophotonics, biophotonics and molecular photonics. She has carried out groundbreaking research into self-assembly within nanostructured thin films containing phthalocyanine and its derivatives. Her scientific publications concern both the technological aspects of thin film deposition processes and the study of their optical, electrical and structural properties. She has published over 100 articles in international scientific journals. She has more than 800 citations and her H-index is currently equal to 17. She was a guest editor of 4 special issues of the scientific journals related to materials engineering, properties and applications. She serves as a reviewer for more than 30 peer-reviewed journals. In addition, Dr. ZAWADZKA was a co-organizer, member of the scientific or advisory committee of many scientific conferences (AMPSECA, ICFPAM and ICTON), and still supports the organization of conferences for young scientists at her alma mater (Copernicus Doctoral Seminar) with over 300 participants per year. Recently, the prestigious US University of Stanford ranked the distinguished Doctor ZAWADZKA among the 2% of the best personalities of scientists who made the greatest impact on the scientific community in 2019 in their field. The Stanford classification was based on data from Scopus and the Web of Science.

Profesor Ali H. RESHAK

Prof. Dr. Eng. Ali H. RESHAK (H-index WoS=44 and 50 at google scholar, with more than 11500 citations) is a Full Professor at University of Basrah, Iraq, Full Professor at Czech Technical University –Prague- Czech Republic, and Full Professor and Principal Research Fellow at University Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia. Prof. Reshak is the winner of the Abdul Hameed Shoman Award. He is a Durham University senior fellow (UK) and Malaya University Principal Research fellow (Malaysia). Recently Prof. Dr. Eng. Ali H. Reshak had been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering from the University of Malaysia Perlis for his achievements in Sciences and Technology. He is well recognized in the field of nanotechnology, Catalysis, Photocatalysis, solar cells, renewable energy, energy efficiency in built environment, green energy and environment, electronic structure, linear, nonlinear optical properties and the other properties, rechargeable batteries, hybrid materials, alloys, biological crystals, Ionic liquid, single crystals, quantum electronics, optoelectronic materials and the devices based on them, bulk and low dimensional nanoscale materials such as nanotubes, nanowires, nonomaterials, Graphene, Graphane, Graphite and thin-films, novel multi-functional materials which can produce visible, ultraviolet and infra-red laser radiation at wavelengths that are presently inaccessible via conventional sources for many industrial, medical, biological and entertainment applications, laser design and laser applications, microscopy and spectroscopy. Prof. Reshak, expert in laser design he designed and constructed several laser systems for medical care for example; laser system for psoriasis, human skin treatment, tuberculosis treatment (TB) treatment, removing wrinkles ... etc. Also expert in material engineering, biophysics, nanotechnology ... etc. Prof. Reshak has published more than 600 scientific articles, seven books, five chapters in boos, five software, three international patents. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, American Optical Society and the European Laser Society.

Professor Bouchta SAHRAOUI

Professor Bouchta SAHRAOUI was born in Morocco. He received a M.Sc. degree in Physics with from the Nicolaus Copernicus University (Torun, Poland) in 1992 and obtained his PhD degree in Physics in 1996 from the University of Angers (France) and from the Nicolaus Copernicus University with distinction in Poland (in 1998) the highest distinction in France and Poland. His PhD thesis concerned the third order nonlinear optical properties of new TTF derivatives. Professor SAHRAOUI joined the Laboratory of Optical Properties of Materials and their Applications (POMA) at the University of Angers in 1996. Professor SAHRAOUI obtained his habilitation diploma in 2001 from Angers University and since 2003 has held the position of Professor of Physics. Since January 2010 Professor Bouchta SAHRAOUI became a member of the Institute of Sciences and Molecular Technologies of Angers (MOLTECH Anjou, UMR CNRS 6200). Professor SAHRAOUI was promoted to Professor CEx (highest recognition in France) as distinguished Professor in September 2011. Professor SAHRAOUI is co-chair since January 2014 of the associated international laboratory LIA-NAPOLI («Nano photo-switching of organic materials with lights») bringing together the University of Angers and the Wrocław polytechnic of Science and Technology (Poland). Professor SAHRAOUI is a physicist specializing in nonlinear optical (NLO) materials and effects, nanophotonics, biophotonics, molecular photonic, as well as the electrical properties of molecular materials. He has extensive experience in diagnostics and investigations of NLO effects using short pulse lasers. Prof. SAHRAOUI conducted cutting-edge research into advanced materials such as new highly conjugated compounds (organic and inorganic) including biomolecules for photonics and energy applications. His publications address nonlinear electro optic effects, second and third order susceptibilities and molecular hyperpolarisabilities of organic and inorganic compounds (solution, bulk and thin films) using nonlinear-optical techniques (real-time holography, phase conjugation), nonlinear optical effects including optical limiting properties in organic polymers (dye-doped polymers, molecules) and nanostructured and multifunctional compounds (organic/inorganic and nanocomposites). His contribution to the dynamic formation of photoinduced structuration and nanostructuration was foregrounded by the journal Nature Photonics as a research highlight (Vol. 2, 2008). Moreover Professor SAHRAOUI organized more than 25 prestigious conferences as a chair or co-chair, for example AMPSECA 2017, ICNP 2018 and ICFPAM 2019, as well as two conferences with more than 500 participants (ICFPAM 2015, ICTON 2019) and the participation of prestigious and brilliant scientists including Nobel Price laureates. Prof. SAHRAOUI has published more than 400 peer-reviewed journal articles, he has more than 6900 citations (according to ISI Web of science) and his Hirsch-index is currently 51 (cf. Web of Science). Professor SAHRAOUI is member of the editorial boards of five indexed and prestigious journals. He is a guest editor of 12 special issues on energy and photonics applications. He has presented more than 50 invited and plenary lectures. Professor SAHRAOUI serves as a reviewer for more than 40 peer-reviewed journals. He has conducted or is involved in 7 European collaborative projects, 2 international grants fostering collaborations with Morocco, USA, Japan, Poland, Germany, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Lithuania, Czech, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Tunisia, Turkey and Malaysia. He managed 3 national grants and coordinated 6 bilateral research contracts. He has supervised 35 MSc students, 21 PhD candidates and 14 postdoctoral researchers. The French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation awarded Professor SAHRAOUI five times its price for excellent research. Recently the prestigious US University of Stanford ranked the distinguished Professor SAHRAOUI among the top 2% of the most cited scientists internationally and among the top 2% of scientist’s personalities who had the greatest impact on the scientific community in 2019. The Stanford classification is based on data from Scopus and Web of science.