6^th International Conference and Exhibition on Advances in Chromatography & HPLC Techniques August 02-03, 2018 Barcelona, Spain

Clydewyn M. Anthony, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientific Liaison with the Chemical Medicines Division, at The United States Pharmacopeial Convention and is currently responsible for the modernization of Documentary Standards for Over-The-Counter drug formulations. He earned his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from The Pennsylvania State University and B.S. in Chemistry from Hunter College of the City University of New York. Prior to joining USP in May 1999, he worked as a Research Chemist with Texaco Inc. where he was responsible for performing and overseeing the compositional analyses of motor oils, gasolines and all aftermarket petroleum related products on both the domestic and international markets. Dr. Anthony also held the position of Criminalist with the New York Police Forensic Investigation Department, worked on thousands of narcotics and arson related cases, and testified as an Expert Witness on behalf of the New York City Police Department.

Analytical Chemistry

Miloš Netopilík has completed his PhD at the age of 30 years from Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry and postdoctoral studies from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Technical University. Now, he works in Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and works in the theory of separation. He has published more than 68 papers in reputed journals.

Chromatography, Separation techniques

Dr Haifei Zhang is a senior lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Liverpool. Zhang was educated in chemical engineering for both undergraduate and Master degrees and obtained a PhD in physical chemistry from Chinese Academy of Science. He has published 90 peer reviewed research papers with a h-index of 29 and filed 9 international patents as a co-inventor. One of the patents was assigned to Unilever and led to the formation of a spin-out company IOTA Nanosolutions funded through Unilever Venture. The SOS silica patent is currently considered for commercialization by Thermo Fisher Scientific. He won the 12th Desty Memorial Award in 2007 for his innovative work in the manufacture of porous materials and their possible application in chromatography. He has also written 5 book chapters and one book (to be published by Wiley in 2018). Zhang’s main research interests are on porous materials, colloids, carbon materials, and nanostructured materials for separation and energy storage applications.

Porous materials, colloids, carbon materials, and nanostructured materials for separation and energy storage applications.

Graduated with an honour Master of Chemical Engineering from the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava. PhD Thesis at Polymer Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava and Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in Prague. DSc Thesis (allowed to submit only after political change in 1989) at Slovak Academy of Sciences and Slovak Technical University Bratislava. Employed at Polymer Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences (PI SAS) in Bratislava since 1960. 1992-1995 elected member of the Presidium of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Served as President of the Slovak Chemical Society, Chairman of the Czecho-Slovak and Slovak National Committee of Chemistry for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and as Member of the Board of the Federation of European Chemical Societies. Corresponding member of the Central European Academy of Sciences, Bucharest, Roumania, and member of the Learned Society of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava, Slovakia. Former titular member of IUPAC Polymer division and Chairman of Subcommittee of molecular chararacterization of synthetic polymers. Topics: Thermodynamics and hydrodynamics of multicomponent polymer systems; liquid chromatography of synthetic polymers - author of five original methods for separation of complex polymer systems; preparation and application of microporous carbon fibers. Author or co-author of two monographs on liquid chromatography and 250+ scientific papers in extenso published in refereed periodicals (150+ in the Current Contents covered Journals), and in proceedings and chapters of books, as well as 60+ patents (four of them were licensed) - cited more than 2,000 times in SCI journals and monographs. Presented over one hundred and ten invited plenary, key and main lectures, as well as over 900 lectures short communications and poster contributions during congresses, symposia and conferences and during lecturing tours to over fourty countries. Elected „Slovak scientist of the year 1999“ and „Slovak innovator of the year 2001“.

Polymer sciences, Separation Sciences, Chromatography-HPLC

Professor Nour-Eddine ES-SAFI completed his PhD in organic chemistry in 1997 from Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco and postdoctoral studies at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research. He leads the Team of Organic Chemistry and the Physico-Chemical Studies at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco where he is currently working as deputy director and a full professor. His research focuses on natural products, especially polyphenols, their structural elucidation, their antioxidant activity and their role in food technology and human health. He has published many research papers and he is reviewer for various international scientific journals. He is Editorial Board Member of various scientific journals and is Editor in Chief of the Green and Sustainable Chemistry journal.

Natural products, especially polyphenols, their structural elucidation, their antioxidant activity and their role in food technology and human health.

Dr. Abbas Amini is an assistant professor at the Australian College of ACK and Western Sydney University, and the member of graduate supervisory board. After obtaining PhD, he conducted research with other Australian universities, as a postdoctoral research fellow at Monash and Deakin Universities, and as a senior research fellow at the University of Melbourne. His fine outcomes have been presented in high impact factor journals, e.g., Nature publication group, and a recent published book in 2016. Abbas is the editor of ten reputed journals, and the committee member of 20 international conferences.

Bio-nanotech

Prof. Dr. Esra Küpeli Akkol was born in Turkey. She got her Bachelor of Science degree in Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, Turkey and got her Ph.D. degree in Pharmacognosy Department from the University of Gazi. She is currently Professor in the Gazi University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacognosy. She served in many capacities in her field including service on several editorial boards and numerous review committees for journals such as Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Journal of Pharmacy Sciences, The Internet Journal of Herbal and Plant Medicine, International Journal of Genuine Traditional Medicine, Advances in Pharmacological Sciences, Evidence Based Complementary Alternative Medicine and The Open Pain Journal. She has conducted 41 projects and 11 thesis in Gazi University. She has 158 published articles in SCI International Journals, 13 articles in National Journals and 10 chapters in International books.

Her research combines pharmacognosy and pharmacological approaches to focus on • Bioassay guided isolation of active constituents - Phytochemistry and Analytical Pharmacognosy • Anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive, antirheumatic and antidepressant activities of folk remedies and synthesized compounds • Wound healing assessment of medicinal plants and their secondary metabolites • Isolation of the natural compounds from the medicinal plants used against gynecological disorders • Anti-carcinogenic assessment of medicinal plants and their secondary metabolites.

Tomasz Tuzimski is adjunct professor in Department of Physical Chemistry at Faculty of Pharmacy with Medical Analytics Division, Medical University of Lublin, Poland. Tomasz Tuzimski received MA degree and PhD degree (in 1995 and 2002, respectively), and Doctor of Sciences (habilitation) degree (in 2012) at the Faculty of Pharmacy with Medical Analytics Division, Medical University of Lublin. His scientific interest include the theory and application of liquid chromatography, extraction (QuEChERS) and detection techniques. He is authored or co-authored more than 62 scientific papers (IF = 100, h = 17). He is member of the editorial board of the Acta Chromatographica. He is quest editor of special sections on pesticide residues analysis in the JAOAC Int. Tomasz Tuzimski co-authored and co-edited with Professor Joseph Sherma the book entitled ‘High Performance Liquid Chromatography in Pesticide Residue Analysis’ (2015) and the book ‘Determination of Target Xenobiotics and Unknown Compounds Residue in Food, Environmental and Biological Samples’ (2018; CRC Press). Tomasz Tuzimski participates in the panels of experts (AOAC, mandate from 2016 to 2020) in the United States of America to develop new analytical methods. Dr hab. Tomasz Tuzimski is promoter of one doctorate (2017) and research work of 6 masters of pharmacy and supervised the research work of 10 masters of pharmacy.

Liquid Chromatography, Analytical Chemistry, Food and Environmental Chemistry

Mohamed Eddouks is Professor at Moulay Ismail University, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques Errachidia, Morocco. He is a researcher in Physiology and Pharmacology with a Master Degree in Metabolic and Molecular Endocrinology from University of Paris vi, a specialized certificate in Endocrine Pharmacology from University of Paris vii and PhD degrees in Physiology and Pharmacology from University of Liege, Belgium and Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco. After his post-doctoral fellowship at Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of Montreal, Canada, he is working for the last 16 years on medicinal plants. His work on antidiabetic and antihypertensive plants is well recognized globally. His research focuses on ethnobiological as well as pharmacological issues in the use of Moroccan medicinal plants for the treatment of diabetes mellitus, obesity and hypertension. His contribution to this field includes four international books and more than 80 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters of international repute. He is Guest Editor of American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Lead Guest Editor of an annual special issue published by Evidence-Based and Complementary Alternative Medicine, Regional Editor of the Following journals: American Journal of Food Technology, Journal of Applied Sciences, Trends in Applied Sciences Research and Singapore Journal of Scientific research, Member of Editorial Board of several international journals. He has been honored with the first Prize of Scientific Research in 2008 by the Moroccan Association of Research and Development and the first Prize of the Federation of Arab Scientific Councils in 2016. He has been the Dean of Polydisciplinary Faculty of Errachidia from 2008 to 2012.

Antidiabetic and Antihypertensive plants Ethnobiological as well as pharmacological issues

Salah Akkal received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from University of Constantine, Algeria in 2001. He was supervised on 4 M.Sc. Theses and 8 Ph.Ds. He is professor in natural product chemistry since 2007 in Chemistry Department, Faculty of science. He has published more than 90 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute and has been serving as a reviewer for many articles in her specialization. He attended more than 30 International Conferences He teaching all the organic chemistry and natural product courses for the students of Faculty of Science and Faculty of Technology in University of Constantine, Algeria.

Natural Product Chemistry