Keynote and Dignitary Speakers

Dr. Barbara Baird

Horace White Professor
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Cornell University

Anthony Guiseppi-Elie, Sc.D.

Assoc. Dean Engineering Innovation, TEES Research Professor of Engineering, Prof. Biomedical
Texas A&M University

Nadine Kabengi Ph.D.

Department of Geosciences Georgia State University

Sunder V. Atre, Ph.D.

Endowed Chair of Manufacturing & Materials University of Louisville

Ishrat M. Khan, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemistry and Director, NSF CREST Center for Functional Nanoscale MaterialsClark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA.

Francois Villinger, DVM

Director
New Iberia Research Center
University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Narender Singh, Ph.D.

Principal Engineer,
CFD Research Corporation

T.S. Sudarshan, Ph.D.

CEO,
Materials Modification, Inc.

Winston E. Thompson, Ph.D., M.S.

Professor & Chair
Physiology
Director of Research & Director
Obstetrics & Gynecology and Mentoring Academy
Morehouse School of Medicine

Francis Eko, Ph.D.

Professor
Microbiology, Biochemistry & Immunology
Morehouse School of Medicine

Dennis Hess, Ph.D.

Professor and Thomas C. DeLoach, Jr. Chair
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

Deborah Ramsey, Ph.D.

Group Leader, Biomedical and Life Sciences Division
CFD Research Corporation

Veronika Kozlovskaya, Ph.D.

Research Associate Department of Chemistry University of Alabama at Birmingham

Gabe Xu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Alabama in Huntsville

Renato P. Camata, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Physics
The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Krishen Appavoo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Mohammad Asif Sherwani, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Ish Kumar Gulati, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology
The Ohio State University
Medical Director- Neonatal Nutrition Prg
Abigail Wexner Research Institute
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Columbus, OH

Dr. Robert “Bob” Pantazes

Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering
Auburn University

Dr. Adriana Avila Flores

Assistant Professor
Biological Sciences
Auburn University

Dr. Amit K. Mitra

Assistant Professor
Department: Drug Discovery and Development
Auburn University
Harrison School of Pharmacy

Dr. Vladimir V. Popik

Professor
Department of Chemistry
The University of Georgia

Dr. Rajiv Berry

Professor
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/RX)
Wright-Patterson AFB
Dayton, OH

Dr. Ishrat Khan

Professor
Department of Chemistry
Clark Atlanta University

Elton N. Dean

Chair Board of Trustees,
Alabama State University

Carl A. Pinkert

Vice President of Research,University of Alabama

Quinton T. Ross

Senator, Alabama

Luther Strange

Alabama Attorney General

Todd Strange

Mayor, Montgomery, Alabama