Plenary Lecturers
Prof. Brian Vincent
University of Bristol
A.E. Alexander Lecturer |
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Professor Vincent obtained a PhD from the University of Bristol
(1969). After research assignments at the University of Wageningen,
The Netherlands, and ICI Paints, UK, he joined the University
of Bristol as a lecturer in 1972. Professor Vincent leads
the Polymer and Colloid Group at Bristol University. He has
strong research interests in a wide variety of areas, looking
at systems of both academic and industrial significance. Research
topics include microgel particles, monodisperse and surfactant-free
"silicone" oil-in-water emulsions; a variety of
core-shell systems, microemulsions, adsorption studies of
polymers and their influence on dispersancy properties; and
particle deposition/adsorption onto macroscopic surfaces.
Professor Vincent's current interests and roles include:
- Leverhulme Professor of Physical Chemistry, University
of Bristol (since 1992)
- Head of the Academic Colloid Group at the University of
Bristol
- Director of the Bristol Colloid Centre
- President of the International Association of Colloid
and Interface Scientists [IACIS]
- Chairman of The Colloid and Interface Science Group [CISG]
of the Faraday Division of The Royal Society of Chemistry.
- Member of Faraday Division Council
- Member of the Polymer Colloids Forum Committee
- International Member of the Technical Advisory Board of
the Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia.
Prof. Wolfgang Knoll
MPI-Polymer Research, Mainz
RACI Divisional Plenary Lecturer |
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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Knoll joined the Max Planck Society in
1993 as one of the directors at the MPI for Polymer Research.
After a physics education at the Technical University of Karlsruhe,
he received a PhD degree in biophysics at the University of
Konstanz in 1976. In 1977 he joined the group of Prof. E.
Sackmann at the University of Ulm working on model membrane
systems and their phase behavior by neutron scattering, spectroscopic
and thermodynamic measurements. After a post-doctoral stay
at the IBM Research Laboratory in San Jose, California, (1980/
1981) and a stay as a visiting scientist at the Institute
Laue-Langevin in Grenoble he followed Prof. Sackmann to the
Physics Dept. of the TU of Munich. There, he continued research
on various aspects of the structure, order, and dynamics of
lipid membranes. He also started work on evanescent wave optics
for the characterization of interfaces and ultrathin coatings.
Following another visiting scientist appointment at the IBM
Research Laboratory in San Jose, he received the Habilitation
from the TU Munich in 1986. After a short period as a Heisenberg
fellow he was offered the same year a position at the Associate
Professor level at the MPI for Polymer Research in the group
of Prof. Spiess, with a joint appointment as Privatdozent
at the University of Mainz in 1987. In 1990 he received the
Heinrich Welker Award and was teaching at the University of
Erlangen-Nürnberg. From 1991 to 1999 he was Head of Laboratory
for Exotic Nanomaterials hosted by the Institute of Physical
and Chemical Research (RIKEN) in Wako, Japan. In 1992, he
was appointed Consulting Professor at the Dept. of Chemical
Engineering at Stanford University, California, where he participates
in the NSF-funded Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular
Assemblies (CPIMA) with a small group working on bio-interfaces.
In 1998 he was appointed Professor of Chemistry (by Courtesy)
at the University of Florida in Gainesville, and in 1999 Adjunct
Professor at Hanyang University in Seoul, Korea. Since 1999
he is also a Temasek Professor at the National University
of Singapore, directing a research group on Functional Materials
and Bio-Interfaces. He is the 2003 recipient of the Eugen-and-Inge-
Seibold-Award.
His current research interests include aspects of the structure/
order - property/ function relationships of polymeric/ organic
systems, in particular, in thin films and at functionalized
surfaces. Strong emphasis is put on optical techniques to
elucidate the structural and functional properties of supramolecular
assemblies and nano-materials.
Keynote Lecturers
Dr. Eric Amis
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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Dr. Eric J. Amis is the Deputy Director of the Materials
Science and Engineering Laboratory of the National Institute
of Standards and Technology. Before he joined NIST, Dr. Amis
spent 11 years on the faculty in chemistry at the University
of Southern California. His research interests are application
of rheology with light, neutron and X ray scattering to investigate
the physics of complex soft materials. More recently, he initiated
the novel application of combinatorial and high throughput
methods for investigations of materials science, which led
to the establishment of the NIST Combinatorial Methods Center
and an innovative program in measurement methods for systematic
investigations of biomaterial interactions. He has over 140
peer-reviewed publications.
Prof. Gordon E. Brown, Jr.
Stanford University |
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Gordon is the Dorrell William Kirby Professor at Stanford
University, School of Earth Sciences.
He received his PhD in 1970 in Minerology and Crystallography
at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Since
2004 he has been Director, Stanford Environmental Molecular
Science Institute at Stanford University; since 1998, Chair,
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory Faculty; since 1992,
Professor, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory Faculty;
since 1986, Professor of Mineralogy and Geochemistry at Stanford
University. In 2000 he was elected a Fellow of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science. His research focuses
on surface and interface geochemistry; environmental fate
of heavy metals and applications of synchrotron radiation
in geochemistry and mineralogy.
A. Prof. Zhan Chen
University of Michigan |
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Zhan Chen received his PhD degree in Chemistry from the University
of California at Berkeley. He did his postdoctoral research
at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Currently he
is an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at
the University of Michigan. He also holds joint appointments
in Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Applied
Physics Program, Biophysics, and Optical Physics Interdisciplinary
Laboratory at the University of Michigan. His research is
focused on the elucidation of molecular structures of polymers
and biological molecules at interfaces using various spectroscopic
techniques.
Prof. Julian Eastoe
University of Bristol |
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Julian has been a full faculty member of the School of Chemistry,
University of Bristol, UK, since 1993, prior to which he held
the positions of lecturer at the University of Durham and
physicist at the Institut Max-von-Laue Paul Langevin in Grenoble,
France. He was awarded a Ph.D. in chemistry by the University
of East Anglia in 1990.
Julian’s research focuses on surface and interfacial
aspects of colloid science involving novel surfactants and
polymers. His research group develops new functionalised surfactants
employing molecular design, synthesis, NMR, and mass spectroscopy
techniques. Tensiometric methods in addition to neutron scattering
methods are used to probe interfacial and self assembly properties.
This work is described in some 130 peer reviewed publications
authored or co-authored by Julian and in over 100 invited
talks.
A. Prof. Eric M. Furst
University of Delaware |
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Eric M. Furst received his Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering
with University Honors from Carnegie Mellon University in
1995, and in 2000, earned his PhD at Stanford University for
his work with Prof. Alice Gast on the development of light
scattering and optical trapping methods to study colloidal
interactions and micromechanics. In 2001, after his postdoctoral
work in biophysics at Institut Curie, Paris, Furst joined
the Chemical Engineering faculty at the University of Delaware.
His current research interests are in complex fluid rheology,
directed colloidal assembly, colloidal interactions, microrheology
and the biophysics of cell-material interactions. Furst is
the recent recipient of an NSF CAREER Award and a DuPont Young
Investigator Award.
Prof. Suzanne Giasson
Université de Montréal |
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Dr. Suzanne Giasson, is currently Associate Professor in
the Department of Chemistry and Faculty of Pharmacy, University
of Montreal, since 2002, prior to which she held a faculty
position in the department of Chemical Engineering at University
Laval, Québec, Canada, for 6 years. She received her
Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from the Université Pierre
& Marie Curie in Paris, France and the University of Western
Ontario in London, Canada, in 1992.
Her research focuses on understanding and utilizing the special
properties of macromolecules (polymers and biomolecules) at
solid/aqueous interfaces to develop surface modification processes
and smart materials exhibiting reversible and tuneable properties.
Her approach consists to correlate surface properties of macromolecules
(degree of ionization, effective charge, molecular structure,
surface grafting density, etc) and their behaviour (structural
changes, adhesion, shear response, etc) under different environmental
conditions (ionic strengths, pH, compression, shear). Various
techniques including Surface Forces Apparatus, AFM, ellipsometry,
X-ray reflectometry, Langmuir balance and simulations are
used.
Prof. Jacob Israelachvili
University of California, Santa Barbara |
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Jacob Israelachvili received his BA and MA in Physics from
the University of Cambridge, England, and also carried out
graduate and postgraduate research work there at the Surface
Physics Department of the Cavendish Laboratory. He received
his PhD in 1972. After a two-year European Molecular Biology
Organization (EMBO) research fellowship at the University
of Stockholm, he left for Australia where, from 1974 to 1986,
he lead an experimental research laboratory devoted to measuring
the forces between surfaces. In 1982 he was elected a member
of the Australian Academy of Science. In 1986 he joined the
faculty of the University of California at Santa Barbara where
he holds joint appointments as Professor in the Department
of Chemical Engineering, the Materials Department and the
Biomolecular Science and Engineering Department. He was the
Associate Director of the Materials Research Laboratory at
UCSB from 1993 until 2003. In 1988 he was elected a Fellow
of the Royal Society of London, and in 1991 he was awarded
the Alpha Chi Sigma Award for Chemical Engineering Research
by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. In 1996 he
was elected a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy
of Engineering. He is the author of a textbook entitled "Intermolecular
and Surface Forces" (Academic Press, 2nd Edition: 1991).
He was given the 2002-03 Adhesion Society’s Award for
Excellence in Adhesion Science, sponsored by 3M. Most recently
he was made a Fellow of the American Physical Society (2003)
and was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences
in 2004.
Prof. Kwadwo Osseo-Asare
Penn State University |
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Kwadwo is Distinguished Professor of Metallurgy and Energy
and Geo-environmental Engineering in the Department of Materials
Science and Engineering at Penn State University.
He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science
and Engineering from the University of California (Berkeley)
in 1970, 1972 and 1975, respectively. He joined the faculty
at Penn State in 1976 where he was promoted to professor in
1984 and served as chair of the Metals Science and Engineering
Program from 1995-2000. He has published over 200 papers and
supervised nearly forty M.S. and Ph.D. theses. He was elected
a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2004 for
contributions to the fundamental understanding of interfacial
phenomena in leaching and solvent extraction. His research
interests include aqueous processing: hydrometallurgy, separation
science & technology, environmental systems, materials
synthesis & processing, wet processing in semiconductor
fabrication, surface cleaning & finishing. applied aqueous
chemistry: interfacial and colloidal phenomena, surfactant
science, semiconductor electrochemistry, and thermodynamic
modeling.
Prof. Robert Pelton
McMaster University, Canada |
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Robert Pelton (Ph.D. 1977, Bristol University UK, Colloid
Chemistry) holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Interfacial
Technologies. His 180+ peer reviewed publications include
often cited works with PNIPAM (N-isopropylacrylamide) temperature
sensitive microgels which Pelton invented in 1978 (published
in 1986, ref 19 in publication list). Since then, the McMaster
group has established itself as one of the world's most prolific
academic group involved in designing new polymers which improve
the strength and function of paper-based materials. More recently,
they are focusing on inducing bio-functionality into paper-based
materials. Dr. Pelton's group is considered the world's largest,
most prolific academic research group working in the area
of polymers for papermaking. His laboratory provides ideal
opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows
to learn how to design, synthesize and characterize polymers,
put them into paper materials, and measure and model paper
properties, thus providing valuable tools for Canadian papermakers.
Dr. Rob Price
University of Bath, UK |
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Dr Robert Price is currently a reader at the Department of
Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath where he founded
the Pharmaceutical Surface Science research group. Dr Price
has developed expertise in the field of pharmaceutical surface
science and particle engineering of colloidal systems. The
particular emphasis of his research work is on investigating
the physicochemical properties which govern particle adhesion,
surface stability issues of processed particles and the general
areas of particle technology and crystal growth.
Prof. Ulrich Schubert
TU Eindhoven |
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Ulrich S. Schubert was born in Tübingen in 1969. He
studied chemistry at the Universities of Frankfurt and Bayreuth
(both Germany) and the Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
(USA). His Ph.D. work was performed under the supervision
of Professor Eisenbach (Bayreuth, Germany) and Professor Newkome
(Florida, USA). In 1995 he obtained his doctorate with Prof.
Eisenbach. After a postdoctoral training with Professor Lehn
at the Université Strasbourg (France) he moved to the
Technische Universität München (Germany) to obtain
his habilitation in 1999 (with Professor Nuyken). From 1999
to spring 2000 he held a temporary position as a professor
at the Center for NanoScience at the Technische Universität
München (Germany). Since Summer 2000 he is Full-Professor
at the Eindhoven University of Technology. His Awards include
the Bayerischen Habilitations-Förderpreis, the Habilitandenpreis
of the GDCh (Fachgruppe Makromolekulare Chemie), the Heisenberg-Stipendium
of the DFG, the Dozenten-Stipendium of the Fonds der Chemische
Industrie and the VICI award of NWO. The major focus of the
research interest of his relates to heterocyclic chemistry,
supramolecular materials, surface chemistry, nanoscience and
tailor-made macromolecules.
Prof. Donald L. Sparks
University of Delaware |
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Donald L. Sparks is the S. Hallock du Pont Endowed Chair
at the University of Delaware. He is internationally recognized
for his research in the areas of kinetics of geochemical processes
and mechanisms of metal/oxyanion/nutrient reactions at biogeochemical
interfaces using in-situ spectroscopic and microscopic techniques.
He is the author or coauthor of 270 publications including
two widely adopted textbooks, Kinetics of Soil Chemical
Processes and Environmental Soil Chemistry (two editions).
Dr. Sparks has given plenary and keynote presentations throughout
the world and he has mentored more than 70 graduate students
and postdoctoral fellows.
Prof. Frank Szoka, Jr.
University of California, San Francisco |
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Francis C. Szoka is a Professor of Biopharmaceutical Sciences
and Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of California,
San Francisco. He directs a group that devises drug and gene
carriers and examines their mechanism of action in cells and
animals. His group studies liposomes, peptides and polymers
and has described their findings in over 160 manuscripts and
25 US patents. He received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry in 1976
from SUNY/Buffalo. He is the co-founder of Sequus, a liposome
drug delivery company that created Doxil™ now owned
by Johnson & Johnson and of GeneMedicine, Inc., a gene
therapy company, now known as Valentis, Inc.
Prof. Darsh Wasan
Illinois Institute of Technology |
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Darsh Wasan holds a B.S. degree from the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign and a Ph.D. from the University of California
at Berkeley, both in Chemical Engineering. He has spent his
entire professional career at IIT, beginning in 1964, and
is currently Motorola Chair Professor of Chemical Engineering
and Vice President. He has held virtually every academic and
administrative post, including department chairman, dean of
engineering, vice president for research and technology and
vice president for academic affairs and provost. He has over
380 publications, and is a co-author of a textbook (with Edwards
and Brenner) on Interfacial Transport Processes and Rheology.
He has supervised and mentored 55 Ph.D. and 60 M.S. students,
and 15 postdoctoral fellows. He received the American Chemical
Society National Award in Colloid and Surface Chemistry in
2000, and the Langmuir Lectureship Award in 2004; the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers Award in Fluid-Particle Systems
in 2002, and the Alpha Chi Sigma Award for Fundamental and
Applied Chemical Engineering Research in 2005. He received
the National Science Foundation’s Special Creativity
Award twice. He has received the excellence in teaching awards
from both IIT and the American Society for Engineering Education.
He was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering
in 2004 and to the Indian National Academy of Engineering
in 2006. He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Colloid and
Interface Science.
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