Scientific Board
Romania
Biography
Dr. Mihail Lucian Birsa is currently a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania. In 2003 he was selected as a member of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, working with Professor Henning Hopf in TU Braunschweig - Germany. Since then numerous return fellowships were granted by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He has more than 125 publications in peer-review journals and published +45 books/book chapters (John Wiley & Sons, Thieme etc). Also, is editorial board member in more than 50 journals such as Applied Sciences, Arkivoc, BioChem, Edelweiss Chemical Science Journal, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design, Journal of Fine Chemical Engineering, Modern Approaches in Drug Designing, Pharmaceutical Toxicology.
Spain
Biography
Dr. David Galán is a scientific researcher (from 2004 up to nowadays) in the Department of Atmospheric Pollution (National Reference Laboratory for Air Quality in Spain) of the National Center for Environmental Health (Health Institute Carlos III). He is the head of functional unit in that Department and holds a PhD in Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry by Complutense University of Madrid (Mention of European Doctorate). Similarly, Dr. Galán is an expert in instrumental techniques by Faculty of Chemical Sciences (Complutense University of Madrid) and holds a Master in Computer Science and Management as well as 31 specific courses. Dr. Galán has published more than 190 scientific technical reports as well as more than 36 oral communications in international congresses, including air quality issues. Dr. Galán has been served as a member of Directive Board of a Scientific Society such Spanish Society for Environment Health (2013-2017), member of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN/TC 264 “Air Qualityâ€), member of Workgroups for developing European Normative Projects, as WG 34 “Determination of anions and cations in ambient airâ€, member of Scientific and Management Committees in Scientific Congresses, Editorial Board Member for Annals of Civil and Environment Engineering, Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health Research and Environmental Science: Research and Reviews, technical assistant for the Expert Committee for air quality assessment during a large fire at a used tire landfill, as well as a member of board of national competitive exams in the field of research for Research Public Organizations on numerous occasions (2006-2019). Nowadays, he is Technical Scientific Committee member for RELAB (Network of Biological Alert Laboratories). In teaching, Dr. Galán has been part of the Teachers Board in courses and masters of environmental techniques and air pollution. In researching, Dr. Galán has been a main research of 3 research projects and was included in the research team of numerous international research projects and contracts with the Public Administration. Dr. Galán has been responsible for the validation process and subsequent accreditation by ENAC (National Accreditation Entity for Spain) of more than 50 parameters.
France
Biography
Luba Tchertanov, Research Director at CNRS-France, coordinator of the Bioinformatics, Molecular Dynamics and Modeling (BiMoDyM) team (https://centreborelli.ens-parissaclay.fr/fr/biologie-computationnelle-modelisation-dedynamique-moleculaire) at the Centre Borelli (CNRS) (https://centreborelli.ens-paris-saclay.fr/fr) of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) Paris-Saclay. She received her M.S. in Physics (State University of Kazan, URSS), PhD in Physical Chemistry (1988, URSS) and HDR in Life Sciences (1998, Université Paris XI, Orsay, France). L. Tchertanov has multidisciplinary skills, with extensive experience in structural biology, molecular modelling and numerical simulation of molecular dynamics. She is author or coauthor of more than 170 papers in peer-reviewed journals (https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=pHDWHvcAAAAJ&hl=fr), speaker of numerous communications and invited seminaries, organiser of Molecular Modelling workshops Shrödinger-ENS Cachan (France) and international CECAM meeting. More than 25 of her graduate students and postdoctoral fellows have secured tenured or tenure-track faculty or lab positions. She has coordinated or contributed to various research projects (public and industrial). Research topics focus on exploring protein structure–dynamics–function relations. In particular, L. Tchertanov works on proteins activation mechanisms, inhibitors resistance mechanisms, conformational dynamics and plasticity, and molecular recognition of the crucial therapeutic targets (receptors tyrosine kinases and their signalling proteins, Vitamin K Epoxide Reductase and its redox protein, NMDA Receptor, ect.) focusing on the search for new therapeutic targets. She is specifically interested in the description of allosteric regulation and intrinsic disorder at the atomistic level. A significant part of research is devoted to the development of new methodology and computational tools for the description of proteins dynamics.
Romania
Biography
Dr. Laura Gabriela SARBU is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania. She received a Ph.D. degree in Organic Chemistry in 2015. During the Ph.D. program she joined several times the Prof. dr. Henning Hopf research team in TU Braunschweig – Germany. She has more than 45 publications in peer-review journals and published 4 books. Also, is editorial board member in 25+ journals such as Advance in Medical and Clinical Research, Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Recerca, Chemical Glycobiology Journal, International Journal Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, Journal of Biomedical Research & Environmental Sciences - Green Chemistry, Journal of Molecular Biology and Drug Design.
Italy
Biography
Letizia Giampietro has completed Degree in Pharmacy (2000) and received her PhD in Medicinal Chemistry (2003) from the University “G. d’Annunzio†of Chieti (Italy). From 2006 to date, she is Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Analysis. She has published more than 45 papers in reputed journals. Her research interests include medicinal chemistry and are above all focused towards the synthesis of fibrate derivatives active on Peroxisome Proliferator-Activate Receptors (PPARs). Lately, her research is direct to the synthesis of small molecules with anticancer, neuroprotective and antioxidant activity.
Greece
Biography
Dimitra Hadjipavlou Litina is currently a Professor in the Department of Pharm.†Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Thessaloniki, School of Pharmacy, Greece. Research interests involve synthesis and pharmacochemical studies on anti inflammatory and antioxidant agents and inhibitors of enzymes implicated in the inflammation and cancer and in the coagulation process in general and the relationship between structure and activity of various drug classes (use of Computational Chemistry in Drug Design). Society memberships and Fellowships: Member of the Greek Society of Medicinal Chemistry, of the American Chemical Society, of the QSAR and Modelling Society, of Current Drugs Evaluators and of the Hellenic Society of Free radicals. Also, is editorial board member in The open Medicinal Chemistry Journal, Current Enzyme inhibition (Bentham Science Publications), Journal of Enzyme Inhibition & Medicinal Chemistry.
Italy
Biography
Current position, Scientific activity, Training, Experiences ACTUAL POSITION FIXED-TERM RESEARCHER, art 24 c. 3 lett. A Law 240/10Disciplinary Sector: CHIM/08 NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC LICENSE National scientific qualification as 2nd level professor - Competition Sector 03/D1 - Pharmaceutical, toxicological and nutraceutical-food chemistry and technologies. SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY The research activity, in the field of medicinal chemistry, concerns both the structural determination of peptides and proteins and the study of the interactions of ligands with macromolecular receptors, using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. EDUCATION AND TRAINING March 2008 Degree in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies achieved on 03/31/2008 at the University of Naples "Federico II", Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Title of the thesis: " Mechanism of action of the antimicrobial peptides Temporin A and L" . Tutor: Prof. Alfonso Carotenuto December 2011 PhD in Pharmaceutical Science obtained on 12/21/2011 at the University of Naples "Federico II", Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Thesis title: “ Interactions of peptides and small molecules with biological targets†. Tutor: Prof. Alfonso Carotenuto
Bulgaria
Biography
Prof.Irena Kostova is one of the World’s Top 1% of scientists according to Stanford University's ranking of scientists with the greatest contribution to the development of modern science.She graduated from Mendeleev University in Moscow with the highest grade. Defended her PhD and DSc theses at MU-Sofia where she is currently a full professor at Chemistry Department. Graduated her second specialization “Theoretical bases of medical chemistry†at MU-Sofia. Her research interests include the developmental work in theoretical and coordination chemistry, vibrational spectroscopy, pharmacological investigations of biologically active compounds etc. Author of about 200 publications with high impact factor and h-index, several textbooks, education book materials and monographs with around 7000 citations in indexed journals. She has been a lecturer at renowned universities in India, Austria, Italy, Romania, Spain, Slovakia etc. Member of the organizing committees of over 30 international conferences. She is an Editor of 7 prestigious international scientific journals, a member of the Editorial Boards of over 25 international journals and a reviewer for numerous high-ranking journals and international projects. She has created and maintains collaborations with a number of European universities in the framework of joint research projects and European programs.
Czech Republic
Biography
Josef Havel is currently a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic, Czechia. He has more than 205 publications in peer-review journals and published.
Iran
Biography
Mehran FeiziDehnayebi is a 30 year old Ph.D in Physical and Computational Chemistry at University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran. He received his B.Sc in Chemistry from Arak University and his M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry from Shiraz University of Technology. He earned first rank during his M. Sc. with excellent scores. His research interests are DNA binding, docking simulation, DFT approach, Drug Discovery, Design & Development, and Bioinformatics. He is a reviewer of the Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, and Journal of Fluorescence.