World Congress on
Lasers, Optics and Photonics

Professor Vladimir G. Chigrinov is Professor of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology since 1999. He is an Expert in Flat Panel Technology in Russia, recognized by the World Technology Evaluation Centre, 1994, and SID Fellow since 2008. He is an author of 6 books, 25 reviews and book chapters, about 295 journal papers, more than 640 Conference presentations, and 112 patents and patent applications including 32 US patents in the field of liquid crystals since 1974. He got Excellent Research Award of HKUST School of Engineering in 2012. He obtained Gold Medal and The Best Award in the Invention & Innovation Awards 2014 held at the Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) 2014, which was hosted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 20-22 Feb 2014. He is a Member of EU Academy of Sciences (EUAS) since July 2017. He got A Slottow Owaki Prize of SID in 2018 http://www.ee.ust.hk/ece.php/enews/detail/660. He is a coauthor of the best display prototype in I-zone in Display Week 2018 http://www.ece.ust.hk/ece.php/enews/detail/675 as well as Bronze KID Award for the paper in IMID 2018 http://www.ece.ust.hk/ece.php/enews/detail/687.

Martins Rutkis received his PhD from the Department of Physics University of Latvia at 1990. Presently he is Director and Head of Laboratory of Organic materials at Institute of Solid State Physics University of Latvia. Research interests of him are focused on structure relation to optical and NLO properties of organic materials where experimental investigations are supported by quantum chemical and molecular mechanical modelling. He is the author of more than 240 publications in international scientific journals, conference and workshop contributions. M. Rutkis is a member of OSA, ACS and RSC and Full Member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences.

In 2004, Philippe Velha graduated from the École Centrale Lyon with a degree in engineering and a Master of Science in Integrated Digital Electronics. Philippe Velha has completed his PhD in physics from University Paris Sud 11, France in 2008 and postdoctoral studies from the optoelectronics group at the University of Glasgow, UK in 2013. He is now assistant professor at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in the “Optical Fiber Sensors and Integrated Photonic Subsystems”. He has published more than 100 papers in reputed journals and several patents. Over the years, he has been involved in the supervision of many PhD students and in different technical commitees of the OSA. Along the years he has been involved in more than 10 European and national projects as well as industrial commitments with RFI, GE oil&Gas, ERICSSON, ST Microelectronics and others. He is also a senior member of the OSA and IEEE.

V.G. Dubrovskii received his BS and MS degrees from St. Petersburg University, PhD and D Sc degrees from Ioffe Institute and St.-Petersburg University in 1986, 1988, 1990 and 2002, respectively, all in Condensed Matter Physics. His research interest has been in the areas of condensed matter physics and semiconductor nanostructures. He has authored and co-authored more than 550 papers in leading technical journals and conferences, 2 monographs and has a Hirsch-index of 40. His current research interests are mainly concentrated on nano wire modeling as well as on nucleation theory with applications in physics of different nano objects. He is the Head of the International Laboratory “Physics of Epitaxial Nanostructures” at ITMO University and Leading Research Scientist at Ioffe Institute. He is the member of Steering Committees of International Symposium “Nanostructures: Physics and Technology”, Nanowire Growth Workshop, European MBE Conference, and I NOW Workshop. He is the recipient of a number of academic and university awards including: • Chevalier of Ordre des Palmes academiques, France (2017). • Guest professor at Clermont Universite, Clermont-Ferrand, France (2017, 2014). • Regular high-level visiting scientist in the International Guest Academic Talents (IGAT) Base at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China (2007-2016). • Distinguished Visiting Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Durham University, UK (2010

Dr. Mohammed Saad is one of the world experts in fluoride glass and fiber technology and their derivatives. Dr Saad has more than 30 years of experience in both university and industrial research fields. He has over 70 publications and 25 invited talks in international conferences. In 1986 he obtained his Ph.D. in fluoride glasses and fibers, from Rennes University in France, where Fluoride Glasses were discovered. After his PhD, he held a professor position at Mohamed 1er Oujda in Morocco. Then he held the position of senior researcher at Rennes University. In 1996 he joined the National Optics Institute (INO) in Quebec City (Canada), as head of the mid-infrared optical fiber group. In 2003 he founded Irphotonics in Montreal (Canada), a leader in fluoride glass fibers technology. In 2013, Irphotonics has been acquired by Thorlabs. And since then Dt. Saad is a senior scientist at Thorlabs, Inc. in NJ, USA. Dr. Saad is a senior member of SPIE and OSA. He chaired many international conferences on infrared optical glasses and fibers and their applications. He is involved in many international conferences as a member of the technical committee

Prof. C. Vijayan received his MSc and PhD degrees from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. His area of research is Physics of Nanophotonics and focuses on light-matter interaction. He has guided fifteen students for PhD and completed several research projects at the national and international level. He is a Senior Member of OSA and SPIE. The main outcomes of his research work include the first systematic delineation of the size-dependence of nonlinear optical response of and strongly quantum-confined polymer-stabilized semiconductor quantum dots with scope for band gap engineering over a wide range, delineation of the mechanism of optical nonlinearity in a variety of nanostructures and novel dielectric-plasmonic composites, design of efficient optical limiters based on ‘optically smart materials’, photoctalysis and Raman signal enhancement. His most recent work has been on designs for control of random scattering scenario, extending the wavelength range of random lasers using dielectriric-plasmonic media and development of biocompatible and simple random lasing media for green technology.

Dr. Pramod KUMAR ( M.Phil & Ph.D.-Laser Physics), now is a Ultrafast Photonics Research Fellow, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, England, United Kingdom. He has received his M.Sc Physics Degree from C.C.S University, Meerut, India and and M. Phil. (Instrumentation Physics) degree from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee(IIT-R), Roorkee, India in 2000. He has completed his Ph.D. (Laser Physics) degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU), New Delhi, India in 2009. He has been worked as Assistant Professor in Delhi University, India in 2010 after that he moved to Paris, France and joined Laboratoire Commun de Métrologie (LNE-INM/CNAM), La Plaine Saint Denis (France) as a Post Doctoral Fellow from 2010-2011. He has worked as Post-doctoral Research Associate (2011-2014) in Femtosecond Laser Laboratory, IISER Mohali, Punjab, India. He has been with the University College Cork/ Tyndall National Institute, Ireland since Jan 2015, where he was the senior Laser research staff.

João Manuel R. S. Tavares graduated in Mechanical Engineering at the Universidade do Porto, Portugal. He also earned his M.Sc. degree and Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Universidade do Porto, and attained his Habilitation in Mechanical Engineering. He is an Associate Professor at the Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto. João Tavares is co-editor of more than 40 books, co-author of more than 35 book chapters, 600 articles in journals and conferences, and 3 international patents. He has been a committee member of several journals and conferences, is co-founder and co-editor of the book series “Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics”, founder and Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization”, and co-founder and co-chair of the conferences: CompIMAGE, ECCOMAS VipIMAGE, ICCEBS and BioDental. Additionally, he has been (co-)supervisor of several MSc and PhD thesis and supervisor of several post-doc projects.

Alexey Seteikin studied physics at the Pedagogical University in Blagoveschensk. He received his Ph.D. in physics in 2000. Currently he is a professor at the department of physics of the Amur State University in Blagoveschensk. His scientific background is in the field of laser - tissue interaction and biophysics. In his work he is using experimental and computational techniques. He has national and international collaborations in physical and life science research.

Prof. Xuewen Shu received his Ph.D. degree in optoelehttps://phronesisonline.com/cms/photos/148-Committee-Photo.pngctronics from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2000. From 2000 to 2001, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Photonics Research Group at Aston University, UK. Then, he spent two years with Indigo Photonics Ltd., UK, as a Senior Engineer from 2001 to 2003. From 2003 to 2013, worked as a Senior Research Fellow with the Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies at Aston University, UK. In 2013, he joined Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology as a full-professor. He has published over 200 papers in major international journals and conferences and also holds several European and U.S. patents. He serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Sensors Letters and other two journals. His research interests include laser based micro-/nano-fabrication, fiber gratings, optical fiber communications, fiber lasers and optical sensors.

Prof. Adam Miranowicz has completed his PhD from Poznan University in Poland, a postgraduate study at Oxford University, and postdoctoral studies in Japan at: RIKEN, SOKEN, Osaka, and Kochi Universities. His research is focused on cavity and circuit QED, quantum linear and nonlinear optics, quantum information, and quantum cryptography. He published ca. 140 peer-reviewed papers, which include the first experimental forgery of quantum money and first observation of quantum temporal steering. Web of Science (Google Scholar) reports his h-index is 36 and 3400 citations. His experimental works on quantum cloning and quantum money were featured in, e.g., Nature Physics, New Scientist, Science News, and European Commission CORDIS. He was a member of expert teams for evaluating research projects of the European Commission and the Polish National Grant Agency. He reviewed articles submitted to 70 journals including five Nature journals. He was teaching at, e.g., the Universities of Rostock (Germany) and Oxford.

Prof. Vladimir V. Rumyantsev is Head of Department of Theory of Complex Systems Dynamic Properties at A.A. Galkin Donetsk Institute for Physics and Engineering (DonIPE). He is Professor of Theoretical Physics and Nanotechnology Department at Donetsk National University (DonNU). He received PhD in Theoretical Physics (1988) from DonNU and Dr. Sci. in Condensed Matter Physics (2007) from DonIPE. Prof. Rumyantsev has authored/co-authored 4 books, 2 chapters in books and more than 250 scientific publications. He is a member of the American Physical Society as well as Mediterranean Institute of Fundamental Physics (MIFP, Italy) and Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Photonic Materials and Technology (Science PG, USA).

Professor Amin Malek Mohammadi is an experienced researcher with thorough discipline in Silicon Photonics, Design, Fabrication, and Data Analysis. He is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and a Senior Member of IEEE, a member of Engineering Council (CEng), IET and Optical Society of America (OSA) has published over 90 scientific research papers, a postgraduate textbook, as well as delivering few keynote speeches at different international scientific conferences around the Globe. Up to now he is the holder of 4 patents on optical fiber communication systems.

Aline I. Maalouf is a control engineering theorist and experimentalist working in the area of quantum control, robust control, optimal control, model predictive control and sensor validation. she is also an electrical engineer specialising in power generation, electrical installation and electrical machines. She banked my research experience from Cambridge University, Oxford University and the University of New South Wales. she published more than fifty papers in professional journals and conferences. I received awards and recognitions for my research. In addition of being electrical and control engineer, she is a poet and a painter. Aline I. Maalouf received the PhD degree in control engineering from the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Academy, Australia in 2011. Also, she hold an Mphil degree in Control Engineering from Cambridge University in UK. Aline I. Maalouf received BSc. and MSc. in Electrical engineering from Balamand University, Lebanon Aline I. Maalouf was a research associate at the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Academy from 2011 till 2014. she is currently a research associate and a lecturer at the Australian National University.

Ephraim Suhir is on the faculty of the Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA, and Technical University, Vienna, Austria. He is also CEO of the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) ERS Co. in Los Altos, CA, USA. Ephraim is Foreign Full Member (Academician) of the National Academy of Engineering, Ukraine (he was born in that country); IEEE Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society of Optical Engineers (SPIE), and the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS); and Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the Institute of Physics (IoP), UK, and the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE). He is Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Ephraim has authored 400+ publications (patents, technical papers, book chapters, books), presented numerous keynote and invited talks worldwide, and received many professional awards, including 1996 Bell Laboratories Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (DMTS) Award (for developing effective methods for predicting the reliability of complex structures used in AT&T and Lucent Technologies products), and 2004 ASME Worcester Read Warner Medal for outstanding contributions to the permanent literature of engineering and laying the foundation of a new discipline “Structural Analysis of Electronic Systems”. Ephraim is the third “Russian American”, after S. Timoshenko and I. Sikorsky, who received this prestigious award. This year Ephraim received the 2019 IEEE Electronic Packaging Society (EPS) Field award for seminal contributions to mechanical reliability engineering and modeling of electronic and photonic packages and systems.

Wolfgang Osten received the MSc/Diploma in Physics from the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena in 1979. From 1979 to 1984 he was a member of the Institute of Mechanics in Berlin working in the field of experimental stress analysis and optical metrology. In 1983 he received the PhD degree from the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg for his thesis in the field of holographic interferometry. From 1984 to 1991 he was employed at the Central Institute of Cybernetics and Information Processes ZKI in Berlin making investigations in digital image processing and computer vision. Between 1988 and 1991 he was heading the Institute for Digital Image Processing at the ZKI. In 1991 he joined the Bremen Institute of Applied Beam Technology (BIAS) to establish and to direct the Department Optical 3D-Metrology till 2002. Since September 2002 he has been a full professor at the University of Stuttgart and director of the Institute for Applied Optics. From 2006 till 2010 he was the vice rector for research and technology transfer of the Stuttgart University where he is currently the vice chair of the university council. His research work is focused on new concepts for industrial inspection and metrology by combining modern principles of optical metrology, sensor technology and image processing. Special attention is directed to the development of resolution enhanced technologies for the investigation of micro and nano structures.

Lukasz Andrzej Glinka, born 5 October 1984 in Poland, is an active non-fiction writer whose books are dedicated to both science and humanities, author for a number of scientific and research papers in theoretical cosmology and physics, and editor at international science journals. He began in 2006 by a research work at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia, and got the Bachelor of Science degree in physics in 2010 at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia. His biography has been published by the Marquis Who’s Who (Science and Engineering 2011-2012, World 2014), and he holds a membership of the American Association of International Researchers, the publishing group within the American Research Institute for Policy Development, New York, United States.He made research at Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, and B.M. Birla Science Centre in Hyderabad, India. He got B.Sc. degree in physics from Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia in Moscow, Russia.

Dr S. Joseph Antony is an Associate Professor at the School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, U.K. His research expertise is in the area multi-scale modelling and experimental mechanics of materials in both discrete and continuum form. He has a strong expertise in materials modelling including MD, DEM, FEM and analytical methods. His experimental approaches include a wide variety of advanced characterising and stress sensor techniques including photonics (PSA), AFM, SEM, PSAT and IR tomography, and DPIV. He focuses on linking the effects of material properties at exceedingly small scales (molecular/nano/micro) to bulk scale mechanical, electrical and chemo-mechanical properties in a wide variety of engineering applications. Joseph has published over 130 papers in several reputed international journals and conference proceedings. He actively participates in the activities of particle technology community in U.K and abroad. He holds membership in several international professional bodies and serves in the technical committees in his area of research including the ASME committee on the constitutive behaviour of materials. Currently, he serves in the editorial boards of more than 10 international journals and a regular reviewer of several leading journals including Physical Review Letters and Physical Review E. He has won many awards, including the prestigious M.I.T Young Research Fellowship for Exemplary Research in Computational Mechanics and the Certificate of Merit as an Example of Outstanding Achievements in U.K Particle Science and Technology in 2002, PTSG, IChemE, U.K. He has served as a guest editor for the Jl. Granular Matter and the lead editor of the book ‘Granular Materials: Fundamentals and Applications’, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, London in 2004. His research sponsors include EPSRC, Royal Society, DTI, ICI, BNFL, P&G, Pfizer, Borax Hosakawa Micron, Bridon International Ltd, Merck Sharp & Dohme and DuPont (U.K). More details on his research activities can be found in: http://www.spanglefish.com/drsjosephantony/

Dr. Houxiao Wang received his PhD degree from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in 2013. He conducted the collaboration work attached with the Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) in Singapore from 2009 to 2011. He got the NTU Research Scholarship (Singapore) in 2008. He is currently an associate professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Jiangsu University. His current research interests mainly focus on advanced laser drilling/machining, processing and manufacturing assisted by magnetic field and/or water-based ultrasonic vibrations, materials processing, and focused ion beam (FIB) nanofabrication and nanometrology for optical applications. Dr. Wang is currently the member of several professional organizations such as The Optical Society of America (OSA), the Optics and Photonics Society of Singapore (OPSS), and the Materials Research Society of Singapore (MRSS). He has published more than 30 peer-reviewed journal papers. He has been invited as or served as the honorable keynote speaker, the honorable guest/speaker, the session chair, the keynote/invited speaker, the (honorable) organizing committee member and/or the technical program committee member for more than 10 international conferences in the area.