5^th International Conference and Exhibition on Polymer Chemistry August 27-28, 2018 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Michael Wells has served in various positions with in the polymer industry for 30 years. He has held positions with such organizations as Procter and Gamble, A. O. Smith, Witco, Arkema, and currently holds the position of Director of Research and Development for Reynolds Polymer Technology. He is a graduate of Arkansas State University with a Bachelor’s in Chemistry and Lehigh University with a M. Eng. In Polymer Science and Engineering. He was until recently, President of the Rocky Mountain section of the Society for Plastics Engineers, and previously served on the board of the Lehigh Valley section of SPE. His main areas of research are polymer initiation systems and polymer structure/property modification. More recently, he has been working with flame retarded acrylic materials and adhesives. He holds two US patents and 1 application in process. Michael currently resides in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Polymer Nanotechnology, Materials Chemistry

Dr. Adango Miadonye is Professor of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry in the School of Science & Technology, Cape Breton University, Canada. He obtained his PhD at Loughborough University, Leicestershire, U.K. He has received global recognition in the field of petroleum engineering and petroleum chemistry, and is a recipient of the President’s Award for Excellence in Research. His impressive publication record includes 100 peer-reviewed articles, numerous book chapters, and a number of presentations at important international conferences. An accomplished and respected student supervisor, Dr. Miadonye is extensively cited and has also formed the basis for a number of industrial collaborations. Well-respected by his colleagues nationally and internationally, Dr. Miadonye has been a leader and contributor to his professional academic community holding offices and serving on committees with numerous academic and professional societies

His research interests include upgrading and rheology of crude oil; green chemistry; petroleum and petroleum products characterization, polymeric materials morphology, characterization and processing.

Dr. Robert Luo obtained his BEng in 1981, MEng in 1984 at Central Southern University in China & PhD in 1994 at South Bank University in London and completed his post-doctoral research at Leicester University in UK. He is a Principal CAE Engineer at Trelleborg IAVS in UK. He is also teaching CAE course for post-graduate students in China. He has performed simulation works on several hundred rubber anti-vibration products in industry over 20 years. He is Charted Engineer, Industrial Adviser and Fellow of Institution of Mechanical Engineers in UK. He has published his own book “Numerical prediction & case validation for rubber anti-vibration system” in both English and Chinese. He, as the first author, has also published nearly 40 articles in peer-reviewed journals.

His research interests: stress, fatigue, dynamics, creep and relaxation, CFD with FSI evaluations on design and applications of rubber anti-vibration components

Dr. Jung Kwon (John) Oh is a Canada Research Chair Tier II in Nanobioscience and an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Concordia University in Canada. With his PhD degree from the University of Toronto in Canada, he completed his postdoctoral research at Carnegie Mellon University in USA. He had also R&D experience in industries, Korea Chemical Company and Dow Chemical Company over 10 years. He has authored >105 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters as well as holds 18 international patents. His research has been recognized with several prestigious awards, selectively including PCI Outstanding Paper Award in 2010, Canada Research Chair Award in 2011-2021, and Dean’s award to Excellence in Scholarship-Mid-Career in 2016.

His research interests involve the design and processing of macromolecular nanoscale materials for biomedical and industrial applications

Dr. Ullah received his PhD (with distinction) in Chemical Sciences and Technologies in 2010 at the University of Genova, Italy working together at Southern Methodist University, USA. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow, Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure at the University of Alberta. He teaches a graduate course which deals with fundamentals in bio-based materials development, characterization, and various industrial applications. Aman has published more than 42 papers in reputed journals and 4 patents/patent applications. He has participated and presented his work at more than 90 National and international scientific meetings and conferences, including several invited, keynote and plenary lectures at conferences and research centers in Asia, Europe, and America. In addition, he has received several awards including Canadian Rising Star award in Global Health by Grand Challenges Canada

Aman leads a research group on Lipid utilization - Polymers/Materials Chemistry and mandate of this group is to develop new monomers, biopolymers, biomaterials and bionanomaterials from lipids (plant oils) and other renewable resources for industrial applications. Therefore, his major research interests are on the synthesis of monomers, biopolymers, nano-engineered biopolymers, nano-biocomposites and bioconjugates from renewable resources for various applications.