6^th International Conference and Exhibition on Polymer Chemistry & Materials Engineering August 02-03, 2019 Chicago, USA

Dr John (Jung Kwon) Oh is a Canada Research Chair Tier II in Nanobioscience (renewed in 2016) and an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He earned his PhD degree from the University of Toronto in Canada and then completed his postdoctoral training at Carnegie Mellon University in USA. He has also been employed at Korea Chemical Company in Korea and Dow Chemical Company in Michigan over 10 years. He has authored and coauthored >110 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters as well as holds 18 international patents. His research has been recognized with several prestigious awards including Dean’s award to Excellence in Scholarship-Mid-Career at Concordia University in 2016, Canada Research Chair Award in 2011-2021, CNC-IUPAC Travel Award in 2013, PCI Outstanding Paper Award in 2010, and NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship of Canada in 2004.

His research brings together research from the field of polymer chemistry at the interface of biology and materials science, focusing on the design and processing of macromolecular nanoscale materials for biomedical and industrial applications.

Mr. Muhammad Usman, Former Director General of Agricultural Research System, Govt. of Pakistan who retired from service after a spotless career of about 35 years (1974-2009) with senior level experience work on the research and development of integrated agricultural industries like livestock and dairy development, aquaculture and fishery, apiculture and poultry, on a sustainable way

Sustainability Focus on the Future of Agriculture, Energy, Industry, Food and Nutrition.

After getting the Ph.D. (Degree of Engineering) from the University of Tokyo in 1989, he joined the Tokyo University of Science as an assistant professor and initiated the molecular evolutionary engineering of the valuable enzymes capable of catalyzing industrially important reactions. Representative projects are cold adaptation of a mesophilic enzymes and activity increase of bioactive peptides. In 1997, he visited to join as research scientist at the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Immune System, Luis-Pasteur University in France. After spending the decade, he joined Prof. Doi’s Polymer Chemistry Laboratory of RIKEN as a senior research scientist and for the first time introduced modern approaches such as enzyme evolution to the biotechnological production of natural polyesters. He was promoted to Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, in 2004, and moved to Tokyo University of Agriculture this Spring. His current main research focuses on the Synthetic Biology for novel type of polymers based on the creation of novel biological catalysts, and biologically active molecules that can be adapted to the desired environment or biosystems. The published original papers are over 180.

Representative awards 2013: Top-ranked Research Award recommended by President of Hokkaido University 2016: Prizes for Science and Technology, The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MECST) ca.

Synthetic Biology, Novel Biological Catalysts, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Natural Polyesters

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 Science,

Dr. Samuel Mugo graduated with a PhD in analytical chemistry from Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada in 2006. He took a two year NSERC postdoctoral position at Queens University, Ontario, Canada (2007-2008) where his focus was development of microfluidic mass spectrometry platforms for clinical diagnosis. He has been an Assistant professor (analytical chemistry) at MacEwan University from 2008. At MacEwan University, Dr. Mugo is involved in teaching and curriculum development of analytical chemistry courses, environmental chemistry, Physical Science Field skills and independent research courses. He actively engages undergraduate students in his research. Dr. Mugo research interests include: development of miniturized analytical platforms for environmental and food analysis; development of value added products (especially biolipids and biopolymers) from plant oils and other agricultural feedtocks; development of microfluidic devices for blood lipid analysis.

Electrochemistry, Biosensors, Responsive Polymers and Hydrogels, Cellulose Nanocrystals, Analytical Separations