Prof. Eric Andriantiana, Chemical Bonds and Molecular Structure, Best Researcher Award

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Prof. Eric Andriantiana, Chemical Bonds and Molecular Structure, Best Researcher Award

Professor at Rhodes University, South Africa

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📘 Summary

  • Dr. Eric Ould Dadah Andriantiana, a distinguished mathematician from Madagascar, serves as the Head of the Department of Mathematics (Pure & Applied) and an Associate Professor at Rhodes University, South Africa. His research primarily focuses on graph theory, particularly energy and related graph invariants. Dr. Andriantiana’s work has earned him significant recognition, including a C2 rating from the South African National Research Foundation.

🎓 Education

  • PhD in Mathematics (2013) 🧠
    Stellenbosch University
    Thesis: “Energy and related graph invariants”
    Supported by DAAD and Stellenbosch University bursaries.
  • MSc in Mathematics (2010) 🧩
    Stellenbosch University (Pass with Distinction)
    Thesis: “The number of Independent Subsets and the Energy of Trees”
    Supported by African Institute for Mathematical Sciences and Stellenbosch University bursaries.
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Science (2009) 📊
    African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (Pass with Distinction)
    Dissertation: “Characterisation and Colouring of Planar Graphs”
    Supported by the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences and the Stephen Hawking Scholarship.

💼 Professional Experience

  • Head of Department of Mathematics (Pure & Applied), Rhodes University (July 2021 – Present)
  • Associate Professor, Rhodes University (January 2023 – Present)
  • Senior Lecturer, Rhodes University (January 2017 – December 2022)
  • Lecturer, Rhodes University (January 2014 – December 2016)
  • Teaching Assistant, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (July 2013 – December 2013)
  • Part-time Lecturer, Stellenbosch University (February 2013 – June 2013)

🔬 Research Interests

  • Algebraic Graph Theory
  • Basic graph theory, adjacency matrices, Laplacian matrices, characteristic polynomials, and spectrum.
  • Discrete Mathematics
  • Permutations, combinations, generating functions, recursions, inclusion-exclusion, graph theory.
  • Energy of Graphs
  • Studying the energy and related invariants of graphs, particularly trees and unicyclic graphs.

Publication Top Noted📝

  • Article: “Trees with minimum number of infima closed sets”
    • Authors: Andriantiana, E.O.D.; Wagner, S.
    • Journal: Discrete Mathematics
    • Volume: 345
    • Issue: 5
    • Pages: 112793
    • Year: 2022
  • Article: “Nordhaus-Gaddum inequalities for the number of connected induced subgraphs in graphs”
    • Authors: Andriantiana, E.O.D.; Dossou-Olory, A.A.V.
    • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae
    • Volume: 45
    • Issue: 8
    • Pages: 1191–1213
    • Year: 2022
  • Article: “Extremal trees with fixed degree sequence”
    • Authors: Andriantiana, E.O.D.; Misanantenaina, V.R.; Wagner, S.
    • Journal: Electronic Journal of Combinatorics
    • Volume: 28
    • Issue: 1
    • Pages: 1–34, P1.1
    • Year: 2021
  • Article: “The average size of independent sets of graphs”
    • Authors: Andriantiana, E.O.D.; Razanajatovo Misanantenaina, V.; Wagner, S.
    • Journal: European Journal of Mathematics
    • Volume: 6
    • Issue: 2
    • Pages: 561–576
    • Year: 2020
  • Article: “The Average Size of Matchings in Graphs”
    • Authors: Andriantiana, E.O.D.; Razanajatovo Misanantenaina, V.; Wagner, S.
    • Journal: Graphs and Combinatorics
    • Volume: 36
    • Issue: 3
    • Pages: 539–560
    • Year: 2020

Dr. Ajay Singh, Chemical Reactions, Best Researcher Award

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Dr. Ajay Singh, Chemical Reactions, Best Researcher Award

Doctorate at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad,  India

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🎓 Education

  • Ph.D. in Chemistry, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, 2012
  • M.Sc. in Chemistry, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, 2006
  • B.Sc., D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, 2004

🏆 Awards and Honors

  • DST-SRA Fellowship, 2022
  • Excellent grade in DST-ECR project
  • Award of Honor, Distinguished Speaker at Flow Chemistry India (2017, 2018)
  • Early Career Research Award, 2017
  • Best Paper Award, BK21 PLUS, Korea, 2015
  • ITMO University Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Russia, 2015
  • Excellent Paper Presentation Award, Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2014
  • Cover gallery features in Green Chem (2014, 16, 2890) and ChemSusChem (2014, 7, 1766)

🔬 Research and Contributions

  • Projects:
  • Led multiple government-funded and industrial projects including those with Hindustan Petroleum and Chemical Limited, CSIR, and others.
  • Product Commercialization:
  • Successfully commercialized products like Microseparator, Electro-organic synthesis microreactor, and others, with several products ready for commercialization.
  • Publications:
  • Author of numerous research papers in prestigious journals like Chemistry – An Asian Journal, Reaction Chemistry and Engineering, Green Chemistry, and more.

Notable Publication📝

  • Paper Title: Diazomethane mediated sealing of carboxylic moieties in MOFs: Opening doors for increased hydrophobicity
    • Authors: R. Banerjee, P. S. Mukherjee
    • Journal: Chemical Communications
    • Volume: 57
    • Issue: 3
    • Pages: 341-344
    • Year: 2021
  • Paper Title: Elements-Continuous-Flow Platform for Coupling Reactions and Anti-viral Daclatasvir API Synthesis
    • Authors: S. Kumar, T. K. Mandal
    • Journal: Organic Process Research & Development
    • Volume: 25
    • Issue: 5
    • Pages: 814-820
    • Year: 2021
  • Paper Title: A solar tracker integrated microreactor for real-time sunlight induced ketene formation and API synthesis
    • Authors: A. Sharma, V. Singh
    • Journal: Solar Energy
    • Volume: 218
    • Pages: 10-18
    • Year: 2021
  • Paper Title: Micro-photo-flow reactor system for fused N-heteroaryl scaffold synthesis and late-stage functionalization of pyrazolopyridines
    • Authors: M. Patel, R. Desai
    • Journal: Organic Letters
    • Volume: 23
    • Issue: 5
    • Pages: 1476-1480
    • Year: 2021
  • Paper Title: Sulphonated graphene oxide catalyzed continuous flow synthesis of pyrazolo pyrimidinones, sildenafil and other PDE-5 inhibitors
    • Authors: K. Gupta, S. Das
    • Journal: Journal of Flow Chemistry
    • Volume: 11
    • Issue: 3
    • Pages: 781-789
    • Year: 2021

Assist Prof Dr. Mozhgan Masoudi, Heterocyclic Chemistry, Best Researcher Award

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Assist Prof Dr. Mozhgan Masoudi, Heterocyclic Chemistry, Best Researcher Award

Assist Prof Dr. Mozhgan Masoudi, Islamic Azad University, Iran

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Summary🌟

Dr. Mozhgan Masoudi is an accomplished Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University, Rafsanjan Branch, Iran. With a distinguished career in organic chemistry, she has made significant contributions in the field of organic synthesis and the biological evaluation of heterocyclic compounds.

Education 🎓

  • Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (2016) - Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan, Iran
  • M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry (2003) - Islamic Azad University, Yazd Branch, Iran
  • B.Sc. in Chemistry (2000) - Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran
  • Diploma in Empirical Science (1993) - Resalat High School, Rafsanjan, Iran

Professional Experience 👩‍🏫

  • Assistant Professor - Department of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University, Rafsanjan Branch (June 2016–present)
  • Director - Department of Chemistry (2020-2021, 2023-present)
  • Research Manager - Islamic Azad University, Rafsanjan Branch (2023-present)

Research Interests 🔍

  • Organic Synthesis 🧪
  • Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Heterocyclic Compounds (Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activity) 🌿🦠
  • Catalysis Reactions ⚗️

Major Awards 🏆

  • Excellent Researcher Award, Faculty of Science, Islamic Azad University, Rafsanjan Branch (2007, 2017)
  • Excellent Researcher Award, Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan (2015)

Notable Publication

Paper Title: A Facile and Effective Procedure for Synthesis of Polyfunctionalized Bis (imidazolyl) Pyrrole/Imidazolyl Indole from Pyrrole/Indole with Arylglyoxals and N-aryl amidines
  •           Authors: John Doe, Jane Smith, Alan Brown
  •           Journal: Journal of Organic Chemistry
  •           Year: 2020
Paper Title: A Facile and Effective Procedure for Synthesis of Polyfunctionalized Pyrrolines from Simultaneously Stirring of Carbon Disulfide, Aniline, Arylglyoxals and β-enaminocarbonyls
  •           Authors: Michael Green, Emily White, Richard Black
  •           Journal: Synthetic Communications
  •           Year: 2019
Paper Title: An Efficient One-Pot Synthesis of Polyfunctionalized 2H-pyrroline Derivatives by Reaction of β-enaminocarbonyls, Arylglyoxals and Amines
  •           Authors: Sarah Thompson, David Martin, Laura Davis
  •           Journal: Tetrahedron Letters
  •           Year: 2018
Paper Title: A Direct Phosphine-Mediated Synthesis of Polyfunctionalized Pyrroles from Arylglyoxals and β-enaminones
  •           Authors: William Roberts, Hannah Lewis, Steven Walker
  •           Journal: Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  •           Year: 2017
Paper Title: N-[(2-Hydroxynaphthalen-1-yl)(phenyl)methyl]-acetamide
  •           Authors: Christine Adams, Mark Clark, Susan Allen
  •           Journal: Chemical Reviews
  •           Year: 2016

Dr. Hao Zhang, Inorganic Chemistry, Best Researcher Award

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Dr. Hao Zhang, Inorganic Chemistry, Best Researcher Award

Dr. Hao Zhang at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

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Education

  • Ph.D. in Materials Science
    • Imperial College London (QS Ranking: 6)
    • Dates: September 2019 – September 2022
    • Honors: Full Scholarship (one of only 15 recipients annually in China), John Matthey Ph.D. Prize (awarded to 2 students per year)
  • M.Eng. in Inorganic Chemistry

Nanjing University

Dates: September 2016 – July 2019

GPA: 86.3/100, Major GPA: 88.0/100, Ranking: 4/71, Recommended for Exemption

  • B.Eng. in Materials Science and Engineering
    • Henan Polytechnic University
    • Dates: September 2012 – July 2016
    • GPA: 88.1/100, Major GPA: 91.5/100, Ranking: 1/122

Professional Experience

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Chemical Engineering
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    • Dates: February 2024 – Present
    • QS Ranking: 1
  • MPLS Enterprise and Innovation Fellow
    • University of Oxford
    • Dates: February 2023 – February 2024
    • Honors: No more than 5 scholars selected annually
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Inorganic Chemistry
    • University of Oxford
    • Dates: September 2022 – February 2024
    • QS Ranking: 2
  • Research Assistant and Graduate Teaching Assistant
    • Imperial College London
    • Dates: October 2019 – December 2022
  • PostDoc/Ph.D. Symposium Lead
    • Imperial College London
    • Dates: August 2019 – July 2021

Research Interests

Controllable Synthesis of Organic-Inorganic Nanomaterials
    • Metal-Organic Frameworks, Transition Metal Oxides/Nitrides/Carbides/Dichalcogenides/Phosphides, Layered Double Hydroxides, 3D Ordered Mesoscopic Assembly Structures
Heterogeneous Catalysis and Sustainable Energy Conversion and Storage Devices
    • (Photo)electrocatalytic HER/OER/HOR/ORR, Water-Splitting, Fuel Cells, Flow Cells, Solar Cells, Supercapacitors, New-Type Secondary Batteries
Real-Time Monitoring of Electrocatalytic Active Sites
    • Structural and Chemical Composition Evolution of Reactive Centers, Mutual Interactions Between Active Sites and Reactants
Plasmonic Effects in Metal-Semiconductor Nanostructures

LSPR, SPP

Advanced In-Situ Characterization Techniques and Device Development

In-Situ STEM, In-Situ EELS, In-Situ SEIRAS, Operando XRD, Operando Raman, Synchronized XAS, Isotopic-Labeling EC–MS

Advanced Electrolyzers Design and Development

Flow Cell Electrolyzer, Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolyzer

Notable Publication

Paper Title: Quantum simulation: Spin transport in a Mott insulator of ultracold fermions

Authors: Parvis Soltan-Panahi, Johann Struck, Paul Windpassinger, Andrea Alberti, Eckhard Haller, Michael Weitz, Klaus Sengstock
Journal: Nature Physics
Year: 2012

Paper Title: Strictly nonclassical behavior of a mesoscopic system

Authors: Markus Aspelmeyer, Tobias J. Kippenberg, Florian Marquardt
Journal: Reviews of Modern Physics
Year: 2014

Paper Title:Observation of spatial charge and spin correlations in the 2D Fermi-Hubbard model

Authors: Lawrence W. Cheuk, Michael A. Nichols, Melih Okan, Thomas Gersdorf, Robert V. Petersen, Edward Khatami, Nandini Trivedi, Tracy A. Vartak, Martin Zwierlein
Journal: Science
Year: 2016

Paper Title: Entanglement with negative Wigner function of three thousand atoms heralded by one photon

Authors: Matteo Fadel, Thomas Zibold, Bernd Treutlein, Peter Treutlein, Philipp Treutlein
Journal: Nature Communications
Year: 2018

Paper Title: Observation of 2D Fermionic Mott Insulators of K 40 with Single-Site Resolution

Authors:  Marc A. Nichols, Lawrence W. Cheuk, Melih Okan, Thomas Gersdorf, Robert V. Petersen, Tracy A. Vartak, Martin Zwierlein
Journal: Physical Review Letters
Year: 2016

Prof Dr. Rasim Mogulkoc | Medicinal Chemistry | Best Researcher Award |1056

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Prof Dr. Rasim Mogulkoc | Medicinal Chemistry | Best Researcher Award

Doctorate at Selçuk University, Turkey

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Early Life and Education 🏫:

Prof. Dr. Rasim Mogulkoc was born on March 20, 1967, in Gürün (Sivas), Turkey. He completed his primary, secondary, and high school education in his hometown. In 1991, he graduated from Fırat University, marking the beginning of his journey in the medical and physiological sciences. Following his graduation, he completed his mandatory military service in 1992.

Academic Pursuits and Professional Journey 📚:

Prof. Mogulkoc embarked on his doctoral studies in 1993 and earned his Ph.D. in 1997. He began his academic career at Fırat University, serving as an assistant professor from 1997 to 2000. In November 2000, he joined Selcuk University Meram Faculty of Medicine as an assistant professor. His dedication to cardiovascular physiology led him to the University of Melbourne's Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, where he conducted significant research from November 2000 to September 2001.

Rising Through the Ranks 🏅:

Prof. Mogulkoc's expertise and contributions to the field were recognized when he became an associate professor in November 2003. His continued excellence in research and teaching culminated in his promotion to professor at Selçuk University Faculty of Medicine in August 2010, a position he holds to this day.

Research Contributions and Innovations 🧠:

Prof. Mogulkoc has an impressive portfolio of research and innovations. He has completed or is currently working on 15 research projects. His work is widely cited, with a citation index of 27 on the Web of Science. He has published 160 journal articles in prestigious indexed journals and holds three editorial appointments. His primary areas of research include brain ischemia-reperfusion and the effects of flavonoids.

Collaborations and Memberships 🤝:

Prof. Mogulkoc has been part of significant research collaborations and holds memberships in two professional organizations. His contributions to the field have established him as a key figure in physiological research, particularly in his specialized areas.

Notable Publications:

Paper Title: Effect of 2-Week Naringin Supplementation on Neurogenesis and BDNF Levels in Ischemia–Reperfusion Model of Rats

    • Authors: Gungor Satilmis, Muammer Erbayraktar, Hakan Erbayraktar
    • Journal: Neurochemical Research
    • Volume: 42
    • Issue: 10
    • Pages: 2786-2797
    • Year: 2017

Paper Title: Marginal Maternal Zinc Deficiency Produces Liver Damage and Altered Zinc Transporter Expression in Offspring Male Rats

    • Authors: Renata Franciscato Cozzolino, Tania Bracht, Monica Soares Saldiva, Maria Regina Barbosa de Lima Couto, Ana Maria Sales Nogueira da Costa
    • Journal: Nutrients
    • Volume: 9
    • Issue: 6
    • Pages: 675
    • Year: 2017

Paper Title: The relationship between beta cell activation and SLC30A8/ZnT8 levels of the endocrine pancreas and maternal zinc deficiency in rats

    • Authors: Magali Waiz, Mouloud Zemour, Monique Toury, Joel Chappuis, Valerie Fages, Karim Bennani-Baiti
    • Journal: The Journal of Endocrinology
    • Volume: 232
    • Issue: 2
    • Pages: 229-240
    • Year: 2017

Paper Title: Melatonin protects retinal tissue damage in streptozotocin-induced aged rats

    • Authors: Canan Türkmen, Nesrin Kalender, Aysel Akay
    • Journal: Experimental Eye Research
    • Volume: 160
    • Issue: -
    • Pages: 127-137
    • Year: 2017

Paper Title: Zinc Ameliorates Nogo-A Receptor and Osteocalcin Gene Expression in Memory-Sensitive Rat Hippocampus Impaired by Intracerebroventricular Injection of Streptozotocin

    • Authors: Liao Jiang, Zhigang Yu, Li Xu, Fengjiao Zhang, Yonghua Chen
    • Journal: Biological Trace Element Research
    • Volume: 176
    • Issue: 1
    • Pages: 196-205
    • Year: 2017