Dr.M.G.H.Zaidi is a full professor in the Department of Chemistry, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, and Chief Executive Officer at the Intellectual Property Management Center, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India. Most remarkably, his entire academic trajectory and achievements were shaped in India. Professor Zaidi has made pioneering contributions to the field of polymer science and technology, which have received immense acclaim among peers across the world. His widely cited research work covers supercritical processing of polymer derived functional nanostructures for applications in sustained drug delivery, multifunctional coatings, sensors, energy storage and structural engineering. Professor Zaidi is a meticulous scientist and has mentored over seventy students, including masters, doctorate and research fellows in the discipline of polymer science and engineering. He has several patents and contributed his expertise as an editor for various books and special journal issues, accumulating 200 publications including reviews and research articles to his credit.

Thomas J. Webster’s (H index: 137) degrees are in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh (B.S., 1995; USA) and in biomedical engineering from RPI (Ph.D., 2000; USA). He has formed over a dozen companies who have numerous FDA approved medical products currently improving human health in over 30,000 patients. He is also currently serving as a professor at Brown University, Saveetha University, Hebei University of Technology, University of the Basque Country, UFPI, and others. Dr. Webster has numerous awards including: World Top 2% Scientist by Citations (PLOS); SCOPUS Highly Cited Research (Top 1% Materials Science and Mixed Fields); Clarivate Top 0.1% Most Influential Researchers (Pharmacology and Toxicology); Best Materials Science Scientist by Citations (Research.com); and is a fellow of over 8 societies. Prof. Webster is a former President of the U.S. Society for Biomaterials and has over 1,500 publications to his credit with over 75,000 citations. He was recently nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2026). Prof. Webster also recently formed a fund to support Nigerian student research opportunities in the U.S.

Professor Luiz Moutinho (BA, MA, PhD, MAE, FCIM) is the Visiting Professor of Marketing at Faculty of Arts, Business and Applied Social Science, Univ. of Suffolk, Ipswich, England, UK. In 2020 he was elected as the member of The Academia Europaea. In 2017 he received a degree of Prof. Honoris Causa from the Univ. of Tourism and Management Skopje, North Macedonia. In 2025 was rated among the top 85 in 100 best scientists in Business and Management by Research.com as well as Top 0.05% of Scholars in the Areas of Marketing and Management by ScholarGPS. During 2015 - 2017 he was a professor of BioMarketing and Futures Research at the DCU Business School, Dublin City University, Ireland. This was the first Chair in the world on both domains - BioMarketing and Futures Research. Previously, and for 20 years, he had been appointed as the Foundation Chair of Marketing at the Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, Scotland.

Prof. Ivana Cacciatore is an Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara (Italy). Her current research focuses on Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology, particularly on the discovery and development of novel antimicrobial compounds and their associated drug delivery systems, capable of interfering with bacterial resistance mechanisms. In 2025, she was recognized as a Top 2% Scientist worldwide for her research contributions