COMMITTEE

CHAIRMAN

Prof. Frank Vollmer

Prof. Frank Vollmer

University of Exeter, UK

Frank Vollmer is Professor in Biophysics at the University of Exeter, UK. He obtained his Ph.D. in ‘Physics & Biology’ from the Rockefeller University in NYC, USA, in 2004. He was Rowland Fellow at Harvard University from 2004 to 2009, Scholar-in-Residence at the Wyss Institute at Harvard in 2010, Group Leader (untenured Associate Professor) at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Germany from 2011–2016 and Instructor in Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School where he directed a satellite laboratory from 2011– 2016. Since 2016 he is Professor in Biophysics at the School of Physics, University of Exeter, UK. He received the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award in 2017 and in 2021 the Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics (IoP). Since 2021 he is Fellow of the IoP.

 

 CO-CHAIRMAN 

 

Prof. Felix Ritort

Prof. Felix Ritort

University of Barcelona, Spain

Dr. Felix Ritort is full professor in condensed matter physics at the University of Barcelona since 2007. He got his PhD in statistical physics in 1991 under the supervision of G. Parisi and M. Rubi. Until 2002 he made contributions to the field of disordered systems and nonequilibrium physics. Afterward, he started an experimental career in single-molecule biophysics to investigate energy processes at the molecular level. Ritort’s group is recognized worldwide as a leader in applying the finest theoretical methods to extract quantitative information about thermodynamics and kinetics of molecular interactions. A recurring theme in his research is the understanding of how molecular systems embedded in noisy thermal environments outperform the efficiency of macroscopic systems: being small has advantages that nature has exploited. He has been awarded several prizes: ICREA Academia Award 2008, 2013, 2018; Bruker Prize 2013 from Spanish Biophysical Society. He chairs the Division of Physics for Life Sciences of the European Physical Society.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

The S3IC 2023 Scientific Committee is composed of experienced Professors and Doctors who are in charge of assessing the submitted papers based on the peer review method.

Prof. Jamil Akhtar

Prof. Jamil Akhtar

Institute for Innovations in Science and Technology, India

Prof. Joan Bausells

Prof. Joan Bausells

Barcelona Microelectronics Institute (CSIC), Spain

Prof. Anton Belogorlov

Prof. Anton Belogorlov

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Russian Federation

Prof. Mircea Dragoman

Prof. Mircea Dragoman

National Research and Development Institute in Microtechnology, Romania

Dr. Denis Garoli

Dr. Denis Garoli

Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia, Italy

Prof. Martina Gerken

Prof. Martina Gerken

Kiel University, Germany

Prof. Daniel Granados

Prof. Daniel Granados

IMDEA Nanoscience, Spain

Dr. Sanjay Tiwari

Dr. Sanjay Tiwari

Madhya Pradesh Bhoj, University Bhopal, India

Dr. Peter Zijlstra

Dr. Peter Zijlstra

Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

A/Prof. Yen Nee Tan

A/Prof. Yen Nee Tan

Newcastle University, UK and Singapore

Prof. Andrei Naumov

Prof. Andrei Naumov

Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation

Dr. Emad Kiriakous

Dr. Emad Kiriakous

Queensland University Of Technology, Australia

Dr. Vipul Sharma

Dr. Vipul Sharma

Indian Institute Of Technology Mandi, India

Prof. Candid Reig

Prof. Candid Reig

University of Valencia

Noureddine Gabouze

Noureddine Gabouze

Carolina Aliaga

Carolina Aliaga

University of Santiago, Chile

Dr. Felix Campelo

Dr. Felix Campelo

ICFO, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Spain

Prof. Andrea Cusano

Prof. Andrea Cusano

Università degli Studi del Sannio, Italy

 Loes Irene Segerink

Loes Irene Segerink

University of Twente

Dr. Heiner Linke

Dr. Heiner Linke

Lund University, Sweden

Dr. Roderick Lim

Dr. Roderick Lim

Switzerland

Dr. Kourosh Kalantar Zadeh

Dr. Kourosh Kalantar Zadeh

Australia

Dr. Nikita Toropov

Dr. Nikita Toropov

University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Dr. Jolly Xavier

Dr. Jolly Xavier

Indian Institute of Technology Dehli, India

Dr. Srikanth Pedireddy

Dr. Srikanth Pedireddy

University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Dr. Thomas Derrien

Dr. Thomas Derrien

University of Exeter, United Kingdom