Committee & Speakers
Conference chairs
Paul Weiss, California NanoSystems Institute, UCLA, CA, USA
Program committee
Paul Weiss, UCSD, USA
Shelley Claridge, Purdue University, USA
Jill Millstone, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Joseph Wang, UCSD, USA
Plenary Speakers
![Jackie Ying](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/3FJ1PnvmPehAXdCcU94SiN/3bd95856092260bb576036b6d1f1356c/Jackie-Ying.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
JY
Invited Speakers
![Deji Akinwande](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/4UeVUMZIFgELrSlGxXt7kj/a7981597e03a16703cf2de1a09050f63/bio-Akinwande.jpg?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
DA
![Anastassia Alexandrova](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/2dwaAwPlOd4ajWT4d92l7J/303e9a05b692d5ed13da80c3552da25c/bio-Alexandrova.jpg?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
AA
Anastassia Alexandrova
Professor
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
Read more about Anastassia Alexandrova![Anne Andrews](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/44nFB6rKDfvIAbBL6K3fLa/2ca09b71f34df339eb29b998e977ab52/Andrews.jpg?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
AA
![Samuel Chigome](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/26AM24fy8rnH5iBWtVqu1K/91274f7494276581c811121b69525c37/Samuel-Chigome.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
SC
![Shelley Claridge](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/2S9NB2Kx7lsR5c12JSb3fo/039925eb5f36a75e26e77974da68ab0a/bio-Claridge.jpg?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
SC
![Wei Gao](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/5OYdVqNSluTTP1xMC2Yd34/0ed44ef534892dfa865ae64d0d1e4f09/bio-WeiGao.jpg?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
WG
![Yury Gogotsi](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/2wcm7GEUfGZams1tWtHxTp/a75301406a1a436be16468bd174e745f/bio-Gogotsi.jpg?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
YG
![Cherie Kagan](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/4x8D4HlGIgqwRcAPoD6Rrd/5b09cc163959c6a7e5ec6a11653950a1/bio-CherieKagan.jpg?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
CK
![Ali Khademhosseini](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/3jC4GWVdUHxK7rrN24PVh6/3fab6d62ed60ab284248678cd7f20aeb/Ali-Khademhosseini.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
AK
Ali Khademhosseini
CEO and Founding Director
Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation, USA
Read more about Ali Khademhosseini![Christy Landes](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/6jzpxi3ezvO5gH8mEhy5hT/224c272fb919ac497d56e632b819620e/landes.jpg?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
CL
![Markita Landry](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/2WAEklu0RQKhnXHsTxVjse/ec6ff41d8a73edd9474872b328057c74/bio-Landry.jpg?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
ML
![Barry Merriman](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/LZFq0J1Rpg9fzmSbjcWuk/a345a1756837c17bc625740eb05d8ff8/Barry-Merriman.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
BM
Barry Merriman
Co-founder and Chief Science Officer
Rosswell Biotech, USA
Read more about Barry Merriman![Ron Naaman](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/3hlHdiQo99kKoMTcPLUHeH/16158f2e24144486aefedb7f34773747/bio-Naaman.jpg?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
RN
![Abdoulaye Ndao](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/33LxaoWDNBt0pfY409L2AN/5f020a24dd1b1683d0b155f7bd252ec7/bio-AbdoulayeNdao.jpg?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
AN
![Clara Santato](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/4ckXg2K0pkfQASsNeO6NVP/1415f11fbfce479a4adfc40bdb2acb06/Santato.jpg?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
CS
![Andrea Tao](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/1gdXbBdHu1MrDUrsYHLrBS/104c0d50a76c92b47f6398cd7eda6c22/bio-Tao.jpg?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
AT
![Sarah Tolbert](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/4jfqIudyXOzrZ1wSjxET2H/88c0b35904057b6127aa8dd3bd1eb441/bio-Sarah.jpg?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
ST
![Grissel Trujillo de Santiago](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/V2pOAKEStgsBxaGIPCZSb/02ea286cfcdb5b5f0743e10ecf695b9a/Grissel.jpg?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
GTDS
Grissel Trujillo de Santiago
Assistant Professor
Tec Monterrey, Mexico
Read more about Grissel Trujillo de Santiago![Fiorenzo Vetrone](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/emAqhc3C9BVL8xd8evFRv/ccb54c61e26af27411955ff98cdb160e/bio-Vetrone.jpg?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
FV
![Joseph Wang](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/5Fn7EobrCyi9veS6riSiYh/444f164b57d416fb02017321278d06c7/bio-JosephWang.jpg?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
JW
Joseph Wang
Distinguished Professor
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), USA
Read more about Joseph Wang