Assoc Prof Dr. Yao Liu | Pharmaceutical | Best Researcher Award

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Assoc Prof Dr. Yao Liu | Pharmaceutical | Best Researcher Award

Jiangxi University of Science and Technology | China

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🧑‍🏫 Yao Liu: Associate Professor of Materials Metallurgy and Chemistry

  • Occupation: Associate Professor, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Materials Metallurgy and Chemistry

🎓 Main Responsibilities

  1. NSFC Project Review Expert: Yao Liu serves as a review expert for the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).
  2. Full-time Faculty Member: Actively involved in teaching and research within the Department of Materials Metallurgy and Chemistry.
  3. Course Instructor: Teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses, including “Professional English,” “Bilingual Functional Materials,” “International Courses (I-III),” “Physical Chemistry Experiment,” “Chemistry Experiment,” “Analytical Chemistry Experiment,” and “Scientific Research Methodology” (graduate all-English course).

💡 Patent

  • Granted Patent No. 202010952941.0: Invention Title: Cesium Chloride Crystal and its Preparation Method and Application.

🏆 Awards

  • Bronze Award: 6th China International “Internet+” College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition for the project “Cailiaokexue.com: Create a Payment Platform for Knowledge in Materials Area” (November 2020).

🔬 Research Projects

  1. NSFC General Program (52162002): Study on Crystallization Behavior and Mechanism of Acid Polymers Co-regulated by Non-photochemical Laser (2022-2025, 350,000 RMB).
  2. NSFC Youth Program (51802129): Study on Crystallization Behavior and Mechanism of Sodium Acetate Induced by Non-photochemical Laser (2018-2021, 260,000 RMB).
  3. Jiangxi Province Teaching Achievement Award Youth Cultivation Project: Reform and Practice of International Talent Training in New Energy Engineering (under review).
  4. Jiangxi Province Youth Science Fund Project (20192BAB216008): Validation of the Intrinsic Mechanism of Non-photochemical Laser-Induced Crystallization (2020-2021, 60,000 RMB).
  5. Jiangxi Province Educational and Teaching Reform Research Project (JXYJG-2022-129): Practice and Exploration of PBL in Graduate Courses in a MOOC Environment (2023-2024, 20,000 RMB).
  6. Ganzhou City Science and Technology Plan Project: Co-regulation of Crystal Growth by Non-photochemical Laser Technology and Acidic Polymers (2020-2021, 60,000 RMB).
  7. University-Enterprise Technology Development Cooperation Project: Purification and Preparation of Cesium Chloride Crystal (2022-2025, 20,000 RMB).
  8. University-level Graduate All-English Course System Construction Project: “Scientific Research Methodology (Information Retrieval)” (2022-2023, 50,000 RMB).
  9. University-level Teaching Quality Engineering Project Textbook: “Applied English Tutorial for Chemistry Majors” (2022-2023, ongoing).

📜 Certificates

  1. Senior Professional Technical Qualification Certificate: Associate Professor in Higher Education, Jiangxi Province, December 2019.
  2. Intermediate Professional Technical Qualification Certificate: Lecturer in Higher Education, Jiangxi Province, December 2018.
  3. Higher Education Teacher Qualification Certificate: Specializing in English, Jiangxi Provincial Department of Education, September 2020.
  4. High-level Professional Technical Talent: Recognized by Jiangxi Provincial Department of Human Resources, April 2020.

 

📊🔬Notable Publication:

Enhanced photocatalytic degradation activity via a stable perovskite-type LaFeO3/In2S3 Z-scheme heterostructured photocatalyst: Unobstructed photoexcited charge behavior of Z-scheme photocatalytic system exploration

  • Authors: Han, B., Zhu, P., Liu, Y., Liang, T., Xie, T.
  • Journal: Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • Year: 2022

 

Para-ferroelectric phase transition induces an excellent second harmonic generation response and a prominent switchable dielectric constant change based on a metal-free ionic crystal

  • Authors: Han, D.-C., Li, Y.-K., Liu, Y., Du, P.-K., Zhang, H.
  • Journal: CrystEngComm
  • Year: 2021

 

Morphology control of laser-induced dandelion-like crystals of sodium acetate through the addition of acidic polymers

  • Authors: Liu, Y., He, H., Liu, Y.
  • Journal: Journal of Applied Crystallography
  • Year: 2021

 

Coupling strong photoluminescence and narrow band gap in a new tetranuclear copper cluster: Copper(I) iodide with dimethylamine

  • Authors: Han, D.-C., Tan, Y.-H., Liu, Y., Zhang, H., Ying, T.-T.
  • Journal: Inorganica Chimica Acta
  • Year: 2021

 

Preparation of ultra-thin sandwich Cu-Cu/CNTs-Cu composite foil with high tensile strength by electrodeposition

  • Authors: Zhang, Y.-S., Liu, Y., Tang, Y.-Z., Shi, H.-J., Du, P.-K.
  • Journal: Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
  • Year: 2022

Prof. Elina Genina | Tumor Model | Best Researcher Award

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Prof. Elina Genina | Tumor Model | Best Researcher Award

Saratov State University | Russia

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📚 Biography: Prof. Elina A. Genina

  • 🎓 Education:

    • Saratov State University, Saratov, Russia
      • MS in Radiophysics and Electronics, 1993
      • PhD in Biophysics, 2002
      • Dr.Sc. in Biophysics, 2017

  • 🏢 Professional Experience:

    • Full Professor, Chair of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov State University (SSU), since 2018
    • Senior Researcher, Interdisciplinary Laboratory on Biophotonics, Tomsk State University, 2014–2018
    • Associate Professor, Chair of Optics and Biophotonics, SSU, 2003–2018
    • Assistant Professor, Chair of Optics, SSU, 2002–2003
    • Engineer, Chair of Optics, SSU, 2000–2002
    • PhD Student, Chair of Optics, SSU, 1996–2001
    • Engineer, Institute of Chemistry, SSU, 1993–1997

  • 🌟 Honors and Awards:

    • George Soros PhD student awards, 1999 and 2000
    • Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award, U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (CRDF), 2003
    • Welcome Trust Award, 2005
    • Nano Research Top Papers Award, 2016

  • 📚 Teaching Experience:

    • Courses on Fundamentals of Photobiology, Photomedicine, Tissue Optics, Measurement Methods in Biology and Medicine, and more

  • 📝 Research Interests:

    • Biological and medical physics, biophotonics, biomedical optics, nanobiophotonics, OCT, optical and laser measurements, photodynamic/photothermal therapy

  • 📃 Selected Papers:

    • Published numerous papers and reviews in peer-reviewed journals such as J. Biophotonics, J. Biomedical Optics, and others

  • 🎙️ Professional Activities:

    • Member of editorial boards and reviewer for various scientific journals
    • Member of international conference committees including Saratov Fall Meeting

  • 📘 Book Editor:

    • Edited “Handbook of tissue optical clearing: new prospects in optical imaging,” CRC Press, 2022

  • 🏅 Special Issues:

    • Guest editor and contributor to special issues in journals and proceedings on biophotonics technologies

📊🔬Notable Publication:

Photothermal and photodynamic therapy of tumors with plasmonic nanoparticles: challenges and prospects

Authors: Alla B Bucharskaya, Nikolai G Khlebtsov, Boris N Khlebtsov, Galina N Maslyakova, Nikita A Navolokin, Vadim D Genin, Elina A Genina, Valery V Tuchin

Journal: Materials

Year: 2022

 

Rapid ultrasound optical clearing of human light and dark skin

  • Authors: Elina A Genina, Yury I Surkov, Isabella A Serebryakova, Alexey N Bashkatov, Valery V Tuchin, Vladimir P Zharov
  • Journal: IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
  • Year: 2020

 

Optical clearing of tissues: issues of antimicrobial phototherapy and drug delivery

  • Authors: Valery V Tuchin, Elina A Genina, Elena S Tuchina, Anna V Svetlakova, Yulia I Svenskaya
  • Journal: Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
  • Year: 2021

 

Optimized skin optical clearing for optical coherence tomography monitoring of encapsulated drug delivery through the hair follicles

  • Authors: Sergey M Zaytsev, Yulia I Svenskaya, Ekaterina V Lengert, Georgy S Terentyuk, Alexey N Bashkatov, Valery V Tuchin, Elina A Genina
  • Journal: Journal of Biophotonics
  • Year: 2020

 

Glycerol effects on optical, weight and geometrical properties of skin tissue

  • Authors: Vadim D Genin, Elina A Genina, Valery V Tuchin, Alexey N Bashkatov
  • Journal: Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences
  • Year: 2021

Dr. Stavros Melemenidis | Micrometastases | Best Researcher Award

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Dr. Stavros Melemenidis | Micrometastases | Best Researcher Award

Stanford University School of Medicine | United States

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📚 Biography: Dr. Stavros Melemenidis

🎓 Education

  • DPhil in Radiation Biology – University of Oxford, Dept. Radiation Oncology, Oxford, UK (2010-2015)
    • Mentors: Prof. Nicola Sibson, Prof. Ruth Muschel
    • Thesis: Development of molecular targeted imaging methods for the detection of lung metastasis and angiogenesis
  • M.Sc. in Radiation Biology – University of Oxford, Dept. Radiation Oncology, Oxford, UK (2009-2010)
  • M.Sc. in Radiometrics – University of Liverpool, Dept. Physics, Liverpool, UK (2008-2009)
  • B.Sc. in Physics: Medical Applications – University of Liverpool, Dept. Physics, Liverpool, UK (2005-2008)
  • A.Eng. in PC Systems and Peripheral Equipment – IIEK Neapoleos, Technical College, Thessaloniki, Greece (1998-2000)
  • Cert. Medical Physics – UCLA, Dept. Radiation Oncology, Los Angeles, CA, USA (2022-2023)

🏢 Current Position

  • Director of Pre-clinical Radiotherapy – Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University (Jan 2023-present)
  • Research Scientist – Div. of Radiation Therapy, Stanford University (Feb 2020-present)

🔬 Research Experience & Skills

  • Stanford University, Dept. Radiation Oncology, Stanford, CA
    • Director of Pre-clinical Radiotherapy Core (Jun 2023-present)
      • Calibration of preclinical orthovoltage irradiators
      • Monthly and annual quality checks for dosimetric consistency
      • Innovation in animal radiation shielding via 3D design and additive manufacturing
    • Basic Life Research Scientist at Div. of Radiation Therapy (Jun 2020-present)
      • Pioneering preclinical ultra-high dose-rate (FLASH) irradiation experiments
      • Specializing in 3D-designed radiation shielding for animal safety
      • Expertise in dosimetry using radiochromic film and ion chambers
      • Development of animal models involving tumor implantation and microsurgical techniques
    • Postdoctoral Fellow (Feb 2016-Jun 2020)
      • Advisor: Edward E. Graves
      • Led development of in vivo mouse tumor models integrating imaging, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy
      • Specialized in ultrasound-guided injection techniques
      • Conducted research into immune cell migration with a focus on macrophage imaging
      • Evaluated radioprotective strategies for healthy tissue through drug development
    • Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Oxford, Dept. Radiation Oncology (Jan 2015-Sep 2015)
      • Advisor: Nicola R. Sibson
      • Designed and evaluated innovative imaging probes for metastasis detection and angiogenesis visualization
      • Developed dual MRI/PET probe for metastasis and MRI probe for angiogenesis
      • Managed international research collaboration with Duke University

📜 Selected Publications

  • In vivo PET detection of lung micrometastasis by targeting endothelial VCAM-1. Int J Mol Sci, 2024.
  • Multi-institutional audit of FLASH and conventional dosimetry with a 3D-printed anatomically realistic mouse phantom. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 2023.
  • Exploring deep learning for estimating the isoeffective dose of FLASH irradiation from mouse intestinal histological images. J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 2023.
  • Human enteroids as a tool to study conventional and ultra-high dose rate radiation. Integr Biol (Camb), 2023.
  • Improving radiotherapy in immunosuppressive microenvironments by targeting complement receptor C5aR1. J Clin Invest, 2023.

🏆 Awards & Honors

  • Recognition of Excellent Research: Aegean Conferences: 12th International Conference on Complement Therapeutics, Rhodes, Greece, 2019
  • Poster Prize: Aegean Conferences: 3rd International Conference for Tumor Microenvironment and Cellular Stress, Greece, Mykonos, 2014

🗣️ Conference Presentations

  • Oral Presentation: Demonstrating FLASH effectiveness against CONV dose rates, 34th ACRO Summit, Orlando, FL, March 2024
  • Poster Presentation: Anatomically Realistic 3D Printed Mouse Phantom for Multi-Institutional Benchmarking of FLASH and CONV Irradiation, 65th ASTRO Annual Meeting San Diego, USA, Oct 2023

📞 References

  • Prof. Billy W Loo Jr: Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy), Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Prof. Edward E Graves: Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology and Director of Molecular Imaging Program, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Prof. Frederick M Dirbas: Associate Professor of Surgery (General Surgery), Stanford University School of Medicine

Dr. Stavros Melemenidis is a distinguished figure in radiation oncology, with a profound impact on preclinical radiotherapy and FLASH irradiation research. His contributions to innovative imaging techniques and his dedication to advancing cancer treatment methodologies are reflected in his extensive publication record and numerous accolades.

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