Prof. dr hab. inż. Kazimiera A. Wilk is a full professor at the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (WUST), Head of the Department of Organic and Pharmaceutical Technology (Faculty of Chemistry, WUST). Research profile: colloidal polymeric nano- and microcarriers of drug molecules (e.g., photosensitizers and cytostatics) and biologically active compounds (e.g., flavonoids, antioxidants of natural origin), nanotheranostic systems, co-encapsulation processes, the design of novel micellar systems (nanoemulsions, cosmetic emulsions, polymeric micelles) and cosmeceuticals.
Prof. Thomas Vernier is Research Professor at the Frank Reidy Research Center forBioelectrics at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. His research and industrial experience includes ultraviolet microscopy analysis of S-adenosylmethionine metabolism in a psychrophilic strain of the yeast Rhodotorulaglutinis, molecular biology of the temperature-sensitive host restriction of bacterial viruses in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, low-level environmental gas monitoring, wide-band instrumentation data recording, physical and electrical characterization and modeling of semiconductor and microelectromechanical devices, and the integration of cellular and biomolecular sensors, carbon nanotubes, and quantum dots with commercial integrated electronic circuit fabrication processes. Vernier currently studies the effects of electric fields on biological systems, with applications in cancer therapeutics, combining experimental observations with molecular dynamics simulations. His focus is on understanding the biophysical mechanisms that govern electric field-driven, nondestructive perturbations of biological membranes.
Prof. Saulius Šatkauskas is a professor in Department of Biology, Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas (Lithuania). He is also head of Biophysical Research Group. His research lies in the fields of membrane electropermeabilization and sonoporation in cells and tissues.