Shahidan Radiman
School of Applied Physics, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Prof. Dr. Shahidan Radiman academic career started during his Ph.D. studies at Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge studying complex uids
(microemulsion and liquid crystals) using Small-Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS). He joined the Department of Nuclear Science in Universiti
Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) since 1990. In past 10 years, his interest grew in the areas related to the nuclear structure studies, quantum cosmology,
and black hole physics. More recently, he draws his interest in open quantum systems application in biology (molecular motor) and quantum plasmas where Bohmian mechanics is used.
He was elected as a tutor in UKM in 1988 and became the Head of Nuclear Science department until 2004. Then in 2009-2011 as Chairman of the School of Applied Physics and became Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology from 2011 to 2013. He has been graduating more than 90 Master and Ph.D. students in the rea of Nanomaterials, Nuclear Physics and quantum Cosmology including blackholes science.
Suzanne Smith
R&D Commercialization of Radioisotopes and Radiopharmaceuticals, Sweden
Dr. Suzanne Smith is an internationally recognized for pioneering a number of novel theranostic technologies which have been licensed to companies for commercialization. She currently resides in Sweden and consults with a number of USA, Europe and Australia companies in the R & D and commercialization of radioisotopes and radiopharmaceuticals. She has developed patent technology for the production of Cu-64 PET and Cu-67 radiotherapeutic agents and Pt-195m agents for monitoring response to chemotherapy. She has over 25 years experience in the development of radioisotopes using accelerators (up to 200 MeV protons) and reactors. She has developed novel targets for radioisotopes production and technology for incorporation of radioisotopes into peptides, protein, and nanoparticles.
As a Node Director and National Materials Theme Leader of the Centre of Excellence in Antimatter-Matter Studies in Australia, she led a
multidisciplinary team in the application of positrons and radioisotopes in the study of the structure and functional properties of novel
nanomaterials. As the Production Manager of the Brookhaven Linac Isotope Producer, USA, she developed novel targets and methods of production of radioisotopes using high-energy protons and led the production team in the highest yield (in a 30-year operation) and most reliable production of cGMP Sr-82 used for cardiac imaging. Today her expertise is sort for the design of strategic programs for
commercialization of technology and facilities for the large-scale cGMP production of radioisotopes such as Sr-82/Rb-82, Ge-68/Ga-68 and Cu-67.
Shinji Tokonami
Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki University, Japan
Vice President of Japan Health Physics Society Shinji Tokonami, Ph.D. is a full professor at Hirosaki University in the Department of Radiation Physics and specializes in radiation measurements and measurement procedures. In 1995 Dr. Tokonami earned his Ph.D. in engineering from Waseda
University. Throughout his career he has been involved with radiation research at Waseda University, the National Institute of Radiological Sciences, and Hirosaki University. In addition, he is also a member of several International Organizations for Standards’ committees regarding radon and radiation measurements. He is currently a vice president of Japan Health Physics Society.
Dr. Tokonami also has developed multiple measurement techniques and equipment related to his eld. In particular, he developed a special
algorithm for determining airborne radon decay products with continuous air sampling and established a passive measurement technique for
determining two radon isotopes (radon-222 & -220) separately. Based on this measurement technique, the ISO 16641 has been issued as one of international standards. After the Fukushima nuclear accident, he is currently working on a quick and e ective technique to measure radioactivity in the thyroid to determine the dose and quantify the radiological impact due to a nuclear accident.
Prof. Dr. Zaki Suud
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science Bandung Institute of Technology
Prof. Su’ud obtained his bachelor degree from Department of Physics, Bandung Institute of Technology in 1986. After the completion of his Bachelor, he joined the team of lecturer in Department of Physics, Bandung Institute of Technology. Then, he considered continuing his study to Tokyo Institute of Technology. He received Doctor of Engineering from Department of Nuclear Engineering in 1995. Currently, prof Su’ud served as chairman of Nuclear physics and Biophysics research groups.
His current research interests focus on nuclear reactor design and safety,
development, and analysis of nuclear reactor simulation/coding and nuclear instrumentation and control system.
Dr. Yukinobu Kawakita
Mechanism on Function Expression of Energy Materials Induced by Randomness
Dr. Yukinobu Kawakita is Board Member of Japanese Society for Neutron Source. In 1997, he obtained his Doctor of Science from Kyoto University by studying Electronic and Atomic Structure of Liquid Tellurium Containing Alkali Elements. His academic career started in 1994 when he join Department of Physiscs, Faculty of Science, in Kyushu University. Then, he became an assistant professor until March 2010. After his duty on Kyushu University, on April 2010 he joined J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic energy Agency as Senior post doctoral and became a Sub-Leader of Neutron Science Section unti March 2017.
Prof. Takashi Sakuma Ibaraki University, Japan
Professor Takashi Sakuma completed his doctoral degree from The Universty of Tokyo Graduate School in Division of Science in 1978. He started his professional career as research associate in Ibaraki University until 1985. Currently, he is a professor of Graduate school od Science and Technology in Ibaraki University.
Professor Sakuma focus on solid state physisc eld including his subject, correlaton e ect between therm vibrations of atoms and Structure of superionic conductors. Recently, He focus on the ionic solid with high conductivity far below its melting point. The studies aim to extract the microscopic structure and the dynamic characteristic of solid state ionics by X-ray and neutron scattering measurement, and to solve the
mechanism of conduction.
Professor Takashi Sakuma hold a membership on various professional organization including International Society for Solid-State Ionics, The
Physical Society of Japan, The Crystallographic Society of Japan and The Japanese Society for Neutron Science.
Christine Rehm
Australian Center for Neutron Scattering,
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
Dr. Christine Rehm received her Ph.D. in 1999 from the Technical University of Berlin, Germany, as research scientist of Hahn-Meitner Institute, where she investigated hydrogen-induced changes of structural and magnetic
properties of metallic thin lms. After her Ph.D. completion, she joined the U.S. Spallation Neutro Source (SNS) project in Oak Ridge worked on
neutron instrumentation design and optimisation by means of Monte Carlo simulation calculations for a variety of instruments including neutron macromolecular crystallography di ractometer, a time-of- ight ultra-small-angle neutron scattering instrument, and a neutron optics test station.
Currently, she works as an instrument scientist for the KOOKABURRA Ultra-Small-Angle Neutron Scattering (USANS) instrument at the OPAL reactor of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO). Her elds of expertise include neutron science (polarised
re ectometry and magnetic thin lms) as well as neutron instrumentation (neutron optics, instrument simulation, and neutron guides).
Dr. Stefan Adams
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore
After his Ph.D. from U. Saarbrücken/Germany in 1992, Stefan Adams worked as Post-Doc at Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart and as Lecturer at Göttingen University, before joining National University of Singapore in 2005, where he is now Assoc. Professor for Materials Science and Engineering as well as Adjunct Researcher at the A*Star Institute for Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), the Solar Energy Research Institute Singapore (SERIS) and the NUS Centre for Advanced 2D Materials.
Adams serves the Asian Society for Solid State Ionics as their Secretary, as
well as the Materials Research Society of Singapore as Joint Secretary and is a member of the Singapore National Committee for Crystallography. He is Editorial Board member of several journals incl. ActaCrystallographica B, Solid State Ionics, Ionics etc. . His research interest focuses on the e ect of structure and interface variations in nanostructured oxides and
chalcogenides for sustainable energy applications incl. rechargeable batteries.
Prof. Taku J Sato
Institute for Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM), Tohoku University, Japan
Prof. Taku Sato received his Ph.D from University of Tokyo , Japan in 1996.upon the completion of his Ph.D, he became the sta researcher in National research Institute for Metals, , Tsukuba, Japan until 2001. During 2004 – 2012, he became an Associate Professor in Institute for Solid State Physisc, University of Tokyo. He responsible for one triple axis spectrometer (GPTAS) and succesfully teaching three Ph.D student and more Masters at Department of Applied Physiscs. Currently, he become Professor for Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials in Tohoku University, Japan.
Prof. Taku J Sato has expertise in Neutron scattering technique and neutron ineastic scattering analysis as well as single crystal growth and their bulk property characterizations. He has worked on the neutron scattering for more than 20 years using both the reactor- and accelerator- based neutron sources, which include research reactors at JAEA, NIST, ORNL, ILL etc, as well as accelerators such as J-PARC and SNS. His main objectives are to eluciidate novel many-body states in condensed matters such as heavy fermions, frustrated magnets, and quasicrystals.
Currently, He also serve as committee member for several scienti c society or institutions, such as International Union of Crystallography (commission member for magnetic structures) and European Spallation Source (neutron optics panel member).
Prof. Kazuyoshi Yamada
Director of Institute of Materials Structure
Science(IMSS), High Energy Accelerator Research Organization( KEK), Japan
Prof. Kazuyoshi Yamada is a Director of Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Japan. Currently, he serves as a member in di erent professional
organization including The physical Society of Japan, The Japanese Society for Neutron Science, The Japanese Society for Synchrotron Radiation Research, and The Society of Muon and Meson Science of Japan.
Prof. Yamada received his Doctoral degree from Tohoku University, Faculty of Science, with thesis title “ A Study On The Interplay Between Transport and Strucutral Properties of Amorphous Fe-Ge and Ni-Ge Alloys”. He conducted the post doctoral research in Japan Society for Promotion of Science. After the the completion of his post doctoral in 1980, he bocame the research associate in Tohoku University and became a professor of Institute for Chemical Research in Kyoto Universiity until 2003. Prior to his position of KEK director, Prof. Yamada serves as
professor of advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University.
Prof. Yamada main research focuses are on solid state physics, and neutron scattering.
Dr. Santi Maensiri
Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand President of Materials Research Society of Thailand Prof. Dr. Santi Maensiri is the Director of SUT Center of Excellence in Advanced Functional Materials (SUT-AFM) and Vice-Rector for Academic A airs and
Internationalization, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. He is the author of over225 papers with citations over 3400 times and h-index of 31 in ISI journals. His research of interest is in the elds of materials physics and nanostructured materials, which focus mainly on the fabrication, properties, and applications of materials.
The materials of interest include: 1) functional nanostructured materials, 2) diluted magnetic semiconductors and magnetic nanoparticles, 3) giant dielectric ceramics and nanocomposites, and 4) electrospun nano bers of
ceramics, polymers, and nanocomposites for electronic device,
environmental, and energy applications. Prof. Maensiri received his BSc.
Degree (Physics) from Khon Kaen University, Thailand, M.Sc. degree (Ceramic Processing) from Leeds University, and D.Phil. degree (Materials) from Oxford University, U.K. He received many research awards including Thai Young Scientist Award 2007 (Physics), TWAS Prize 2009 for Young Scientists in Thailand in Physics, TRF-CHE-SCOPUS Researcher Award 2010 (Physical Sciences), Thailand Research Fund (TRF) Senior Research Scholar 2013, and Thailand National Outstanding Researcher Awards 2013
(NRCT).Prof. Maensiri is the President of Materials Research Society of Thailand (MRS-Thailand).
Prof. Hsiung Chou
Department of Physics, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan
Prof. Hsiung Chou is a professor in Department of Physics , National Sun Yat Sen University, Taiwan. He graduated from Columbia University in 1992. After the completion of his study, he started his career as associate professor in National Sun Yat-Sen University. Prof. Chou became a chairman of Department of Physics in NSYSU over 2 periods, 2002 – 2004 and 2008 – 2010. Currently, He is positioned as Chairman of International PhD Program for Synchrotron Radiation and Neutron Beam Application.
Prof. Chou is an expert on magnetic thin l physics, superconductivity physics and transparent conducting thin lm physiscs. His current research interests are mainly focused on giant magnetoresistance
multilayer thin lm, physical properties on superconductive thin lm and magnetoresistance under low magnetic eld.
Dr. Shah Nawaz Ahmad
Dr. Shah Nawaz Ahmad is currently Senior Adviser, India Middle East and South-East Asia, World Nuclear Association, London. He is a graduate in Electrical Engineering and has post-graduate quali cations in
Nuclear Engineering as well as in Systems Management.
Ahmad has over 50 years’ hand-on experience in the nuclear power sector. He has worked, at national & international levels, in the areas of Policy & Planning, Management, Safety, Design, EPC contracting &
Construction, Commissioning, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain, Public Awareness, Training, Business Development and International Co- operation.
Ahmad has held senior positions with the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL), Electronics Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL), & World Association of Nuclear Operators, (WANO) Tokyo. He has also worked for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL) & the Indian Atomic Industrial Forum (IAIF). Additionally, Mr.
Ahmad has provided Consultancy to several National & International Consultants & Infrastructure Businesses.