Topical Advisory Panel

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Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland
Interests: QSAR; liquid chromatography; ADMET studies in silico and in vitro; environmental toxicology; spectroscopy
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Department of Biotechnology, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala 147004, Punjab, India
Interests: membrane protein transporters in plant responsible for salt resistance; developing cost-effective study of membrane proteins transporters: expression, purification, reconstitution and activity assays; membrane protein engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
Interests: catalytic membrane; pervaporation; membrane reactor; special wettable materials; membrane distillation; electrospining; nanofibrous membrane; oil/water separation
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Institute of Polymers, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev 103A, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
Interests: polybenzimidazoles and solid polymer electrolyte membranes therefrom&mdahs;synthesis; processing and characterization; ion-conductive membranes (both proton- and anion conductive); nanocomposite membranes; inversed and asymmetric membranes; chemically crosslinked membranes/cross-linking; stabilization; novel electrolyte systems, including ionic liquids and eutectics; electrospinning and nanofibers
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A.V.Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis RAS (TIPS RAS), Leninsky pr., 29, Moscow, Russia
Interests: polymeric membranes; micro-, ultrafiltration; water-oil emulsions; water treatment; fouling; organic solvent nanofiltration; chemical resistance; synthetic and bio-polymers; nanocellulose; preparation polymeric membranes; hollow fiber; 3D printing; Palladium (Pd); trichloroethylene; hydrodechlorination; membrane contactor; catalytic reactor
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Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design, School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
Interests: graphene oxide; 2D materials; polymer composite; electrospinning; polymer/graphene oxide nanocomposite; transition metal dichalcogenide; heavy metal remediation

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School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
Interests: membrane-based liquid separation (pervaporation)

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Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, TX 75708, USA
Interests: epithelial ion transport; lung stem cells; lung injury repair; epithelial barriers
Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), Daejeon 34103, Republic of Korea
Interests: membrane fabrication; hollow fiber; nanocomposite; forward osmosis; water treatment; wastewater treatment
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Department of Engineering, Wake Forest University, Wake Downtown, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA
Interests: dielectrophoresis; electrophysiology; cell characterization

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Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
Interests: membrane technology; electrospinning; nanofibrous membranes; environmental materials; desalination; oil/water separation

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Department of Marine Environmental Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju-daero, 501, Jinju-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea
Interests: bioelectrochemical system; forward osmosis; gas separation; electrically conductive membrane; 2D nanomaterials
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Mxpolymers, Heimanslaan 6, 6705 AG Wageningen, The Netherlands
Interests: polymer design and synthesis; new monomers; new polymers (especially for ion conducting membranes); PEM electrolysers (especially featuring new polymer membranes); fuel cells (ditto); electrolytic hydrogen compression via PEM systems

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Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
Interests: molecular mechanisms of diseases and/or the mode of action of potential drugs by using a wide range of cell biology, biochemical, and biophysical approaches, as well as lipidomics; role of specific lipid molecular species in determining membrane properties, their interaction with proteins, and their cellular functions
Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 20C, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Interests: membrane Contact Sites; protein homeostasis; cell stress; nutrient signalling; Lipids

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Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
Interests: bioimaging; membrane trafficking; biological chemistry

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Institute of Bio-Colloid Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 03680 Kyiv-142, Ukraine
Interests: thermodynamics; electrodynamics; mechanics of multiphase systems; membrane science
Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA 95618, USA
Interests: nanofibrous membrane; porous materials; membrane-based biosensor; adsorption; chemical modification on polymer

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Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, ‎AB T6G 2G2, Canada
Interests: membrane proteins; protein degradation; structural biology; membrane mimetics; membrane/lipid signalling
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Laboratory of Endometrium, Endometriosis and Reproductive Medicine, Department of Development and Regeneration, Laboratory of Ion Channel Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain and Disease Research, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Interests: ion channels; TRP channels; membrane receptors; neuroscience; cell physiology; electrophysiology; patch clamp; calcium imaging

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International Reference Center on Water Reuse of the University of São Paulo (IRCWR-USP), Environmental and Hydraulic Department (PHA), Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05508-020, Brazil
Interests: advanced techniques for water treatment; photochemical/photocatalytic processes; process intensification (PI); catalytic thin-films; design of reactors; nano/ultra/microfiltration technology; membrane bioreactors (MBR)

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School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
Interests: novel membrane and membrane technology development; integrated membrane process application; membrane technology for water treatment and reuse; ultrafiltration; nanofiltration; reverse osmosis; membrane distillation; extractive membrane bioreactor; photocatalytic membrane reactor; hybrid membranes; charged membranes; multifunctional membranes.
Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
Interests: direct lithium extraction; nanostructured materials; membrane; desalination; sensors
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Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Institute of Membrane Research, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
Interests: polymeric membranes; polymer blends; gas separation; CO2 capture; adsorption; solubility

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The Scientific and Educational Physico-Technical Center, Odesa National I.I. Mechnikov University, Odesa 65023, Ukraine
Interests: metal oxide (TiO2, ZnO) based thin films for optical and optoelectronic biosensors; metal oxide/polymer based layers for potential applications in biosensor, electrochemical and thermoelectric devices; biofunctionalization of the surface; electrochemical polymerization; conducting polymers
Toray Industries, Inc., 3-2-1 Sonoyama, Otsu, Shiga 520-0842, Japan
Interests: seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO); low-pressure seawater reverse osmosis membrane; mega-ton water system; brine conversion two-stage RO seawater desalination system; low-pressure multistage system (LMS); energy recovery device (ERD); pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO); pressure-retarded osmosis membrane; renewable solar energy; brine management and disposable option; green desalination
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Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 220072 Minsk, Belarus
Interests: inorganic sorbents; titanium oxides and phosphates; synthesis; sorption of heavy and radioactive metals; inorganic membranes; production; microfiltration; natural water; liquid radioactive waste decontamination; treatment and processing
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R&D Center for Membrane Technology and Department of Chemical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chungli District, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan
Interests: membranes: applications- wastewater treatment, biomedical applications, battery separators; theoretical- thermodynamics analyses of fabrication of polymeric membranes using green solvents; membrane formation analyses of different phase-inversion processes

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NTU Institute of Structural Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 636921, Singapore
Interests: ligand gated ion channels; membrane proteins; structural biology; cryo-EM
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