Maria-Anna Gatou is a Ph.D. Candidate/Researcher at the Laboratory of General Chemistry at the School of Chemical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). She studied Geology and Geoenvironment at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (BSc), specializing in Materials Science and Technology (MSc NTUA) and Resources, Environment, and Sustainability (MSc UBC), while her Ph.D. is in Environmental Technology, specifically in the development of advanced smart nanomaterials for the decontamination of wastewater derived from hydrocarbon extraction and treatment installations”. Among her research interests, the interdisciplinary field of nanotechnology holds a dominant position, with emphasis on the synthesis and characterization of novel nanomaterials, as well as nanocomposite materials, mainly for environmental applications (wastewater treatment, green technologies for heavy metal removal), as well as self-cleaning, antibacterial, and anticancer applications. She has had 16 publications in international scientific journals and has been cited 37 times, leading to an h-index=3 (Scopus: 06/05/2023).

Ioanna-Aglaia Vagena is a physicist and a Ph.D. candidate at the Medical School of Athens. She holds a BSc in Physics from the University of Patras, Greece, and an MSc in Nanomedicine from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. Her Ph.D. research focuses on innovative nanomaterials for skin cancer, while her MSc thesis was on the creation of a theragnostic hybrid material consisting of carbon quantum dots, zinc oxide, and porphyrin for lung and breast cancer.

Natassa Pippa is Pharmacist at the Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. Her research focus is in the area of pharmaceutical nanotechnology, specifically in the areas of hydrogels, nanoemulsions, nanovaccines, and liposomes.

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Evangelia A. Pavlatou is a professor in the Department of Chemical Sciences (I) of the School of Chemical Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). Her research work is actually oriented in the following fields: (a) exploitation of new technologies regarding educational material for secondary and higher education, (b) educational research focusing on chemistry and technology in education, (c) the structural characterization of inorganic materials through spectroscopic methods, (d) the electrodeposition of metal, alloy, and composite nanostructured coatings, (e) the synthesis and characterization (microstructure, properties, photocatalytic, mechanical, corrosion) of coatings, (f) the synthesis of metallic and alloy nanostructures (nanowires, nanotubes, and nanostructured templates), (g) the synthesis and characterization of nanocomposites for self-cleaning, antibacterial, and anticancer applications, (h) wastewater treatment by the development of metal removal processes, as well as green technologies based on novel nanomaterials. Her research work has been published in 68 international peer-reviewed journals and a book, 26 publications in full proceedings of international conferences, 72 publications in abstracts of international conferences, and 64 publications in proceedings of Greek conferences. She counts 1749 citations for her research work, resulting in an h-index=23. Currently, she is a reviewer in more than 20 international scientific journals.

Nefeli Lagopati is an Assistant Professor in Biology and Nanomedicine at the Department of Biology, at the School of Medicine of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). She earned her Ph.D. at the Faculty of Biology of the School of Science, NKUA, in cooperation with the Institute of Biosciences and Applications and the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, of the National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos". She graduated from the Faculty of Physics, NKUA. She received her first MSc in Medical Physics/ Radiation Physics from the School of Medicine, NKUA, and her second MSc in Advanced Materials from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the University of Ioannina. Among her research interests is the multi-disciplinary field of nanomedicine in cancer treatment. Specifically, Dr. Nefeli Lagopati focuses on the oxidative stress-induced apoptotic effect and the anticancer activity of nanomaterials. She has worked as a Research Fellow on various research projects and has received full national and European scholarships. She has focused on the development of drug delivery systems, biomaterials, hybrid materials, cellular senescence, oxidative stress molecular mechanisms, radiobiology, Monte Carlo simulation, and dosimetry.