Prof. Hadi Amiri Rudbari is an Associate Professor at the Department
of Chemistry, University of Isfahan. He received his B.Sc. in Applied Chemistry
and M.Sc. in Inorganic Chemistry from Bu-Ali Sina University, Iran and earned his
Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of
Messina, Italy. His research interests include Bioinorganic Chemistry, Coordination
Chemistry; Organometallic Chemistry; Stereochemistry and X-ray Crystallography.
Prof. Fariborz Momenbeik is an Assistant Professor at the Department
of Chemistry, University of Isfahan. He received his B.Sc. in Pure Chemistry
from the University of Isfahan in 1997, obtained his M.Sc. in Analytical
Chemistry from Mazandaran University in 1999, and earned his Ph.D. in Analytical
Chemistry from the University of Isfahan in 2005. He was a Visiting researcher
at Prof. Paul Haddad Group, Australian Center for Research on Separation
Science (ACROSS), University of Tasmania (2004), and served as an Assistant
Professor at Yasouj University (2005–2008). His current research focuses on the
separation and determination of sugars and vitamins by high-performance liquid
chromatography and capillary electrophoresis.
Prof. Nicola Micale is an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical, and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina. He got a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical
Sciences at the Pharmaco-Chemical Department of the University of Messina, and had the post-doctoral scholarship at the same Institurion. He worked for the "Drug Discovery Program" at the Georgetown University (Washington DC) and UIC (Chicago). In 2006, he received the “Farmindustria Prize” for the quality of his researches in the Medicinal Chemistry field. Other work experiences at international level include: “Guest Professor” at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen; "Visiting Scientist" at the National Physical Laboratory (London); "Visiting Scientist" at the Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Division of “Molecular Virology and Gene Therapy” (KU, Leuven); "Research Scholar" at the Department of Pharmaceutics (VCU, Richmond). He is co-author of 103 publications and 60 communications at national and international meetings. His current research is mainly focused on biopolymers for the development of drug delivery systems for active and/or passive targeting of bioactive molecules, design and synthesis of heterocyclic/peptidic compounds targeting human and/or pathogenic proteases, and biological activity of metal complexes