The 16th Pacific Polymer Conference

Invited Speakers

Symposium 1: Polymer Synthesis and Characterization | Invited Speakers

INVITED SPEAKERS:

• Leonie BARNER, The Queensland University of Technology 
• Cyrille BOYER, The University of New South Wales
• Changle CHEN, University of Science and Technology of China
• Jerome CLAVERIE, Université de Sherbrooke
• Michelle L. COOTE, Australian National University
• Michael CUNNINGHAM, Queen's University
• Antoine DEBUIGNE, University of Liege
• Mathias DESTARAC, Paul Sabatier University
• Marion GABORIEAU, Western Sydney University
• Didier GIGMES, Aix-Marseille University
• Yves GNANOU, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
• Yohann GUILLANEUF, Aix-Marseille University, CNRS
• Nikos HADJICHRISTIDIS, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
• Takeharu HAINO, Hiroshima University
• Hans HEUTS, Eindhoven University of Technology
• Jinlian HU, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Takashi ISHIZONE, Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Hideto ITO, Nagoya University
• Atsushi KAJIWARA, Nara University of Education
• Masami KAMIGAITO, Nagoya University
• Zhibo LI, Qingdao University of Science and Technology (QUST)
• Zi-Chen LI, Peking University
• Hua LU, Peking University
• Hideto MINAMI, Kobe University
• Daigo MIYAJIMA, RIKEN
• Hiroshi NIINO, Mitsubishi Chemical
• Kotohiro NOMURA, Tokyo Metropolitan University
• Hyun-jong PAIK, Pusan National University
• Chi-How PENG, National Tsing Hua University
• Thoniyot PRAVEEN, Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, A*STAR
• Fumio SANDA, Kansai University
• Eriko SATO, Osaka City University
• Kotaro SATOH, Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Paul Van STEENBERGE, Ghent University
• Takeo SUGA, Waseda University
• Akinori TAKASU, Nagoya Institute of Technology
• Daisuke TAKEUCHI, Hirosaki University
• Youhua TAO, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science
• Ikuyoshi TOMITA, Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Nicolay V. TSAREVSKY, Southern Methodist University
• Yi-Xian WU, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
• Shigeru YAMAGO, Kyoto University
• Tsutomu YOKOZAWA, Kanagawa University
• Donghui ZHANG, Louisiana State University
• Zhicheng ZHANG, Xi'an Jiaotong University
• Youliang ZHAO, Soochow University
• Yue ZHAO, Université de Sherbrooke

Symposium 2: Polymer Physics: Structure, Properties, and Processing | Invited Speakers

INVITED SPEAKERS:

• Markus BUSCH, Technische Universität Darmstadt
• Hsin-Lung CHEN, National Tsing Hua University
• Quan CHEN, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS
• Junhan CHO, Dankook University
• Liang DAI, City University of Hong Kong
• Xiaozheng DUAN, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS
• Yanhong FENG, South China University of Technology
• Qiang HE, Harbin Institute of Technology
• Wei HONG, Southern University of Science and Technology
• Wenbing HU, Nanjing University
• Tadashi INOUE, Osaka University
• Hyoung-Joon JIN, Inha University
• Alexei R. KHOKHLOV, Lomonosov Moscow State University
• Baohui LI, Nankai University
• Dehai LIANG, Peking University
• Gengxin LIU, Donghua University
• Runhui LIU, East China University of Science and Technology
• Timothy LODGE, University of Minnesota
• Yinji MA, Tsinghua University
• Yuichi MASUBUCHI , Nagoya University 
• Bing MIAO, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Takamasa SAKAI, University of Tokyo 
• Jitladda SAKDAPIPANICH, Mahidol University
• An-Chang SHI, McMaster University
• Weichao SHI, Nankai University
• Armand SOLDERA, Université de Sherbrooke
• Xiaofeng SUI, Donghua University
• Zhao-Yan SUN, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS
• Hidetaka TOBITA, Fukui University
• Qiang WANG, Colorado State University
• Xu-Ming XIE, Tsinghua University
• Shuguang YANG, Donghua University
• Pengfei ZHANG, Donghua University
• Qiang ZHAO, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
• Bilin ZHUANG, Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR

Symposium 3: Polymer Surfaces and Interfaces | Invited Speakers

INVITED SPEAKERS:

• Mengjiao CHENG, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
• Ting CHENG, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
• Hong CHI, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences)
• Dan DANIEL, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR
• Jiandong DING, Fudan University
• Hans GRIESSER, University of South Australia
• Chee Cheong HO, Univerisity Tengku Abdul Rahman
• Harm-Anton KLOK, EPFL
• Shyh-Chyang LUO, National Taiwan University
• Peng-Cheng MA, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Da-Hui QU, East China University of Science and Technology
• Du Yeol RYU, Yonsei University
• Simon SWIFT, University Of Auckland
• Atsushi TAKAHARA, Kyushu University 
• Keiji TANAKA , Kyushu University 
• G. Julius VANCSO, University of Twente
• Chen-Gang WANG, Nanyang Technological University
• Jianjun WANG, Institute of Chem., CAS
• Jinglei YANG, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• Xi YAO, City University of Hong Kong
• Yanlei YU, Fudan University
• Hongbo ZENG, University of Alberta
• Bin ZHAO, The University of Tennessee
• Feng ZHOU, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Yubin ZHOU, Guangdong Medical University

Symposium 4: Functional and Self-assembled Materials | Invited Speakers

INVITED SPEAKERS:

• Dong June AHN, Korea University
• Andrew BOYDSTON, University of Wisconsin
• Yi CAO, Nanjing University
• Guosong CHEN, Fudan University
• Yongxiang GAO, Shenzhen University
• Suhrit GHOSH, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata
• Yanchun HAN, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
• Jae-Won JANG, Pukyong National University
• Hongbin LI, University of British Columbia
• Min Hui LI, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Dongsheng LIU, Tsinghua University
• Kai LIU, Tsinghua University
• Minghua LIU, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Shiyong LIU, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry
• Yingwu LUO, Zhejiang University
• Xiang MA, East China University of Science and Technology
• Hideharu MORI, Yamagata University  
• Takashi NAKANISHI, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
• Zhihong NIE, Fudan University
• Haruyuki OKAMURA, Osaka Prefecture University
• Hideyuki OTSUKA, Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Oren SCHERMAN, University of Cambridge
• Michael SERPE, University of Alberta
• Feng SHI, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
• Devon SHIPP, Clarkson University
• Geoffrey SPINKS, University of Wollongong
• Wanxin SUN, Bruker Nano Surface
• Kazuo TANAKA, Kyoto University
• Takaya TERASHIMA, Kyoto University
• Takashi UEMURA, The Univesity of Tokyo
• Xinhua WAN, Peking University
• Yapei WANG, Renmin University of China
• Christoph WEDER, Adolphe Merkle Institute
• Zhixiang WEI, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Center Nanosciences and Technology
• Huaping XU, Tsinghua University
• Jiangfei XU, Tsinghua University
• Hiroyasu YAMAGUCHI, Osaka University
• Qiuyu ZHANG, Northwestern Polytechnical University
• Xi ZHANG, Tsinghua University
• Dahui ZHAO, Peking University
• Yongfeng ZHOU, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• Jintao ZHU, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Symposium 5: Composite and Hybrid materials | Invited Speakers

INVITED SPEAKERS:

• R. Geetha BALAKRISHNA, Jain University
• José BONILLA CRUZ, CIMAV-Unidad Monterrey
• Hua DENG, Sichuan University
• Jean-Christophe P. GABRIEL, Nanyang Technological University
• Jianxin GENG, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
• Xingyi HUANG, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• Sung Gap IM, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
• Takashi KATO , The University of Tokyo 
• Kun LIU, Jilin University
• Kohji OHNO, Kyoto University 
• Roy SHENHAR, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Kwan Wee TAN, Nanyang Technological University
• Chuanbing TANG, University of South Carolina
• Wai-Yeung WONG, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Kazushi YAMADA, Kyoto Institute of Technology
• Per ZETTERLUND, University of New South Wales
• Ming Qiu ZHANG, Sun Yat-sen University

Symposium 6: Polymers in 3D/4D Printing and Additive Manufacturing | Invited Speakers

INVITED SPEAKERS:

• Rigoberto C. ADVINCULA, Case Western Reserve University
• Christopher BARNER-KOWOLLIK, Queensland University of Technology
• Nicholas Xuanlai FANG, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Charlotte A. E. HAUSER, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
• Long JIANG, North Dakota State University
• Moon Suk KIM, Ajou University
• Shlomo MAGDASSI, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Emily B. PENTZER, Texas A&M University
• Yanlin SONG, Institute of Chem., CAS
• Jadranka TRAVAS-SEJDIC, Univesity of Auckland
• Min WANG, The University of Hong Kong
• Tao XIE, Zhejiang University

Symposium 7: Polymers for Biomedicine and Personal Care | Invited Speakers

INVITED SPEAKERS:

• Neil CAMERON, Monash University
• Suwabun CHIRACHANCHAI, Chulalongkorn University
• Jeong Ho CHO, Yonsei University
• John FORSYTHE, Monash University
• Changkui FU, The University of Queensland
• Changyou GAO, Zhejiang University
• Dong-Sheng GUO, Nankai University
• Lulu HAN, Dalian Universtity of Technology
• Jinkee HONG, Yonsei University
• Joshua JACKMAN, Sungkyunkwan University
• Jae-Hyung JANG, Yonsei University
• Won-Yong JEON, Sungkyunkwan University
• Minseok S. KIM, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology
• Chie KOJIMA, Osaka Prefectural University
• Doo Sung LEE, SungKyunKwan University
• Pei LI, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Joachim LOO, Nanyang Technological University
• Mizuo MAEDA, RIKEN
• Yuki MOCHIDA, Innovation Center of NanoMedicine
• Jung Kwon (John) OH, Concordia University
• Greg QIAO, The University of Melbourne
• John QUINN, Monash University
• Li REN, South China University of Technology
• Shachar RICHTER, Tel Aviv University
• Agneta RICHTER-DAHLFORS, Karolinska Institute
• Ja-Hyoung RYU, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
• Haritz SARDON, University of Basque Country
• Georgina SUCH, The University of Melbourne
• Madoka TAKAI , University of Tokyo
• Kristofer THURECHT, The University of Queensland
• Chunming WANG, University of Macau
• Dongan WANG, City University of Hong Kong
• Yiguang WANG, Peking University
• Yucai WANG, University of Science and Technology of China
• Changfeng WU, Southern University of Science and Technology
• Si WU, University of Science and Technology of China
• Masamichi YAMANAKA, Shizuoka University
• Juyoung YOON, Ewha Womans University
• Xu ZHEN, Nanjing University

Symposium 8: Polymers and the Environment | Invited Speakers

INVITED SPEAKERS:

• Dong Soo HWANG, Pohang University of Science and Technology
• Jong-Min LEE, Nanyang Technological University
• Guojun LIU, Queen’s University
• Pakorn OPAPRAKASIT, Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT), Thammasat University
• Megan L. ROBERTSON, University of Houston
• Kei SAITO, Monash University
• Adam USADI, ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
• Andreas WALTHER, University of Freiburg
• Zhongkai WANG, Anhui Agricultural University
• James WEAVER, Harvard University
• Fengwei XIE, University of Warwick
• Long YU, South China University of Technology
• Jinwen ZHANG, Washington State University
• Jun ZHANG, Institute of Chemistry,Chinese Academy of Sciences

Symposium 9: Polymers for Optoelectronics, Smart Electronics and Energy | Invited Speakers

INVITED SPEAKERS:

• Sabine BEUERMANN, Clausthal University of Technology
• James BLINCO, Queensland University of Technology
• Chin Han CHAN, Universiti Teknologi MARA
• Hongzheng CHEN, Zhejiang University
• Wen-Chang CHEN, National Taiwan University
• Chunyan CHI, National University of Singapore
• Huanli DONG, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Feng HE, Southern University of Science and Technology
• Masayoshi HIGUCHI, National Institute for Materials Sciences
• Yu-Ying LAI, National Taiwan University
• Wei Lin LEONG, Nanyang Technological University
• Hanying LI, Zhejiang University
• Iain MCCULLOCH, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
• Hiroyoshi NAITO, Osaka Prefecture University
• Akimitsu NARITA, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
• Moon Jeong PARK, Pohang University of Science and Technology
• Taiho PARK, Pohang University of Science and Technology
• Dmitrii PEREPICHKA, McGill University
• Dwight SEFEROS, University of Toronto
• Will SKEENE, University of Montreal
• Yanming SUN, Beihang University
• Barry THOMPSON, University of Southern California
• Jeffrey J. URBAN, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs
• Zengqi XIE, South China University of Technology
• Linli XU, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Qin YAO, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics
• Wei YOU, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Hao-Li ZHANG, Lanzhou University
• Xiaotao ZHANG, Tianjin University
• Yonggang ZHEN, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Zijian ZHENG, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Wei-Hong (Katie) Zhong, Washington State University
• Jia ZHU, Beijing Normal University
• Lei ZHU, Case Western Reserve University
• Xiaozhang ZHU, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Special Symposium 1: Polymeric Membranes: Innovations and Applications | Invited Speakers

INVITED SPEAKERS:

• KEYNOTE:
  Rong WANG, Nanyang Technological University
• Volker ABETZ, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht
• Mohammad Hossein DAVOOD ABADI FARAHANI, SEPPURE
• Qingchun GE, Fuzhou University
• Chakravarthy S. GUDIPATI, Separation Technologies Applied Research and Translation (START)
• Dukjoon KIM, Sungkyunkwan University
• Ngoc Lieu LE, Vietnam National University
• Ingo PINNAU, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
• Shengli QI, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
• Lu SHAO, Harbin Institute of Technology
• Jincai SU, Ngee Ann Polytechnic
• Guofei SUN, Aquaporin Asia Pte. Ltd.
• Shi-Peng SUN, Nanjing Tech University
• Yupan (Ivan) TANG, Century Water Systems & Technologies Pte Ltd
• Yan WANG, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
• Jianzhong XIA, Beijing OriginWater Technology
• Ding Yu XING, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)
• Wai Fen YONG, Xiamen University Malaysia
• Sui ZHANG, National University of Singapore

Special Symposium 2: Women in Polymer Science (By Invitation Only) | Invited Speakers

INVITED SPEAKERS:

• Kathryn L. BEERS, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Mary CHAN-PARK, Nanyang Technological University
• Natalie J GUNN, IBM Research - Australia: Life Sciences
• Yeng Ming LAM, Nanyang Technological University
• Lingzhi, Ashlynn LEE, IBN Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
• Lisa LIM, Becton Dickinson (BD)
• Yu-Kyoung OH, Seoul National University
• Rachel O'REILLY, University of Birmingham
• Maki SATO, Toyobo Co., Ltd
• Joyce TAY, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research
• Kathryn UHRICH, University of California, Riverside
• Guangmin WEI, Nanyang Technological University
• Francoise M. WINNIK, University of Helsinki
• Kaixi ZHANG, Nanyang Technological University

Special Symposium 3: Cyber Physiochemical Interfaces: Flexible Electronics (By Invitation Only) | Invited Speakers

INVITED SPEAKERS:

• Pingqiang CAI, Nanyang Technological University
• Wenlong CHENG, Monash University
• Xue FENG, Tsinghua University
• Adrian FISHER, University of Cambridge
• Yuan GAO, Institute of Microelectronics, A*STAR
• Qi GE, Southern University of Science and Technology
• Benhui HU, Nanjing Medical University
• Zhuangjian LIU, Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR
• Iain MCCULLOCH, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
• Benjamin TEE, National University of Singapore
• Ting WANG, Nanyang Technological University
• Jing YU, Nanyang Technological University
• Qichun ZHANG, Nanyang Technological University
• Joey ZHOU, Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR