Biography

Claude Billeaud

CIC PÃƒÂ©diatrique CHU Pellegrin Bordeaux,
France

Claude Billeaud received his MD degree from the Medical University of Bordeaux ( France) in 1979 after a graduation in human cytogenetics (1976). He then studied pediatrics and has been the Clinical Assistant Director of Bordeaux University in the departments of Pediatrics, Neonatology and Intensive Care since 1983. He currently serves as a pediatrician in the neonatal unit at the ChildrenÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Hospital of Bordeaux, as a scientific manager of Bordeaux-Marmande human milk bank, as a lecturer and head of research (HDR : Habilitation to direct research) in neonatal nutrition at the Medical University of Bordeaux. His particular interest in research led him to graduate in Biology and Health (1988, Bordeaux), be awarded a master in statistics applied to clinical research ( 1991, Montreal) and complete a PhD in nutrition and food science (2000, Bordeaux). Along his career he has often been invited as a guest professor specialised in nutrition and neonatology in various universities abroad ( Montreal, Corrientes in Argentina). Over the last 35 years, he has been an active member of different scientific organisations, either French, European or American, specialised in perinatal medicine (neonatology, pediatrics and nutrition). In this instance, he has served as the President of the Association for Pediatric Education in Europe (A.P.E.E) since 2008 and behalf APEE he is Member of European Academy of Paediatrics (EAP). He has also been very involved in the French human milk banking association (ADLF) for more than 10 years, sharing his academic knowledge focused in nutrition and his long clinical experience in neonatology. He is currently carrying out several researches on the composition of human milk. As an expert in nutrition and perinatal medicine, he is also the author and co-author of numerous scientific publications.

Biography

Mohammed Al-Hashimi

Texas A&M; University at Qatar
Qatar

Dr. Al-Hashimi received his MSci Honours degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry in 2003 and PhD in 2007 from Queen Mary University of London, UK. In 2007 Dr. Al-Hashimi Subsequently worked as a Senior Development Chemist at Evotec, Oxfordshire, UK. In 2008 he joined Imperial College London, UK as a postdoc in the chemistry department. In 2012 he joined Qatar University as an Assistant Professor and in 2013 he joined Texas A&M; University at Qatar. He is currently a Research Associate Professor in Chemistry and presently, Dr. Al-Hashimi serves on the editorial boards of two journals Current Organic Chemistry and Current Organocatalysis. He has significant project management experience both in industrial and academic settings. Within the industrial setting, he has direct experience in working within both longer-term corporate research and customer focused business units. In academia, he has managed grants in the United Kingdom, Qatar and currently leads a team of 7 PDRA and 18 undergraduate students, and has attracted over $12 million in funding since he started his academic career in 2012. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed papers with an h-Index of 24. He has been awarded with the Donald C. Bradley prize (2003) UK, ASPIC prize (2004) UK, Lefevre prize (2005) UK, ACMME research prize (2016) Malaysia and was awarded the best research presentation in energy and environment pillar ARC16 (2016). He has extensive experience in organic polymers with a focus on the design and synthesis of organic semiconductor materials for a range of optoelectronic applications, including field effect transistors, photovoltaic devices, light emitting diodes and sensors. His other interests center on the development of well-defined novel polymeric materials for Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) and synthesis of recoverable, reusable homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts. https://scholar.google.com/citations

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