USA

Mohammad Z. Abedin

Ph.D. Major Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA; Postdoctoral Researcher Division of Nutritional Sciences UCLA School of Public Health, California, USA.

Associate Professor Department of Surgery, MCP Hanhnemann University Philadelphia, USA.

Memberships: American Physiological Society, New York Academy of Sciences, American Gastroenterological Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Biochemical Society of Bangladesh, Nutrition Society of Bangladesh.

Chinua Akukwe

MD, MPH, FRSH (UK). Adjunct Professor of Public Health, Georg Washington University School of Public Health, Washington DC, USA. Member George Washington University Medical Center Committee on Faculty Support and Professional Development. Former Member Health and Human Rights Committee, American Public Health Association. Member New York Academy of Sciences.

Urs Emanuel Albrecht

Ph.D. Nat, Dept. Zoology, University of Bern, Switzerland. Associate Professor, University of Fribourg. Research Group, Max-Planck Institute for Experimental Endocrinology, Hannover, Germany.

Memberships: USGEB/USSBE, Society of Neuroscience.

Mark A. W. Andrews

MS Cardiovascular and Exercise Physiology and Applied Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh, USA; PhD Cellular Physiology and Biophysics in Striated Muscle, Medical College of Georgia, Dept. Physiology and Endocrinology.

Associate Professor of Physiology and Director of Problem Based Learning-Physiology, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. Coordinator of Cardiovascular System and Reproductive System Courses Chair and Course Director for Medical Physiology, NY College of Osteopathic Medicine of NYIT, Old Westbury; NY, USA. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology, St. John's University, NY, USA. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology and Allied Health Sciences, Nassau County Comm. Coll., NY, USA.

Memberships: American Physiological Society, Biophysical Society, International Society for Heart Research, NY Academy of Sciences, Society for Neuroscience.

A.J. Baker

PhD, PE, Professor, Engineering Science. Associate Professor UTK. Research: fundamental research in weak statement/finite element (FE) computational fluid dynamics (CFD). University of Tennessee Chancellor's Research Scholar. Otto and Kathleen Wheeley Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer.

Roy H. Bechtel

PT, PhD Biomechanics, University of Maryland, USA. Assistant Professor, Baltimore Department of Physical Therapy, University of Maryland, USA. Researcher, University of Maryland, USA. Chair, Technology.

Memberships: American Physical Therapy Association; New York Academy of Sciences; American Society of Biomechanics; International Society of Biomechanics.

Tina Bennett-Kastor

BFA California Institute of Arts 1973, PhD University of Southern California 1978; LN, Linguistics, Language Developmen; Professor of Linguistics and English, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA.

Craig William Brown

PhD Physical Chemistry, Florida State University, USA. Manager of Research, Northwest Aluminium Technologies. Seattle US Dept. of Energy Innovative Concepts Program Awardee.

Memberships: American Chemical Society; American Association for the Advancement of Science; New York Academy of Sciences; Mineral, Metals and Materials Society.

Linda A. Brown

BA, MSCIS. Adjunct Faculty Member, Computer Science Dept., Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ. Information Systems (IS) Manager, Miles Label Co., Tucson, AZ. President/CEO of The Brown Research Group. Involved in research on the relevance and application of Knowledge Management theories and practices in business and academia.

Memberships: New York Academy of Sciences, International Who's Who (Information Technology), Association for Information Systems, IEEE/IEEE Computer Society, and the National Association of Female Executives.

Harry G. Browne

MD, Cornell University Medical College. Diploma of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, University of Havana. Assistant Clinical Professor of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical College. Visiting Professor Rockefeller Unviersity, Laboratory for Clinical Microbiology and Immunology.

Memberships: American Society of Clinical Pathologists, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association, Royal Society of Medicine.

Jeffrey N. Bruce

MD, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Piscataway, NJ, USA. Medical Staff Felow Dept. of Neurosurgery, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY, USA. Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Director Brain Tumor Research Laboratory, Columbia University. Program Director of Neuro-Oncology, Columbia Presbyterian Cancer Center.

Memberships: New York Academy of Sciences, American College of Surgeons, NA Society for Neuro-Oncology, NY Neurosurgical Society, American Medical Association.

Janusz Z. Byczkowski

PhD, DSc, D.A.B.T. Health risk assessments, extensive experience in research and in teaching of toxicology, pharmacology, biochemical effects and mechanisms of action, pharmacokinetics, metabolism and disposition of chemicals in biological systems, risk assessment and mathematical modelling (PBPK/PD). Certified Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology.

Federico Capasso

Doctor Degree in Physics, Summa Cum Laude, University of Rome, Italy. Physical Research, Vice President, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ. Dept. Head, Semiconductor Physics Research, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ.

Memberships: Fellow of the American Academy of Art and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Franklin Institute, Institute of Physics (London), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society.

Miranda Chakos

BA SUNY at Buffalo 1974; MD Syracuse 1987; PR, Psychiatry-Schizophrenia Research; Assistant Professor; UNC at Chapel Hill.

Millard Clements

PhD Philosophy and Education, Stanford. Professor, New York University.

Memberships: Philosophy and Education Society, New York Academy of Sciences; American Anthropological Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

James S. Cohen

BSc Cornell University 1978; MSC Imperial College of Sciences 1985; CV Disaster Mitigation Advance Anal., Sis,Repair/Rehab. Investigate Engineering; Director; James Cohen Consulting.

John Devereux

PhD. Genetics Computer Group.

Avraham Dilmanian

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Scientist, Medical Dept., Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton. Assistant Professor, Dept. Radiology, School of Medicine, State University of New York. Assistant Professor, Program in Biomedical Engineering, SUNY SB.

Memberships: Program Committee IEEE Medical Imaging Conference and IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, American Association for Physicists in Medicine, Radiation Research Society, New York Academy of Sciences.

Krishna R. Dronamraju

PhD. Foundation for Genetic Research.

Vitaly Dubrovsky

PhD; Clarkson University.

Larry E. Erickson

Professor of Chemical Engineering. Director, Center for Hazardous Substance Research.

Allan G. Farman

BDS Univ. Birmingham England 1971, DSC Univ. Stellenbosch S. Afr 1996; DE, Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology, Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology; Professor of Radiology & Imaging Sci.; Univ. of Louisville.

Louis Fishman

PhD Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA. Professor of Physics, Dept. of Physics, University of New Orleans. Senior Scientist, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, USA. Board of Directors International Society for Analysis, its Applications and Computation.