Recognized for an outstanding four decades of invaluable contributions to his field of chemical process commercialization and scale-up, Dr. Shertok parlays his extensive knowledge of the process industries into his role with Process Industries Consultants, Inc., a processing and materials-related consulting company (a New York State S Corporation) that provides process commercialization and scale-up consulting services in the specialty chemical, materials, separations, and biotechnology arenas. On a day-to-day basis, in his role as president, he consults in product commercial viability in the areas of chemicals, materials, and processes. Dr. Shertok is also a Visiting Scholar at Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of Chemistry and Materials Science. In addition, Dr. Shertok is involved with three start-up companies, one in Medical Devices, one in manufacturing a novel Soccer Glove, and the last pioneering novel use of cold plasmas. Dr. Shertok is a hands-on process/product development and commercialization consultant who drives multimillion-dollar organic and inorganic growth. He is known for his ability to articulate direction, gain buy-in, interact with all layers of the organization and build cohesive, empowered teams that surpass expectations and goals, often with the use of limited resources. Dr. Shertok also has extensive knowledge of OSHA and EPA regulations. Dr. Shertok owns several U.S. Patents including: U.S. Patent 7,507,697, a method for the oxidative cleaning of food processing equipment; U.S. Patent 7,189,322, a charged membrane; U.S. Patent 7,022,274, a gas sintered carbon block and method; U.S. Patent 6,849,185, also a charged membrane; and U.S. Patent 6,083,393, a hydrophilic membrane. He also has a U.S. patent pending for a non-caustic cleaning formulation for heavy food soils. While most personnel specialize in one facet or another, he has chosen to be broad. Dr. Shertok has changed his career path and technology specialization every five to six years. He has done research and development, manufacturing, operations, safety and quality assurance. He has changed his technologies: chemicals, materials, biotechnology, membranes and filtration, and formulated products. He has worked for large and small companies. This has given him great breadth, depth and perspective. A member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Radio Relay League, and the Rochester Professional Consultants Network, Dr. Shertok is a major contributor in his field due to a combination of his prior industry experiences and his educational background. He began with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, and eventually earned a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Princeton University. He started his professional experience with Union Carbide in 1975, moving up the ladder to an R/D Group Leader position. After Union Carbide’s restructuring after the 1983 Bhopal incident, Dr. Shertok served in different, diverse companies, including Amoco Corporation (advanced materials, biotechnology), Pall-Gelman Corporation (membrane filtration), Graver Technologies (ion exchange, metal filters, carbon separations), and Rochester Midland Corporation (formulated products). In June, 2014, Dr. Shertok formed Process Industries Consultants. Throughout the course of his productive career, Dr. Shertok has built a sustainable, professional legacy. However, he truly believes that his greatest legacy is raising, along with his wife, three accomplished children into independent adulthood. Looking ahead, Dr. Shertok intends to experience the continued growth of his career, expand his consulting practice, and continue to build companies. For additional information regarding Process Industries Consultants, Inc., please visit http://www.processindconsultants.com. Also visit Dr. Shertok’s Linked In site: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelshertok

1- Porous polymer membranes for filtration applications 2- Filtration Technology 3- Polymer surface modifications 4- Advanced carbon fiber composites 5- Applications for cold plasmas 6- Water Treatments for boilers, cooling towers 7- Water treatments for nuclear reactors 8- Purification via activated powdered carbon

Hassan H. Abdallah completed his M.Sc in Quantum Chemistry from Baghdad University in 2000, PhD in Quantum Chemistry from Baghdad University 2003, and postdoctoral studies at Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2008. He joined School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia from 2008-2012 and Universiti Teknology Malaysia 2012-2013. He is currently Assistant Professor at Chemistry department Salahaddin University and Co-director of Computational Nanotechnology research Lab, CNRL.

Theoretical Chemistry; Pharmaceutical Chemistry; Drug discovery and Drug design; Nanotechnology; Gas trapping; Reaction Mechanism; QM/MM calculations; Molecular Dynamic Simulation and QSAR.

Abraham Badu-Tawiah received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Purdue University and postdoctoral studies at Harvard University. He joined The Ohio State University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in July 2014, where he is developing simple mass spectrometric methods for use by non-experts. He has published more than 20 papers in reputed journals and 7 patents, all within 7 years of work.

bio chemistry

Radhey S. Srivastava started his academic journey after graduating from India and Japan. He was trained in organometallic chemistry by Prof. Akio Yamamoto, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. He has enjoyed working with several distinguished scientists in the field around the globe. This interaction offered him an excellent opportunity to perform high quality research in inorganic and organometallic chemistry. He research lie in field of homogeneous catalysis and ruthenium anticancer drugs. His group’s current research project includes metal-catalyzed functionalization of C-H bond with special reference to C-N bond formation including asymmetric allylic C-N bond formation. In addition to C-H bond functionalization, we are also engaged in the metal catalyzed deoxydehydration (DODH) of biomass derived polyols to energy and value-added chemicals.

Organometallic: Transition Metal-catalyzed Nitrogenation of Hydrocarbons We discovered that Cu-salts and related complexes catalyze olefins with arylhydroxylamine to produce allyl amines. The reactions occur with remarkable regioselectivity with respect to the alkene and the products are valuable as synthetic intermediates and bioactive targets. Most recently, we discovered asymmetric allylic mination catalyzed by Cu. Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry: Ruthenium-based Metallopharmaceuticals Primarily we are tackling problems related to the synthesis of ruthenium complexes with various heterocyclic amines and their assay on various cancer cell-lines. Another area of development in medicinal inorganic chemistry is the development of ruthenium-based anticancer drugs and strategy to overcome drug resistance. Renewable Biomass Energy: Metal-catalyzed Conversion of Cellulosic Biomass for fuels and value-added chemicals We aim to develop new more robust and economically viable catalytic systems for efficient, selective, economical deoxydehydration reactions of cellulosic biomass. Reactivity studies will test the effectiveness of the new reductants and catalysts, identify and quantify the reaction products, and use this information to develop new processes for valuable products and fuels.

Mona E. Ossman has completed her PhD at the age of 35 years from Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA. She is working as Associate professor at Petrochemical engineering program at Pharos University (PUA), Alexandria, Egypt. And also she is working as the director of Quality Assurance Center at Faculty of Engineering at PUA. She has published more than 25 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute.

Nano technology, Water resource management.

Twenty five years of industrial experience in Wastewater Treatment (ECOTECHNOS INC.), Energy Transformation, Liquid and Solid Fuels (ESSO); coal combustion and environmental pollution (ONTARIO HYDRO); pressurised fluid bed combustion (ENDESA). Twenty-two years of experience in the development of technologies for water/wastewater treatment including fixed film bioreactors; nitrification-denitrification in rotating biological contactors and fluidized beds; nutrient removal (phosphorous and nitrogen) in wastewater; President of Ecotechnos Inc. (Toronto). The firm designs and manufactures advanced wastewater treatment plants for small and medium-size industries. Ecotechnos develops and manufactures compact, modular fixed film technologies for the treatment of wastewater from food processing industries, subdivisions, tourist resorts, shopping centres and in general for the replacement or upgrading of obsolete facilities like septic tanks, ponds and conventional activated sludge facilities.

Wastewater Treatment (ECOTECHNOS INC.), Energy Transformation, Liquid and Solid Fuels (ESSO); coal combustion and environmental pollution (ONTARIO HYDRO); pressurised fluid bed combustion,technology transfer and evaluation with major energy corporationscombustion,technology transfer and evaluation with major energy corporations