Dr. Vipan Kumar is an Associate Professor at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, CGC University, Mohali, India. He received his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India, where he was awarded fellowship support from the University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi. Dr. Kumar’s research focuses on medicinal chemistry, nanotechnology-based drug delivery, and the development of novel therapeutic agents for cancer and metabolic disorders. Dr. Kumar has published over 35 research and review articles in peer-reviewed national and international journals and has authored and edited 04 national and international books, along with several book chapters. He also holds 04 Indian patents in the areas of drug discovery and nanomedicine. His academic achievements have been recognized with several honors, including the Backbone Award (2025–26) from CGC University, Mohali, and the Devi Lal Memorial Award (2020–21) from JCD Vidyapeeth, Sirsa, for excellence in teaching and research. Dr. Kumar serves on the editorial boards of multiple international journals and acts as a reviewer for several reputed publications. He has delivered more than 30 oral and poster presentations at national and international scientific meetings and actively contributes to academic governance and policy development through his roles in ethical committees, inspection teams, examination committees, and university Boards of Studies.Arun Kumar Singh holds an M.Pharm in Pharmaceutics from Galgotias University, India, and serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy at Vivekanand Global University. He is actively engaged in teaching and interdisciplinary research spanning nano-formulation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data analytics, IoT, blockchain, cancer biology, and neuroscience.Mr. Singh has made substantial scholarly contributions, authoring one book with IOP Publishing, five book chapters with River Publishers, and 28 review articles in reputed journals, including high-impact publications in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) – Reviews on Cancer. In addition, he has authored and edited 58 books with leading publishers such as Elsevier, CRC Press, and Wiley. Known for his research acumen and leadership, Mr. Singh is committed to advancing pharmaceutical sciences through innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration, with a focus on impactful healthcare solutions.Dr. Hitesh Chopra, PhD currently at Saveetha School of Engineering is working in primarily area of interest includes nanoformulations, natural polymers, cancer, and wound healing and metabolic disorders. He has authored several papers in high-repute journals with total impact factor more than 1000 Elisabete P. Carreiro is an invited auxiliary researcher at the Associated Lab for Green Chemistry - Clean Technologies and Processes (LAQV@REQUIMTE)-University of Évora (UE). For the past decade years, she has been a PhD Researcher and her research has focused on the areas of organic synthesis and (nano)materials (polymeric, inorganic and smart), sustainable catalysis and medicinal chemistry. She is interested in the development of new molecules and nanomaterials for medicinal purposes and sustainable technologies. She published dozens of articles, one patent, several book chapters and more than 50 communications (posters and oral presentations at international conferences). She has been a team member and collaborator on many research projects. She has supervised doctoral, master and undergraduate students. Carlos M. Gastalho graduated in Pharmaceutical Sciences (MSc, PharmD.) in 2012 from the Faculty of Pharmacy of University of Coimbra and he is currently a PhD Student FCT Grant at University of Évora. His research activity is based on the development of polymeric nanosystems for drug entrapment (either hydrophilic also hydrophobic) with biological and pharmacological activity further assessed through preclinical assays in cell culture.He has also attended several congresses and Symposia related to his PhD and has presented poster communications, was author of abstract publications, co-author of a publication, and co-editor of one book. He participated in the organization of several scientific events. He has also participated, as co-supervisor of High School ERASMUS+ students at the Laboratory of Biochemistry (University of Évora, 2021), also one Bachelor Student in the Biotechnology field (University of Évora, 2022). Anthony J. Burke is an associate professor in pharmaceutical chemistry at the faculty of pharmacy, University of Coimbra. He is an integrated member of the Coimbra Chemistry-Institute for Molecular Chemistry. He has about 180 scientific publications in chemistry including books, book chapters, editorials, papers, book entries, US, European and Portuguese patents and several invited and accepted talks. He was the vice-president of the organic chemistry division of Portuguese Society of Chemistry between 2011-2013 and was admitted as a Fellow of ChemPubSoc Europe in 2020. He was chairman for the 1st five editions of the International Symposium on Synthesis and Catalysis (ISySyCat) and also for the 6th edition in 2025. He is an associate editor for Frontiers in Chemistry – Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry and an editorial board member of Chemistry Open.
