Dr. Gisèle Lecomte-Nana is Associate Professor in materials science at ENSIL-ENSCI, Institute of Research on Ceramics (IRCER), University of Limoges (France). She studied ceramic processing and surface treatment at the University of Limoges, where she earned her Diploma and Doctorate with distinction and completed her habilitation in materials science in 2016. Her research focuses on the formulation of feedstocks in line with shaping processes, the physical and chemical interactions within ceramics pastes or slurries, the thermal transformations and sintering mechanisms of ceramics and composites, the correlation between formulation-shaping process-structure-properties. Target fields of applications are environment (water treatment and depollution), energy and low carbon footprint systems.

Professor Tanja Wrodnigg is Full Professor of Organic Chemistry and Glycochemistry at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) and established the Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Biobased Systems (IBioSys) together with Professor Karin Stana Kleinschek in 2020. She studied Technical Chemistry at TU Graz, where she earned her Diploma and Doctorate with distinction and completed her habilitation in Organic Chemistry in 2008. She currently serves as Dean of Studies for the Faculty of Technical Chemistry, Chemical and Process Engineering, and Biotechnology, overseeing four Bachelor’s and nine Master’s and three Doctoral programs. Her academic career includes postdoctoral research with Professor Stephen Withers at the University of British Columbia, Canada, and research stays at the Technical University of Denmark and Alchemia Pty Ltd, Australia. Her research focuses on glycosciences, including bioactive glycoconjugates, glycomimetics, carbohydrate-based probes for enzyme profiling, therapeutics for lysosomal storage and neurodegenerative diseases, and the chemical modification of polysaccharides to create functional materials with tailored bioactivity.