Prof., PhD Alina Smalinskiene is Professor in the in the Institute of Biology Systems and Genetic Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. A.Smalinskiene received her undergraduate training in Biology at Vilnius University at Nature Faculty and the Ph. D. degree in Biology from Kaunas University of Medicine. Scientific interests: genetic polymorphism and gene expression of diseases. A. Smalinskiene was a supervisor of project funded by the State studies and science foundation and economic entity. 2010-2 014 she worked on three Research Council of Lithuania projects. A. Smalinskiene participates in the EU project: “Engineering and functionalization of delivery system with Pelargonium sidoides biologically active substance on inflamed periodontal surface area” funded by EU HORIZONT 2020. She is an author and co-author of 31 scientific articles. A. Smalinskiene also participated in 60 conferences, where she presented the results of her work. She participates in the teaching of genetics and cell biology to graduate students.

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Loai Aljerf is a Prof in the Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Dental Medicine/Damascus University. He is a specialist in analytical and industrial chemistry. He obtained many awards and published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers (two of them in French) in Environmental Sciences, Green Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Synthesis Chemistry, Concrete, Ceramics, Paper Industry, Petrochemical, Extraction, Separation, Lithium-Ion-Batteries, and Oral Chemistry. He is a partner in Advances in Cleaner Production Network, and a member of the German Chemical Society e.V. (GDCh), Asian Chemical Society, and the American University of Beirut. He is a member of the higher committee of the 6th International Workshop-Advance in Cleaner Production (São Paulo, Brazil (May 24th to 26th - 2017)) and in more than 20 conference organizing committees. Loai Aljerf is in the Cambridge Scholars Publishing-Life Science Advisory Board and an editor of more than 50 journals and a reviewer for Top journals in Industry, Chemical Engineering, and Environmental Chemistry.

Industrial Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Chemical Engineering, Environmental Science, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Cement Industry, Ceramics, Paper Industry, Advances in Cleaner Production, Climate Change, Pollution, Wastewater Treatment, Air Pollution, Eco-friendly Biopolymers, Persistent Organic Pollutants, Polychlorinated biphenyls, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Nanotechnology, Adsorption, Ecology and Natural Resources, Biodiversity, Sustainable Development, Waste Management, Environmental Management, Life Cycle Assessment, Ecodesign, Design for the Environment, Energy Labeling, Eco-efficiency, Chromatography, HPLC, GC, MS, AAS, Spectroscopy, and Lithium-Ion-Batteries.

Dr. Teel is a periodontist and dental implant surgeon. Her passion is to achieve clinical excellence while maintaining the utmost in patient comfort in a soothing environment. She attended New York University for her dental education, where she achieved honors in implantology and prosthodontics, as well as served as president of the NYU implant study club. Dr. Teel was selected to attend a highly competitive General Practice Residency at Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, NJ where she received advanced training in dental trauma and special needs patient care. Dr. Teel practiced as a general dentist in New York where she split her time as a contracted U.S. Coast Guard dentist and in an esthetically driven private practice. Dr. Teel received her certificate and masters degree from a three year Advanced Education Program in Periodontics at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, OR. Her research focused on success criteria and survival rates of dental implants. Among others, her presentations include for the Academy of Osseointegration Annual Session, the Astra World Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden, and for the Oregon Society of Periodontists. Domestically, she has volunteered her care in free health care clinics in New York, Chicago, and most recently served at Mission of Mercy in Madison. Abroad, she travels to serve the people of rural Cap Haitien, Haiti. She currently serves as a board member with the Greater Milwaukee Dental Association, and active member of Waukesha County Dental Association, American Dental Association, American Academy of Periodontology, and the Academy of Osseointegration(implant dentistry). Utilizing the most modern technology, Dr. Teel's surgical expertise focuses on microsurgery which allows minimally invasive procedures. As her patients and colleagues attest, Dr. Teel prides herself in maintaining periodontal and surgical excellence, while alleviating her patient's apprehension and concerns.

Dr. Teel's interests outside the scope of dentistry include traveling, hiking, skiing, running marathons and exploring the great outdoors with her husband and two daughters.

Dr. Baba received his DMD degree from the University of Montreal in 1996. He completed a Certificate in Advanced Graduate Studies in Prosthodontics and a Masters degree in Restorative Sciences in Prosthodontics from Boston University School of Dentistry in 1999. Dr. Baba serves as a Professor in the Advanced Education program in Prosthodontics at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center School of Dentistry in the Comprehensive Dentistry Department, and maintains a part-time private practice in Glendale, CA. He is currently the President of the American College of Prosthodontists and an active member of various professional organizations and a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics and a Fellow of the American College of Prosthodontists and the Academy of Prosthodontics. He is also the Associate Editor for the Aesthetics/Prosthetics/Restorative section at the Journal of Dental Traumatology and a reviewer for the Journal of Prosthodontics and the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry. Dr. Baba has received several honors and awards including: The David J. Baraban Award from Boston University, the Claude R. Baker Faculty award for Excellence in Teaching Predoctoral Fixed prosthodontics in 2009 from the AAFP, and the California dental Association Arthur A. Dugoni Faculty award in 2010. He is the author of numerous publications and has recently published a book entitled “Restoration of Endodontically treated teeth: evidence based diagnosis and treatment Planning” and has lectured nationally and internationally.

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Cyril Besnard has completed his Ph.D. in Materials at Imperial College London in 2017 and continuously worked as a Research Assistant focusing on ceramic materials. He is now a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Multi-Beam Microscopy of Human Dental Tissues at the University of Oxford. He is working on the study of caries using a combination of innovative and state-of-the-art characterisation techniques, such as synchrotron X-ray scattering analysis. The project is funded by an ongoing EPSRC project (EP/P005381/1, Tackling human dental caries by multi-modal correlative microscopy and multi-physics modelling).

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