Brigitte VOIT received her PhD in Macromolecular Chemistry 1990 from University Bayreuth, Germany. After postdoctoral work in 1991/1992 at Eastman Kodak in Rochester, USA, she joined Technische Universität München. After habilitation in 1996, she was appointed 1997 full professor for "Organic Chemistry of Polymers“ at Technische Universität (TU) Dresden as well as Director of the Division Macromolecular Chemistry at the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research (IPF) Dresden. From 2002 to 2022 she was also Scientific Director of IPF. At TU Dresden she is member of the Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (CFAED), Dresden International Graduate School for Biomedicine and Bioengineering (DIGS BB), and the DFG Graduate School Hydrogel-based Microsystem. She is active in the European Polymer Federation (president 2014/2015), elected member of ACATECH, and holder of the Staudinger Award. Her scientific interest is in functional polymer architectures and responsive polymers for e.g. biomedicine, smart systems and organic electronics.

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Agnieszka KOWALCZUK is an Associate Professor at the Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials PAS, where she leads the Laboratory of Nano- and Microstructural Materials. Her research focuses on developing novel polymers for applications in medicine and nanotechnology. She specializes in anionic and cationic polymerization of oxiranes and cyclic imines, as well as controlled radical polymerization of (meth)acrylates, enabling the synthesis of macromolecules with precise composition, molar mass, and topology. Beyond linear polymers and copolymers, she is interested in designing branched macromolecules, including star-shaped, dendritic, and hyperbranched structures, particularly those responsive to environmental stimuli and functionalized for interactions with bioactive agents.

Michele LAUS graduated in Industrial Chemistry with honours in 1983 and obtained a PhD in Industrial Chemistry in 1987. In 1997 he became Associate Professor of Industrial Chemistry and since November 2005, Full Professor of Industrial Chemistry and Polymeric Materials. He spent periods as visiting professor at Cornell University (invited by Prof. C. K. Ober) and at the Martin Luter University of Freiburg (invited by Prof. W. Gronski). At present, he is the Coordinator of EUPOC (European Polymer Conferences), President of AIM (Italian Association for Science and Technology of Macromolecules) and General Secretary of EPF (European Polymer Federation). At the beginning, his research activity focused on the development of hybrid nanocomposites, functional micro and nanospheres for biomedical and analytical use and superstructural systems organized in 2D and 3D (polymer liquid crystals, monolayers and opals) for optical, microelectronic and sensor applications. Subsequently, the research was directed towards the study of materials for microelectronics through block copolymers and through the use of doping polymers, including the development of new precision polymers. Alongside these activities, two new lines of research have been activated relating to the synthesis of polymers using CO2 as a monomer and the preparation and study of reversible networks. Prof. M. Laus is author of 280 articles in international journals and 20 patents with an H-index of 44. Furthermore, he has participated as an invited or plenary speaker in more than 100 international conferences.

Dr. Aurel RADULESCU is a senior scientist at Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH in Germany and is primarily responsible for the small-angle neutron diffractometer KWS-2 at the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum in Garching, Germany. He received his PhD in nuclear physics from the University of Bucharest, Romania, in 2000 and received a Young Scientist Award from the European Neutron Scattering Association in 1999. Between 2016 and 2021, he also served as a specially appointed professor at the University of Osaka, Japan. His current work focuses on semi-crystalline polymers, polymer-protein complexes and methodological developments in neutron scattering.

Agnieszka KOWALCZUK is an Associate Professor at the Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials PAS, where she leads the Laboratory of Nano- and Microstructural Materials. Her research focuses on developing novel polymers for applications in medicine and nanotechnology. She specializes in anionic and cationic polymerization of oxiranes and cyclic imines, as well as controlled radical polymerization of (meth)acrylates, enabling the synthesis of macromolecules with precise composition, molar mass, and topology. Beyond linear polymers and copolymers, she is interested in designing branched macromolecules, including star-shaped, dendritic, and hyperbranched structures, particularly those responsive to environmental stimuli and functionalized for interactions with bioactive agents.

Dr. Aurel RADULESCU is a senior scientist at Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH in Germany and is primarily responsible for the small-angle neutron diffractometer KWS-2 at the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum in Garching, Germany. He received his PhD in nuclear physics from the University of Bucharest, Romania, in 2000 and received a Young Scientist Award from the European Neutron Scattering Association in 1999. Between 2016 and 2021, he also served as a specially appointed professor at the University of Osaka, Japan. His current work focuses on semi-crystalline polymers, polymer-protein complexes and methodological developments in neutron scattering.