Invited Speakers

MNC 2025 Invited Speakers List
2-3: Nanofabrication
Prof. Koki Sano, Shinshu Univ., Japan Paper Title Short Biography
2-3: Nanofabrication
Prof. Johnny C. Ho, City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Paper Title Short Biography
2-5: Organic Nanomaterials
Prof. Dong Ryeol Whang, Hannam Univ., Korea Paper Title Tailored Organic Ligands for Electroluminescent Quantum Dots Short Biography Dong Ryeol WHANG is currently an associate professor at Hannam University, Korea. He received PhD from Seoul Nationl University in 2014 (supervisor: Prof. Soo Young Park). He joined Prof. Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci group in 2016 and served as an assistant professor until 2020. His research expertise and interests lie in the areas of optoelectronic materials for light-emitting diodes and artificial photosynthesis. His research asset comprises fine ligand synthesis, organometallic synthesis, QM/MD-based calculational chemistry, steady-state/time-resolved spectroscopy, and analytical chemistry.
2-6: Nano Surfaces, Interfaces, and Advanced Nano Metrology
Prof. Chih-Wei Chang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Paper Title Short Biography
3: Nanoimprint, Hybrid-NIL, Biomimetics, and Functional Surfaces
Prof. Shinya Yoshioka, Tokyo University of Science, Japan Paper Title Network structures based on triply periodic minimal surfaces in biological systems: structural analysis and optical effects Short Biography Dr. Yoshioka received his Ph.D. from Hokkaido University, Japan, in 1998. After working as a postdoctoral researcher at Osaka University, he was appointed assistant professor there in 2000. In 2015, he joined the Faculty of Science and Technology at Tokyo University of Science as an associate professor and was promoted to professor in 2020. His research focuses on submicron structures and their optical effects in biological systems.
Dr. Mirko Lohse, micro resist technology, Germany Paper Title Remember the past and prepare for the future: 25 years of NIL material innovations Short Biography Dr. Mirko Lohse obtained his PhD in organic chemistry at the Humboldt university Berlin in 2015. Afterwards he joined MRT first as research scientist, working on the development of biocompatible NIL materials before becoming project manager in 2017. In 2020, Dr. Mirko Lohse became operations manager in the NIL team of MRT responsible for quality control and project to product transfer. Since 2022, he is unit manager of the NIL department at MRT responsible for customer relations, strategic planning, business development and other unit relevant tasks.
5: Microsystem Technology and MEMS
Prof. Yoshishige Tsuchiya, Univ. of Southampton, UK Paper Title Short Biography
6: Atomic Layer Processing (ALP)
Dr. Fumikazu Mizutani, Kojundo Chemical Laboratory Paper Title Short Biography
Dr. Chia-Tsong Chen, AIST, Japan Paper Title Short Biography