Invited Speaker

Rekha Raja obtained her PhD degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, in 2016, Master’s degree from Bengal Engineering and Science University, India, in 2009, and Bachelor’s degree from Jalpaiguri Govt. Engineering College, India, in 2007. From 2016 to 2018, she worked as a scientist at Innovation Lab, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Noida, India. She worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Davis, USA, from 2018 to 2019 and at Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands, from 2019 to 2023. She worked as an Assistant Professor at IIT Hyderabad, India, from 2023 to 2024. Currently, she has been working as an Assistant Professor at Radboud University, the Netherlands, since 2023. Her research interests include robotics, motion planning, machine learning, reinforcement learning, etc.

Dr. Tarek Mohamed Kamal Mohamed Metawie is an Egyptian academic and distinguished professor of biochemistry at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University. Born on March 6, 1955, he earned his Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences (B.Sc.) from Cairo University in 1976, followed by a Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences (M.Sc.) in 1979 and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1984. Dr. Metawie began his academic career as an Instructor in 1976 and progressed through successive academic ranks, serving as a Lecturer Assistant in 1980, Lecturer in 1984, Assistant Professor in 1989, and Professor in 1994. Throughout his career, he has contributed significantly to teaching, research, and academic leadership in the field of biochemistry. He served as Head of the Department of Biochemistry at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, from 2008 to 2014, where he played an important role in advancing the department’s academic and research activities. His long-standing service and scholarly contributions have established him as a respected figure in pharmaceutical and biochemical sciences in Egypt.

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Professor Alexander V. Chalyi is a distinguished Ukrainian physicist, educator, and Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences whose career spans more than six decades in research, higher education, and scientific leadership. A graduate of the Faculty of Physics of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, he has made significant contributions to medical and biological physics, molecular physics, synergetics, and higher education pedagogy. From 1983 to 2023, he served as Head of the Department of Medical and Biological Physics and Informatics at the Bogomolets National Medical University, where he continues as Professor. A Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine and Honored Scientist and Technician of Ukraine, Prof. Chalyi has authored over 500 scientific publications, including 95 monographs and textbooks, supervised more than 20 doctoral and candidate researchers, and established an internationally recognized scientific school. His pioneering research on phase transitions, self-organization, nanoscale liquids, and the physics of synaptic transmission, together with his interdisciplinary approach linking physics and medicine, has earned him numerous national and international honors, including a Fulbright Professorship at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.