Dr. Kattesh V. Katti has Globally recognized as the ‘Father of Green Nanotechnology’, Professor Kattesh V. Katti, MSc Ed, PhD, DSc, FRSC, FNAI, FAIMB—is currently a Curators’ Professor of Radiology, Director, Institute of Green Nanotechnology, Medical School, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA. Dr. Katti is internationally renowned as a leader in the interconnecting fields of—chemistry, Materials Science, Radiopharmaceutical Sciences, Nanotechnology/Green Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine—for biomedical applications, specifically for Molecular Imaging and Therapy of living subjects. In 2026, Dr. Katti was selected as the ‘Top Innovator of the Year in Healthcare by the prestigious International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP). Dr. Katti is a pioneer in the field of Nano-Ayurvedic Medicine—a new medical modality which he has discovered by the application of Nuclear Analytical, Radiochemical techniques and Green Nanotechnology to Ayurvedic-Holistic Medicine. In 2024, the US/European Union Patents and Trademarks office has granted the first ever US patent on Dr. Katti’s discovery of a new medical modality referred to as ‘Nano-Ayurvedic Medicine’ Several cancer therapy products, bionanomaterials and antibiotics, discovered by Dr. Katti, are approved by regulatory agencies for use in treating human patients. For his groundbreaking discoveries in SPECT/PET imaging and radiopharmaceuticals sciences, Dr. Katti has won the International Hevesy Medal Award—A Global award for excellence in Nuclear Medicine.

Thomas J. Webster’s (H index: 137) degrees are in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh (B.S., 1995; USA) and in biomedical engineering from RPI (Ph.D., 2000; USA). He has formed over a dozen companies who have numerous FDA approved medical products currently improving human health in over 45,000 patients. He is currently helping those companies and serves as a professor at Brown University, Saveetha University, HebeiUniversity of Technology, UFPI, University of the Basque Country, and others. Dr. Webster has numerous awards including: 2020, World Top 2% Scientist by Citations (PLOS); 2020, SCOPUS Highly Cited Research (Top 1% Materials Science and Mixed Fields); 2021, Clarivate Top 0.1% Most Influential Researchers (Pharmacology and Toxicology); 2022, Best Materials Science Scientist by Citations (Research.com); and is a fellow of over 8 societies.Prof. Webster is a former President of the U.S. Society for Biomaterials and has over 1,350 publications to his credit with over 55,000 citations. He was recently nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Prof. Webster also recently formed a fund to support Nigerian student research opportunities in the U.S.