2025 14TH NANO CONFERENCE PROGRAM OVERVIEW
(Final Program Subject to Change)
Conference Organizing Committee
Conference Chairs: Xing Xie (Georgia Institute of Technology); Tonoy Das (Texas A&M University-Kingsville)
SNO President: Achintya Bezbaruah, North Dakota State University
SNO Executive Director: Deb Newberry, SNO
| Friday, November 7, 2025 | |
| 8:00 to 8:30 am | Welcome and Registration |
| Conference Kick-off | |
| 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | Plenary 1: Dr. Qilin Li, Co-Director, NEWT Center, Rice University |
| Plenary 2: Emerging Investigator | |
| 10:00- 10:30 AM | Break |
| 10:30-12:30 PM Concurrent Sessions | |
| 1A NEWT 1 | |
| 10:30-12:30 | 1B Sources, fate, and effects of nano/microplastics 1 |
| 1C NanoBioeconomy: Agriculture, Energy, Food, and the Allied 1 | |
| 12:30-2:00 PM | Networking Lunch |
| 2:00-4:00 PM Concurrent Sessions | |
| 2A NEWT 2 | |
| 2:00-4:00 PM | 2B NanoPolymers |
| 2C AI and Machine Learning in Nanotechnology: Enabling Smarter Solutions for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability Challenges | |
| 4:00- 4:30 PM | Break |
| 4:30- 6:00 PM | Poster |
| Dinner (Explore San Diego and have dinner on your own) | |
| Saturday, November 8, 2025 | |
| Announcements/Poster Awards | |
| 8:30-9:45 AM | Plenary 3: Dr. Aydogan Ozcan, Associate Director-CNSI, UCLA |
| 9:45-10:15 AM | Break |
| 10:15-12:15 PM Concurrent Sessions | |
| 3A Nano Energy and Decarbonization 1 | |
| 10:15-12:15 PM | 3B Nanowaters |
| 3C NanoBioeconomy: Agriculture, Energy, Food, and the Allied 2 | |
| 12:15-1:30 PM | Lunch & Launch: Careers Beyond School |
| 1:30-3:30 PM Concurrent Sessions | |
| 4A Nano Energy and Decarbonization 2 | |
| 1:30-3:30 PM | 4B Sources, fate, and effects of nano/microplastics 2 |
| 4C Safety and Sustainability of Nano-Based Applications 1 | |
| 3:30-3:45 PM | Break |
| 3:45-5:45 PM Concurrent Sessions | |
| 5A NEWT 3 | |
| 3:45 -5:45 PM | 5B Sources, fate, and effects of nano/microplastics 3 |
| 5C Safety and Sustainability of Nano-Based Applications 2 | |
| 5:45 -6:30 PM | Break |
| 6:30-9:00 PM | Gala Dinner (Included in Registration), Nanopitch, Town Hall |
| Sunday, November 9, 2025 | |
| 8:30-9:45 AM | Announcements/NanoPitch Awards |
| Plenary 4: Dr. Joseph Wang, SAIC Endowed Chair, UCSD | |
| 9:45-10:15 AM | Break |
| 10:15 AM -12:15 PM | 6A Future of Metals Organic Framework (MOF) in the Nano World: Celebrating 2025 Nobel Prize |
| 6B Nanomedicine | |
| 12:15 PM | Conference Ends |