Dr. Rigoberto Advincula is Professor at the Dept. of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University. He is currently Governor's Chair at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee. He is Past-Chair of the Polymer Chemistry Division (ACS) and previous President of the Philippine American Academy of Science and Engineering (PAASE) and was inducted member of the World Economic Forum, Futures Council. He is Editor in Chief of MRS Communications and previously Editor of Reactive and Functional Polymers and Associate Editor of Polymer Reviews. He has published more than 476 papers, 13 patents, and given more than 600 lectures and seminars. His area of research is in polymers, nanoscience, organic materials, hybrid materials, ultrathin films, polymers and additives for oil and gas, and corrosion. He has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Welch Foundation, and several industry grants. He has had Visiting Professor positions at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Austrian Institute of Technology, Waseda University, McGill University, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, and the National University of Singapore.

Rojin Belganeh is the Technical Director at Frontier Lab Americas. Rojin graduated from the University of Houston with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. She started her profession as an analytical chemist at Nalco Champion-An Ecolab company in 2012. As an analytical chemist, Rojin worked with various analytical instruments, such as Pyrolysis GCMS, TGA, FTIR, and X-Rays for material characterization, polymer identification, and contamination analysis. She also holds an MBA degree concentrating in strategic marketing from the University of Houston-Victoria. As a former user for more than five years, Rojin joined Frontier Laboratories in May of 2017. She is very passionate in creating awareness about Frontier technology and providing technical support to users.