Hongbin Li
Hongbin Li is a professor in the Department of Chemistry at UBC. As the Director of the 3DPTM program, he is a non-voting member of the Program Committee. More information about him is available under the Principal Investigators page.
Shan Zou
Shan Zou is the Team Leader for the Nanoscale Measurement Team at the Metrology Research Centre of the National Research Council (NRC) and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Carleton University. Dr. Zou’s research focuses on the development of nanoscale measurement methods including the integrated multimodal techniques for characterization of nanomaterials and quantitative detection of cancer cells and cellular mechanical responses to drug treatments. She has expertise in nanomechanics, cytotoxicity measurements of nanomaterials, surface and interface characterizations. She seeks to contribute to a greater understanding of the effects of nanomaterials on the environment and living systems, and to promote the safe and responsible use of nanotechnology tools and nanomaterials. She currently serves as the Secretary for the ASTM International E56 Nanotechnology Committee (2018-2023).
Jan Hendrikx
Jan Hendrikx, PhD is manager for Collaborations and IP in the Research and Development Department at STEMCELL Technologies. He obtained his PhD in Cell Biology from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. After completing his PhD, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the New York Blood Center from 1996-2002. From 2002-2015 Dr. Hendrikx was director of the Flow Cytometry Core Facility of the research institute of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY. In 2015 JH was recruited to STEMCELL Technologies, tasked with streamlining grant collaborations.
Orlando Rojas
Orlando Rojas is a Canada Excellence Research Chair in Forest Bioproducts at the University of British Columbia and the Scientific Director of the Bioproducts Institute. He is internationally renowned for his work in biobased and sustainable materials. Among his many prestigious honors is the Anselme Payen Award, the highest recognition in cellulose and renewable materials research. He is also an elected Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2013) the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (2017), and Tappi (2025). He is a recipient of the TAPPI Nanotechnology Division Technical Award (2015) and was holder of an European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant, one of the most prestigious research grants in the EU.
Graduate Student Representative – Andrea Ortiz