Prof C. Oliver Kappe is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Graz (Austria) and Scientific Director of the Center for Continuous Flow Synthesis and Processing (CCFLOW) at the Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering GmbH (RCPE). He received his diploma (1989) and his doctoral (1992) degrees in organic chemistry from the University of Graz where he worked with Gert Kollenz on cycloaddition and rearrangement reactions of acylketenes. After periods of postdoctoral research work on reactive intermediates and matrix isolation spectroscopy with Curt Wentrup at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia (1993-1994) and on synthetic methodology/alkaloid synthesis with Albert Padwa at Emory University in Atlanta, USA (1994-1996), he moved back to the University of Graz in 1996 to start his independent academic career. He obtained his „Habilitation“ in 1998 in organic chemistry and was appointed Associate Professor in 2000. Since 2011 he is Professor for „Technology of Organic Synthesis“ (Organische Synthesetechnologie) at the Institute of Chemistry at the University of Graz. He has spent time as visiting scientist/professor at e.g. the Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, USA, K. Barry Sharpless, 2003), the Toyko Institute of Technology (Toyko, Japan, T. Takahashi, 2008), the Sanford-Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Orlando, USA, 2010) and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2013-2015).

Professor Kappe has an extensive general experience and a more than 30 year track record in synthetic and physical organic chemistry, process intensification using batch microwave technology and flow chemistry/microreaction technology, communicated in ~450 scientific publications (Publons, WoS h-Index 80; 2018 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher). For the past decade the focus of his research has been directed towards flow chemistry/microreaction technology, encompassing a wide variety of synthetic transformations and experimental techniques. His research group is actively involved in projects dealing with API synthesis and sustainable manufacturing, employing a number of different enabling and process intensification technologies. For his innovative work in microwave chemistry he received the 2004 Prous Science Award from the European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry and the 2010 100.000 € Houska Prize, in addition to a number of other awards. In 2015 he was named Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. In 2018 is received the IUPAC-ThalesNano Award in Flow Chemistry.

Prof. C. Oliver Kappe is the Founding Editor (Editor-in-Chief from 2011-2018) of the Journal of Flow Chemistry (Springer) and a board member of the Flow Chemistry Society. He currently serves as an Editor for Chemistry-Methods (Wiley) and has been an Editor of the Journal QSAR and Combinatorial Sciences (Wiley-VCH, 2003-2007). In addition he serves on the Editorial/Advisory Boards of Green Chemistry, Reaction Chemistry & Engineering (RSC), Organic Process Research & Development (ACS), and Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry (Elsevier). For several years he has been teaching courses on flow chemistry for Scientific Update.

Iryna Savych is a highly accomplished scientist and innovation leader with over 15 years of experience in research and development within the chemical industry. She holds a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Rostock, Germany, and an Executive MBA from Mannheim Business School. Currently associated with Fraunhofer IMM, she leads initiatives in flow chemistry, formulation science, and sustainable materials development. Dr. Savych has extensive expertise in project management, product formulation, and technology innovation, with a strong focus on sustainability and digital transformation. Her work spans industrial R&D, EU-funded projects such as Horizon 2020, and the development of advanced materials and scalable chemical processes. She has contributed to multiple patents and scientific publications, reflecting her commitment to translating research into real-world applications. Driven by a customer-centric and forward-thinking approach, she continues to bridge science, business strategy, and innovation to deliver impactful solutions.

Dr Marcus Baumann graduated from Philipps-University Marburg (Germany) in 2007 before moving to Cambridge/UK to study for a PhD with Prof. Steven V. Ley FRS. On completion of his PhD in 2010 he was awarded a Feodor-Lynen postdoctoral fellowship by the Humboldt foundation allowing him to join the research group of Prof. Larry E. Overman at the University of California in Irvine. After two years in Irvine, he returned to the UK to work with Prof. Ian R. Baxendale at the University of Durham applying flow methodology to the scaled synthesis of biologically relevant chemical entities.

In 2017 he became an Assistant Professor for Continuous Flow Chemistry at University College Dublin, where his group’s efforts centre around the development of new continuous flow methods applied to the effective generation of various target molecules. In 2021 he was a Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto. Current areas of interest include process development, reaction scale-up, photochemistry, telescoped multi-step sequences and flow biocatalysis.

Nikolay Cherkasov received his Ph.D. from Moscow University (Russia) and spend 10 years in academia working on catalysis and continuous processing. He has 50+ research papers in the area of catalysis, process development & automation, and process intensification. The academic work led to the establishment of the company, Stoli Chem, which innovates continuous chemical production achieving efficiency and sustainability.

Srividya heads R&D for drug substance development at Aurigene Pharmaceutical Services Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd., Hyderabad. She holds a B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and Ph.D. from Princeton University in Chemical Engineering. She has more than 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, working at Bristol-Myers Squibb in New Jersey followed by Dr. Reddy’s. Srividya is passionate about advanced manufacturing technologies. She has been recognized for Leadership Commitment at UN Women India 2020 WEPs (Women’s Empowerment Principles) awards. She is one of the 51 women featured in “WiSTEM 2021”, an e-book released by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Indian women in STEM.