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Zoe Diana Draelos, MD, is a research and clinical board-certified dermatologist and a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology.  She is in solo private practice in High Point, North Carolina, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Duke University.  In 1988, she founded Dermatology Consulting Services, PLLC, to initiate and perform research in aging skin, acne, rosacea, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, actinic keratoses, eczema, and aesthetic procedures in the cosmetic, OTC drug, and pharmaceutical areas.  Prior to pursuing a medical career, Dr. Draelos completed an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering and was elected a Rhodes Scholar.  A member of Sigma Xi research honorary and Alpha Omega Alpha medical honorary, she is author of 14 books including Cosmetics in Dermatology and Hair Cosmetics.  She is the editor of Cosmetic Dermatology: Products and Procedures and Cosmeceuticals, both in their third edition with translations into 7 languages.  She has contributed chapters to 44 textbooks, written 120 posters, served as the principle investigator on 862 studies, written 612 published papers, delivered 360 oral presentations, served on or contributed to 38 journal editorial boards, functioned as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology for 10 years, and was a past member of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Dermatology and the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery.  She was elected Vice-President of the American Academy of Dermatology.  She is recognized as a pioneer in cosmetic dermatology and received a lifetime achievement award from Health Beauty America for her research and the 2008 DermArts award for her contributions to dermatology.  In 2010, she received the Albert Kligman Innovation Award and in 2016 she was awarded a Presidential Citation from the American Academy of Dermatology for her research contributions to advance the specialty.  She received the prestigious Maison deNavarre award from the Society of Cosmetic Chemists for her contributions to the art and science of cosmetics in 2017.  In 2019, she was the inaugural recipient of the Florence Wall Award from the Society of Cosmetics Chemists honoring her as the most influential woman in cosmetic science.

Jean-Marc Lemaitre is Co-Director of the Institute of Regenerative Medicine and Biotherapies of Montpellier (France) since 2015. He started his career in 1984 as engineer at CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research). After a Ph.D. of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Development at Paris 7 University received in 1995 and a Post-Doc at Jacques Monod Institute in Paris, he joined the Institute of Human Genetics of Montpellier (IGH), where he obtained a tenure position at INSERM (National Institute for Scientific and Medical Research) in 2004. As major achievements, he demonstrated the existence of an overlap between mitosis and S phase in rapid cell of early embryogenesis (Lemaitre et al., JCB 1998), he identified CDC6 the only oocyte missing replicating factor translated during maturation to give the competence to replicate to the embryo (Lemaitre et al., Nature 2002) and identified mitosis as a key step in the reprogramming of the genome in nuclear transfer experiments (Lemaitre et al., Cell 2005). Awarded by an AVENIR INSERM Program in 2006, he obtained a senior Group leader position in 2010 at the Institute of Functional Genomics of Montpellier (IGF) working on Genome and Stem Cell Plasticity in aging. He mapped replication origins in human cells and identified a G-quadruplexes as a consensus sequence for priming (Besnard et al., NSMB 2012) and identified replication timing domain signatures of physiological and accelerated aging (Riveria-Mulla et al., PNAS 2017). He identified DNMT1 as a major actor in the reorganization of chromosomes in SAHFs during senescence induced by oncogene (Sati et al., Mol Cell 2020). His main contributions include the demonstration of cellular aging reversibility through a patented iPSC reprogramming strategy, as a new paradigm of cell rejuvenation (Lapasset et al., Genes &Dev 2011) and that a single in vivo transient reprogramming might prevent age related diseases (Alle et al., Aging Cell 2022). He is co-founder and advisor of two startup INGRAALYS (dedicated to skin rejuvenation and hair regrowth by reprogramming strategies) and ORGANIPS (dedicated to the production of human organoids from iPSC).

Dr. Kui Young Park is an assistant professor in the Department of Dermatology at Chung-Ang University medical center. She completed her dermatology fellowship in 2012 at Chung-Ang University medical center. She has treated various kinds of pediatric dermatology and had a lot of experience with esthetic and anti-aging dermatology. She provides reliable cares for patients on the basis of sustainable studies and her own know-how. Dr. Kui Young Park holds 2 MD and Bachelor's degree, and 9 Doctor's degree from Chung-Ang University in Seoul. During her career, she successively held the positions of Assistant Professor, Clinical Associate Professor, and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Dermatology of Chung-Ang University Hospital in Seoul. Dr Kui Young Park is member of several institutional committees as the Korean Dermatologic Association, the Korean Acne and Rosacea Society, the Korean Medical Society for Cosmetics, and the Korean Society for Anti-Aging Dermatology. She also obtained the Korean Board of Dermatology Diploma in 2010.

Jean-Hilaire Saurat, MD,is professor emeritus at Geneva University where he chaired the department of Dermatology for 28 years. He had studied Dermatology at the Hôpital Saint-Louis, and Experimental Pathology at the Faculté Necker Enfants Malades, both in Paris.  Prof. Saurat has been President of the International League of Dermatological Societies (ILDS), President of the European Society for Dermatological Research (ESDR), and the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV). Prof. Saurat has been chief editor of Dermatology 1986-2015 , and has been section editor of the Journal of Investigative Dermatology  1987-1997. He is the leading editor for editions 1st through 6th of the French Textbook of Dermatology Elsevier-Masson pub.  Prof. Saurat’ current research includes: sebaceous glands pathophysiology, skin aging/dermatoporosis, dermatotoxicology, and retinoids. His past research interests have included inflammatory skin diseases, graft-versus-host reaction, severe drug reactions, and pediatric dermatology.  Prof Saurat currently has a selected private practice in Geneva. Prof. Saurat citations report indicates his 1.027 publications were cited 24.845 times, with an h-index of 75.  Prof. Saurat is “Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur” France.