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Professor Guoxiu Wang is the Director of the Centre for Clean Energy Technology and a Distinguished Professor at University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia. He currently holds an ARC Professorial Future Fellowship. Professor Wang is an expert in materials chemistry, electrochemistry, energy storage and conversion, and battery technologies. His research interests include lithium-ion batteries, lithium-air batteries, sodium-ion batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries, supercapacitors, hydrogen storage materials, fuel-cells, graphene, and chemical functionalization of graphene. Professor Wang has published more than 360 refereed journal papers with an h-index of 60. His publications have attracted over 13,000 citations (Web of Science).

Thomas J. Webster’s (H index: 112; Google Scholar) degrees are in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh (B.S., 1995; USA) and in biomedical engineering from RPI (Ph.D., 2000; USA). He has served as a professor at Purdue (2000-2005), Brown (2005-2012), and Northeastern (2012-2021; serving as Chemical Engineering Department Chair from 2012 - 2019) Universities and has formed over a dozen companies who have numerous FDA approved medical products currently improving human health. Dr. Webster has numerous awards including: 2020, World Top 2% Scientist by Citations (PLOS); 2020, SCOPUS Highly Cited Research (Top 1% Materials Science and Mixed Fields); 2021, Clarivate Top 0.1% Most Influential Researchers (Pharmacology and Toxicology); and is a fellow of over 8 societies.

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Dr. Manoj Gupta was a former Head of Materials Division of the Mechanical Engineering Department and Director designate of Materials Science and Engineering Initiative at NUS, Singapore. He did his Ph.D. from University of California, Irvine, USA (1992), and postdoctoral research at University of Alberta, Canada (1992). In August 2017 he was highlighted among Top 1% Scientist of the World Position by The Universal Scientific Education and Research Network and among 2.5% among scientists as per Researchgate. To his credit are: (i) Disintegrated Melt Deposition technique and (ii) Hybrid Microwave Sintering technique, an energy efficient solid-state processing method to synthesize alloys/micro/nano-composites. He has published over 650 peer reviewed journal papers and owns two US patents and one Trade Secret. His current h-index is 78 and citations are greater than 22000. He has also co-authored eight books, published by John Wiley, Springer and MRF - USA. He is Editor-in-chief/Editor of twelve international peer reviewed journals. A multiple award winner, he actively collaborate/visit Japan, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, China, USA and India as a visiting researcher, professor and chair professor.

Dr. Frank Cheng is a Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Calgary. He was named the Canadian Distinguished Materials Scientist in 2019.Frank is an internationally recognizedresearcherin Energy Pipeline Technology, specializing in pipeline corrosion and cracking, steel metallurgy, defect assessment, and hydrogen pipelines. He is the author of4 books and 270+ journal papers. The total citations of his publications exceed 13,900, with a H-index of 72. He ranks top 0.08% influential scientists in Materials subject according to the latest release by the University of Stanford/Elsevier. Frank is the recipient of many prestigious awards such as Uhlig Award and Technical Achievement Award from NACE International, Brian Ives Lectureship Award from ASM International, Metal Chemistry Award from Canadian Metallurgy and Materials Society, Distinguished Lecturers Award from CIM, and Medal from International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM).Frank is elected Fellows of NACE, IOM3, ICorr, IAAM and CSCP. He is serving as the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Pipeline Science and Engineering. Frank obtained his Ph.D. in Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta in 2000.

Dr. Eric Wei-Guang Diau has received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, in 1991, and has been a faculty member in the Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University since 2001. He was a postdoctoral researcher at Emory University (1993-1995), Queensland University (1995-1996), International Stanford Research Institute (1996-1997) and California Institute of Technology (1997-2001). He is interested in the research of condensed-phase spectroscopic dynamics, especially in the understanding of interfacial electron transfer, light capture energy transfer and light energy conversion kinetic systems. His current research focuses on the development of novel functional materials for photovoltaic and photocatalytic applications such as perovskite solar cells and CO2 reduction. He received “Sun Yat Sen Academic Award” in 2014, “MOST Outstanding Research Award” in 2018 and 2022, “17th Yu-Ziang Science Paper Award” in 2019 and “MOE 65th Academic Award” in 2022. He has published over 226 peer-reviewed SCI papers with H-index 68. He is currently Distinguished Professor at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU).

Dr. Chua Kian Jon is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore. He has been conducting research on renewable energy systems and heat recovery systems since 1997. He has conducted both modelling and experimental works for specific thermal energy systems. He is highly skilled in designing; fabricating; commissioning and testing many sustainable energy systems to provide for heating, cooling and humidity control for both small and large scale applications. He has been elected to several fellowships including Fellow of Royal Society, Fellow of Energy Institute and Fellow of IMechE. He has more than 200 international peer-reviewed journal publications, 6 book chapters and two recent monographs on advances in air conditioning (https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811584763 and https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030808426). He was highlighted among the top 1% of scientists in the world by the Universal Scientific Education and Research Network and top 0.5% in the Stanford list of energy researchers. His works has garnered more than 12,000 over citations with a current h‐index of 57. Further, he owns more than 10 patents related to several innovative cooling and dehumidification systems. On a regular basis, he has been invited to deliver many plenary and keynote talks on his research findings. He is the Principal Investigator of several multi-million competitive research grants. Additionally, he has been awarded multiple local, regional, and international awards for his breakthrough research endeavors.

Masaru TANAKA is a professor at Kyushu University. He worked for TERUMO Co. (Leading Medical Devices Company) and designed novel biocompatible polymers and commercialized as medical devices such as catheters, and artificial lung and heart (Global market share No.1). In 2000 he moved to Hokkaido University and in 2007 he moved to Tohoku University. Stents covered with the self-organized porous 3D films are commercially available in the world clinical market (over 250 original patents). In 2009 he was awarded a full professorship at Yamagata University. He became a leader of Funding Program for Next Generation World-Leading Researchers (NEXT Program, Japan). Since 2015, he has been at Kyushu University as a full Professor. Thus far, he has published over 200 papers in peer reviewed journals (H-index 56) and has received the Award for the Japanese Society for Biomaterials 2021 for his intermediate water concept for biomaterials discovery.

Professor Vladimir G. Chigrinov is Professor of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology since 1999. He is an Expert in Flat Panel Technology in Russia, recognized by the World Technology Evaluation Centre, 1994, and SID Fellow since 2008. He is an author of 6 books, 31 reviews and book chapters, about 322 journal papers, more than 677 Conference presentations, and 121 patents and patent applications including 38 US patents in the field of liquid crystals since 1974. He got Excellent Research Award of HKUST School of Engineering in 2012. He obtained Gold Medal and The Best Award in the Invention & Innovation Awards 2014 held at the Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) 2014, which was hosted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 20-22 Feb 2014. He is a Member of EU Academy of Sciences (EUAS) since July 2017. He got A Slottow Owaki Prize of SID in 2018 http://www.ee.ust.hk/ece.php/enews/detail/660. He is 2019 Distinguished Fellow of IETI. Since 2018 he works as Professor in the School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering in Foshan University, Foshan, China. 2020-2024 Vice President of Fellow of Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (IDSAI) Since 2021 distinguished Fellow of Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. Since March 2022 he is A Fellow of National Academy of Technology for his contributions to Information Electrical and Electronic Research.

Paulo C. DE MORAIS, PhD, was full Professor of Physics at the University of Brasilia (UnB) – Brazil up to 2013, Appointed as UnB’s Emeritus Professor (2014), Appointed as Guest Professor of Huazhong University of Science and Technology– China (2011), Visiting Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) – China (2012-2015), Appointed as Distinguished Professor at Anhui University (AHU) – China (2016-2019), Appointed as Full Professor at Catholic University of Brasília (UCB) – Brazil (2018), Appointed as CNPq-1A Research Fellowship since 2010, 2007 Master Research Prize from UnB, 2008-member of the European ERA NET Nanoscience Committee, Member of the IEEE-Magnetic Society Technical Committee, Senior Member of the IEEE Society, 2012 China’s 1000 Foreign Expert Recipient, and 2012 Academic Excellence Award from Brazilian Professor’s Union. He held two-years (1987-1988) post-doc position with Bell Communications Research – New Jersey, USA and received his Doctoral degree in Solid State Physics (1986) from the Federal University of Minas Gerais – Brazil. He graduated in both Chemistry (1976) and Physics (1977) at UnB.ProfessorMorais is member of the Brazilian Physical Society and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – IEEE. He has served as referee for more than 50 technical journals, takes part of the Editorial Board of more than 15 technical journals and has conducted research on nanomaterials for over 40 years. He has delivered more than 150 Invited Talks all over the World. He is known for his research in preparation, characterization and applications of nanosized materials (magnetic fluid, magnetoliposome, magnetic nanoemulsion, magnetic nanocapsule, magnetic nanofilm, magnetic nanocomposite, nanosized semiconductors, polymeric dots, carbon dots, and graphene quantum dots). With nearly 500 published papers in peer reviewed journals and 15 patents, he has appeared in recent World ranking of top 1% scientists, such as 2020-Stanford and 2022-Research.com.

Vasudevanpillai Biju is a Professor at the Research Institute for Electronic Science and Graduate School of Environmental Science at Hokkaido University. He assumed this position after a research career - as a scientist and a senior scientist in AIST, Japan (2004-2015), a PRESTO researcher of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST, 2010-2014), a visiting Scientist at the University of Texas at Austin, USA (2007), a postdoctoral fellow at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA (2003-2004), a JSPS postdoctoral fellow in AIST, Japan (2002-2003), and a research scientist at Angstrom Technology Partnership, Japan (2000-2002). He has been a visiting faculty in many universities, including in Japan, the US, and India. He has been a member of the board of studies/faculty evaluation/faculty screening/project screening committees of academic and government bodies in Japan, India, New Zealand, Chili, Taiwan, the European Union, Singapore, etc. Hewas a SPARC fellow of the Science and Engineering Research Board of India and an Erudite Fellow of the Bard of Higher Education, Kerala, India. His research interests include semiconductor nanocrystals and quantum dots, photo-functional molecules, nanobiotechnogy, and single-molecule techniques. His research activities are recognized with various awards by the Ozaki Foundation (Gen-nai Prize and Gen-nai Award), the Japanese Photochemistry Association, the Asian and Oceanian Photochemistry Association, and the Chemical Society of Japan. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2011. He has beenan associate editor of the Elsevier Journal, J. Photochem. Photobiol. C (Impact factor 17.1), and an associate editor of the NPG journal, NPG Asia Materials (IF=10.9).

Prof. Chung is a Jade Mountain Chair professor (玉山學者) at the Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology of NTUST, Taiwan. Before joining NTUST, he was a Provost’s Chair Professor at the ChBE dept of NUS in 2011-2021. His research focuses on polymeric membranes for clean water, clear air, clear energy and pharmaceutic separation. In 2005-2008, he worked as a Senior Consultant for Hyflux, led and built its membrane research team. He became a Fellow in the Academy of Engineering Singapore in 2012 and received IChemE (Institute of Chemical Engineers, UK) Underwood Medal for exceptional research in separations and Singapore President’s Technology Award in 2015. He was a highly cited researcher in Chemical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering by the Elsevier and Shanghai Global Ranking in 2016 and received Distinction Award in Water Reuse and Conservation from International Desalination Association (IDA) in 2016. He was also a highly cited researcher from Clarivate Analytics in 2018 and 2019. He was ranked as No. 7 in Chemical Engineering worldwide by the list of “the top 2% scientists in the world” published by Stanford University in 2020 (http://www.globalauthorid.com/WebPortal/EliteOrder. 2020). His H-index =116 (Scopus) or 135 (Google Scholar); Number of citations > 52633 (Scopus) and > 66,847 (Google Scholar) (March 16, 2022). He is an editorial board member of more than 20 journals including J. Membrane Science, Env. Sci. & Tech., AIChE J, Separation & Purification Tech., I&EC Research, Membranes and many others.

Soshu Kirihara is a doctor of engineering and a professor of Joining and Welding Research Institute (JWRI), Osaka University, Japan. In his main investigation “Materials Tectonics as Sustainable Geoengineering” for environmental modifications and resource circulations, multi-dimensional structures were successfully fabricated to modulate energy and materials flows effectively. Ceramic and metal components were fabricated directly by smart additive manufacturing, design and evaluation (Smart MADE) using high power ultraviolet laser lithography. Original stereolithography systems were developed, and new start-up company “SK-Fine” was established through academic-industrial collaboration.

Professor Hahn is Regents Professor of the Jeonbuk National University (JBNU), Fellow of the Korea Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), Fellow of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) and Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM). He joined JBNU in 1991, prior to which he worked for LG Metals Research Center for 1988-1991 after he received his Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering from University of Utah in 1988. His research interest is synthesis of metal and metal oxide nanostructures and their applications for solar cells, chemical and biological sensors, and printed elecronics, resulting in over 330 SCI papers (over 15200 citaions, h-index over 63 from Google scholar), 18 patents and two technology transfers. He aslo authored or edited 8 books including Metal Oxide Nanostructures and Their Applications (5 volume sets, 2010, American Scientific Publishers) and Solar Energy Conversion – Principles and Engineering of Hybrid-Organic, Quantum Dots, and Perovskite Solar Cells (in press, 2022, Jerry Standford Publishing). He received MCARE Best Research Award 2019 and Woo SeongIl Materials Award 2018 by KIChE, Asian Energy Technology Award 2017 by International Association of Advanced Materials, Rudolf A. Marcus Award for outstanding research in the area of chemical science in 2016, the American Ceramic Society Global Ambassador Award 2016, the Scientist of the Month Award in 2011 by Korea Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the CBNU’s Best Research Professor Award consecutively in 2008-2010, and Top 100 Scientists Award four times in 2005, 2011, 2014 and 2015 accredited by International Biographical Center, Cambridge, UK.

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Prof. Harri Lipsanen received his PhD from Helsinki University of Technology in 1994. Since 1999 he has been a Professor of Nanotechnology in Aalto University, Finland. He has held several positions as Head of Laboratory and Department during past 20 years. In 2018 he was Nokia Foundation Visiting Professor in the University of Arizona, USA. He studies nanomaterials and nanofabrication for various applications in photonics and nanoelectronics. His current research focus on materials includes graphene and other 2D materials, compound semiconductor nanowires and their heterostructures. The nanofabrication activities extend over many methods such as atomic layer deposition, chemical vapor deposition, metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy, electron beam lithography, self-assembly etc. Prof. Lipsanen has published over 350 peer-reviewed articles.

Prof. Ruggero M. Santilli obtained his Ph. D. in theoretical physics at the University of Torino, Italy in 1965; he then emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1967 where he was on the faculty of the University of Miami, Boston University, MIT, and Harvard University under financial support from NASA, UFOSR and DOE. In 1991 he accepted the position of President and Professor at the Institute for Basic Research in Florida. He is the author of 345 papers published in refereed journals and twenty post Ph. D. monographs in mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology; he is the Editor of a number of scientific journals in mathematics and physics and was awarded twelve U. S. patents. He is internationally known for developing new mathematics (known as Lie-admissible, Lie-isotopic and isodual mathematics) for the construction of hadronic mechanics, chemistry and biology, and for the verification of the 1935 Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen argument that "quantum mechanics is not a complete theory." These discoveries lead to the prediction of new technologies, incompatible with quantum mechanics but fully compatible with hadronic mechanics, which he developed as Chief Scientist at various U. S. publicly traded and private companies. For more details, please see the curriculum http://www.i-b-r.org/Ruggero-Maria-Santilli.htm

In Su Lee received his PhD (2000) from Seoul National University under the supervision of Professor Young Keun Chung. After the work as a senior researcher at LG chemical (2000–2003), the post-doctoral research with Jeffrey Long at UC Berkeley (2003–2005), and the research with Taeghawn Hyeon for Creative Research Initiative Center for Oxide Nano-crystalline Materials at Seoul National University (2005–2006), he worked at Kyung Hee University as an assistant and associate professor (2006–2011). After this, he moved to POSTECH and joined the Department of Chemistry. He is now a professor of Chemistry at POSTECH and also director of Creative Research Initiative Center for Nano-space-Confined Chemical Reactions (NCCR). His current research is focused on studying the spatially confined reactions that occurs within nano-sized solid-state or solution-phase media and developing nanomaterials for the applications in catalysis and biomedical fields.

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Prof. Shachar Richter (Ph.D. in Materials Science and Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel) is the head of the Bioand Molecular Electronics Lab and a faculty member at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Tel Aviv University. After graduation, Prof. Richter was a post-doctorate fellow and was later appointed as an independent staff member (MTS) at Bell Laboratories and Agere Systems (NJ, USA). In 2001 he joined Tel Aviv University, where he established the Nanoelectronics lab at the Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, where he serves as a core member. In 2003 he joined as a faculty member at the School of Chemistry, and in 2013 he moved to the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. In 2017 he was a sabbatical professor at Monash University (Australia), and In 2019 he won the "distinguished visiting scientist award" of The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). His current research interests are jellyfish-based composites for medical and environmental applications, molecular and bioelectronics, bio-nano composites, and novel patterning and processing technologies. Professor Richter is the founder and director of the university's first public asbestos service lab (TAU Analytical) and the founder of Jellyband, a new startup. Among his previous public roles: Director of the Wolfson Applied Materials Research Centre at Tel Aviv University, heading the MSc program in Materials Science and Engineering, serving as the president of the IVS (Israel Vacuum Society focusing on nanotechnology and surface science), and chairing the central chemistry committee of the Standards Institute of Israel, and more.

Dr. Fawang Liu is a Professor in the Applied and computational mathematics discipline at Queensland University of Technology. He received his MSc from Fuzhou University, China in 1982 and his PhD from Trinity College, Ireland in 1991, respectively. Since graduation, he has worked in computational and applied mathematics at Fuzhou University(he was promoted as Associate Professor on 1988), Trinity College Dublin, Xiamen University (First-class Professor), University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology (from 17 September, 1991).Professor Liu has made important contributions to the fields including numerical methods and theoretical analysis of the fractional differential equations, modelling anomalous transport, computational modelling of the human heart, implement adaptive image enhancement using fractional differential algorithms, a unifying framework for distributed-order fractional models, propagation of electrical signals in the white matter of the human brain, fractional dynamical models for MRI to probe tissue microstructure, parameter estimation for fractional dynamical models arising from biological systems, fractional viscoelastic Non-Newtonian fluids, computational finance,nanofluids for industrial applications, semiconductor device equations, microwave heating problems, gas-solid reactions, singular perturbation problem and saltwater intrusion into aquifer systems. Professor Liuis an international recognised expert and a leading researcher in the field of numerical methods and theoretical analysis for fractional dynamical systems. He has published over 340 papers in these fields. In 2012, Professor Liu won the prestigious Mittag-Leffler Award for his outstanding contributions to the field of Fractional Derivatives and their Applications. He has been award “Outstanding Achievements Recognition Award” by ACEMS in 2019. He has supervised more than 30 PhD students and Master of Philosophy students, and 40 visiting fellows on fractional dynamical models and applications. Professor Liu has been named in the 2014-2021Thomson Reuters lists of Highly Cited Researchers.

Mukasyan Alexander, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN USA since 1996. Ph.D. in physics and math (1986) Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences; Sci. Dc. (1994) Institute of Structural Macrokinetics, Russian Academy of Sciences. Academician of the International Informatization Academy (2001). Member of the Editorial boards for several International Journals; Member of International Advisory Boards of Ceramic World Academy. Medal of Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (Moscow, 1993); Medal of Russian Academy of Sciences (2001); Medal of Kazakhstan Ministry of Science (2007). Co-author of 5 books and 1 text-book, 33 Chapters in books and invited reviews, more than 300 research publications in archive journals and 36 patents, including 14 patents in the fields of engineering of advanced materials and heterogeneous combustion (see details: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=b8XySnEAAAAJ). The main scientific interest relates to nanotechnology, high energy density materials, joining of refractory and dissimilar materials, as well as catalysis. The most cited publications: Combustion synthesis and nanomaterials, Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science 12 (3-4), 44-50, 2008; Solution combustion synthesis of nanoscale materials, Chemical Reviews 116 (23), 14493-14586, 2016; Combustion for Material Synthesis, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton, London, New York, 2015, 398 p.

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Dr. Michael Campbell is an internationally known expert in Inertial Fusion, Plasma physics, High Energy Density Physics, high power lasers and their applications and advanced energy technologies including Generation IV nuclear fission reactors and biofuels. He has won numerous awards including Department of Energy’s E. O. Lawrence Award, the American Nuclear Society’s Edward Teller Award, the American Physical Society’s John Dawson Award, the Department of Energy’s Excellence in Weapons Research Award, and the Leadership Award of Fusion Power Associates. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the Optica (formerly OSA). He has published over 250 articles in scientific journals and holds 5 patents. Campbell has worked in various scientific and leadership positions at both federal laboratories, Universities and the private sector including Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, General Atomics, Logos Technologies, Sandia National Laboratory, and the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics. He has received his degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and the University of Western Sydney.

Arvi Freiberg, Professor Emeritus of Tartu University, earned his Ph.D. in solid state physics from the Estonian Academy of Sciences (1976) and the Doctor of Sc. degree from the Latvian Academy of Sciences (1986). His pioneering scientific contributions belong into the fields of ultrafast and spectrally selective spectroscopy of chlorophylls, photobiophysicsof primary processes of photosynthesis, and high-pressure biospectroscopy. He is a founding member of the International Society of Photosynthesis Research and the Estonian Physical Society, and the elected member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Currently he is running the Biophysics Laboratory in the Institute of Physics of Tartu University, also serving as a Vice-President of the Estonian Academy of Sciences.

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Dr. GuohuaXie obtained his Ph.D. degree from Jilin University (China) in 2011, working on OLED microdisplays. From August 2011, Dr. Xie carried out his postdoctoral research at TU Dresden (Germany), sponsored by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, investigating the stability of OLEDs. From January 2013 to January 2015, Dr. Xie worked for an OLED-based interdisciplinary project to treat skin cancer based on photodynamic therapy at the Organic Semiconductor Center of the University of St Andrews (UK). Since January 2015, he has been serving as an associate professor at the College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences of Wuhan University (China), focusing on the interdisciplinary research of solution-processed organic optoelectronic materials and devices. Dr. Xie has co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications with an H-index of 48and contributed to three edited bookchapters on organic optoelectronics. In 2020, Dr. Xie has been admitted as a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry. Currently, Dr. Xie is a guest editor respectively for “Frontiers in Chemistry”, “Molecules” and “International Journal of Molecular Sciences”. Meanwhile, he also serves as a member of Youth Editorial Board respectively for “Chinese Journal of Luminescence”, “SmartMat” and “The Innovation”.

Prof. Yoav D. Livney [B.Sc. (Suma cum Laude, 1990) Food Engineering & Biotechnology, Technion Israel Institute of Technology; M.S. (1995) Food Engineering, UW Madison, Wisconsin, USA; PhD (2002) Food Engineering & Biotechnology Technion IIT; Post-Doc Food Science, University of Guelph, Canada], Head of the Lab of Biopolymers for Food & Health at the Biotechnology and Food Engineering department, Technion IIT [2004- Lecturer; 2007- Asst. Professor, 2012-20 Assoc. Prof., 2020- Full Professor] is an expert in biopolymers, delivery systems for nutraceuticals and drugs, and alternative proteins. Authored >80 publications, 9 patents, H-index=39, gave >50 invited & keynote talks at international conferences, and mentored 15 M.Sc. and 10 Ph.D. students. Editorial-Board Member in several reputed journals.

Dr. Sui Zhang is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at NUS. She received her Bachelor degree from Fudan University (China) in 2008, and her PhD degree from NUS in 2012. She is an expert in membranes for separations and purifications in relation to water, energy and environment. In particular, her research focuses on understanding and engineering of transport at the nano- and micro-level via 2D materials, microporous materials and surface patterns. She has > 60 journal publications in Science Advances, Nature Communications, PNAS, Advanced Materials, etc. She is now the Young Editorial Board member for Journal of Membrane Science, Advanced Membranes and Chinese Chemical Letters. She has received awards such as Tan Kah Kee Young Inventor’s Award, NUS Engineering Young Researcher Award and AIChE SLS Outstanding Young Faculty Award.

Dr. Hsing-Cheng Hsi received his Bachelor degree (1992) and Master degree (1994) both from the National Taiwan University, Taiwan. He got his PhD degree at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2001. Dr. Hsi is a professor at the Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University. Dr. Hsi’s expertise is in development of novel technology for air pollution control, water treatment and reuse, and soil/sediment remediation. His research interests include (1) synthesis of novel carbonaceous adsorbents and metal oxide/photocatalysts for adsorption and catalytic oxidation or reduction in control of toxic metals (especially mercury), SOx, NOx and VOC presenting in air/flue gases, water and waste water, soil, and sediments;(2) development of novel active capping for remediating contaminated sediment by release inhibition; (3) fabrication of novel carbonaceous material for precious and rare metal recycling from urban wastes;(4) speciation and distribution investigation of heavy metals in soil and sediment, and understanding their environmental and health risk. Dr. Hsi also serves as the member of editorial board, Journal of Hazardous Materials, the associate editor of Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, USA and Journal of Environmental Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineering, USA.

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Prof. Dutz received his Diploma Engineer (Dipl.-Ing) in Biomedical Engineering from University of Applied Sciences in Jena/Germany in 2002 and his PhD (Dr.-Ing) from University of Freiberg/Germany in 2007. Prof Dutz is the Chair of Magnetic Nanoparticles Group at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics at Technische Universität Ilmenau in Germany. With a background in Materials Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Electronics his current research interests focus on synthesis, characterization, and application of magnetic nanoparticles for medical applications as well as instrumentation for these techniques, especially magnetic hyperthermia, magnetic drug targeting, and magnetic particle imaging.

Prof. Hiroyuki Shima (H.S) currently works as Head of Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Yamanashi in Japan. H.S received his Ph.D in the Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University. His main research topics are focused on interdisciplinary physics, including mathematical science and condensed matter theory. He has published more than 120 research publications (peer-reviewed), written 4 books and 4 book chapters in the areas of mathematical physics and nanomaterials.

Dr. Viktor Sverdlov received his Master of Science and PhD degrees in physics from the State University of St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1985 and 1989, respectively. From 1989 to 1999 he worked as a staff research scientist at the V.A. Fock Institute of Physics, St. Petersburg State University. During this time, he visited ICTP (Italy, 1993), the University of Geneva (Switzerland, 1993-1994), the University of Oulu (Finland, 1995), the Helsinki University of Technology (Finland, 1996, 1998), the Free University of Berlin (Germany, 1997), and NORDITA (Denmark, 1998). In 1999, he became a staff research scientist at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He joined the Institute for Microelectronics, Technische Universität Wien, in 2004 and he is currently on a tenure-track position. His scientific interests include device simulations, computational physics, solid-state physics, and nanoelectronics.

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Dr. Luis Alberto Lightbourn Rojas, PhD is a civil scientist and research entrepreneur. He is bionanofemtotechnologist, specialist in the areas of Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Mathematics. Currently, he is Owner and Director of the Bioteska Company, as well as owner and president of the Lightbourn Research Institute. Dr. Luis is also a creator and developer of the Enatiomorphic Amphiphilic Colloids and the Totally Tox Free system (TTF 3.0) Ethical and Scientific Guarantee of Food Safety.

Dr. William Gerson Matias holds a degree in Sanitary and Environmental Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (1987), a Master's (DEA) in Environmental Toxicology - Université de Metz (1993) and a PhD in Environmental Toxicology - Université de Bordeaux II (1996). He was a Postdoctoral fellow at the Université du Québec à Montreal in Nanotoxicology (2010). He is a Full Professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Dep. of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (Brazil). He is currently Superintendent of Projects, Dean of Research. He is also a reviewer of several national and international journals. He has experience in Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, with emphasis on Water Quality and Environmental Toxicology, working mainly on the following topics: Effluent and Natural Water Toxicity, Genotoxicity, Toxicological Risk Analysis, Nanotoxicology and Contaminants of Emerging Concern.

Dejun Li, Distinguished Professor of Physics and Materials Science, Tianjin Normal University, China, received his Bachelor's degree from the Tianjin Normal University in 1984. After he obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Tsinghua University in 1999, he entered Northwestern University, USA as a Postdoctoral in 2001. In 1998 he was appointed to be full Professor. Dr. Li’s research is focused on ion-beam and thin films for materials surface modification of various materials including biomaterials; coatings and nanomaterials for clean energy. The scope of Li’s research ranges from fundamental science, to applied nanotechnology and thin film or ion-beam technology, to emerging engineering issues - with a unifying theme centered upon development and application of novel thin films and nanomaterials for energy systems and modification of various tools and biomaterials. Specifically, his research activities are currently concentrated on developing various PVD and CVD approaches to synthesize low-dimensional thin films and nanomaterials as well as exploring their applications in various tools and model, biomedical hard tissues, and nano-energy materials. He has published more than 200 research articles in thin film and coatings, biomaterials, new energy fields.

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Prof. Kun-Yu Lai is currently a professor in the Department of Optics and Photonics (DOP) at National Central University (NCU) in Taiwan. Prof. Lai received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University in USA in 2009. After working as the postdoctoral fellow in the Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics at National Taiwan University in 2009-2011, he joined the faculty in DOP at NCU. Prof. Lai specializes in the growth/fabrication of novel III-nitride optoelectronic devices, including plasmonic biosensors and LEDs. He has published 53 papers in peer-reviewed SCI journals, with a total citation over 1600 times (H-index: 23). Detailed information on Prof. Lai’s research is available at: http://kylai.cloudweb.com.tw/

Dr. Al-Ghamdi completed his Ph.D degrees at Cardiff University UK in 2010. Afterword he got position at King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia. Dr. Al-Ghamdi research interest includes the design and fabrication of semiconductor devices laser diode and studies the optoelectronic and electrical properties of these devices by measuring their absorption, spontaneous, stimulated emission spectra, ideality factor, barrier height and series resistance. The current research topics include red emitters quantum dot laser diode which used in photodynamic therapy of cancer and also used in the manufacture of dual wavelength sources. Dr. Al-Ghamdi is a member of IEEE and OSA societies.

Asad Alkhader is a specialist on plant nutrition and soil fertility. He is working as an expert researcher at the National Agricultural Research Center (NARC) in Jordan. He is interested on plant nutrient and soil water management research issues. Most of his current research studies are focused on nutrient and water management.

Dr. Dinesh Pratap Singh, an associate professor in Department of Physics, University of Santiago of Chile (USACH), notched up his M.Sc. (2000) and Ph.D. (2007) degree in Physics from Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi India. After post-doctoral studies from Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC), Illinois, USA, he joined Department of Physics, USACH, Chile in 2010 as an assistant professor. He has published many articles/reviews (67 articles) and book chapters (9 book chapters) in the refereed journals of high impact and books/encyclopedia published by internationally reputed publishers. He has also one patent related to the growth of record 8 mm size Zn(3-ptz)2 Metal–Organic Framework Single Crystals (CL2019000136). He qualified CSIR-NETJRF (UGC India), D S Kothari post-doctoral fellowship and been awarded by various projects funded by CONICYT - ANID Chile. He is one among ten PIs of a leading project of the country called as Millennium institute of Research in Optics (MIRO) for 10 years (2018-2028) awarded by Millennium Science Initiative- Millenio Instituto (ANID) Chile. He is editorial board member of various international journals such as American Journal of Nano Research and Applications (NANO), Online Journal of Material Science, Universal Journal of Physics Research, Journal of Modern Polymer Chemistry and Materials, Journal of Nanotechnology Research, Journal of Nanoscience Research (JNSR), American Journal of Nanosciences and SCIREA Journal of Chemistry etc. He is a reviewer in various internationally renowned journals like Nature Scientific Reports, Nano Energy, International Journal of Nanomedicine etc. just to name few. Besides he is an external referee for the submitted proposals in one of the major funding agencies for research and development in Chile (ANID, CHILE) and National Research Council (CNCS)” Rome of Romanian organization that supports fundamental research in all fields of science. He is a member of American Physical Society, American Chemical Society, and American Nano Society (since 2011) etc.

Élia Roldão holds a PhD in Conservation and Restoration of Heritage - Specialization in Conservation Sciences, from FCT NOVA. Her research career has been guided by the pursuing of development of non-invasive and innovative methods for identification and treatment of photographs. Since 2000 she has done conservation treatments and preventive conservation projects on several Portuguese collections. Since 2019, she has been teaching at FCT NOVA.

Faezeh Fathi is a researcher of REQUIMTE/LAQV, Faculty of Pharmacy of University of Porto. She completed a Bachler in Applied Chemistry (2011); Master on Phytochemistry (2013); Master on Food Quality and Control at the University of Porto, Portugal (recognized degree 2020); PhD in Phytochemistry, at MPDRI, Beheshti University, Iran (2021); and a Joint PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences - Nutrition and Food Chemistry, at the University of Porto in 2021. Her specialization domains are extraction, enrichment, and standardization of food, agriculture and plant by-products, as well as medicinal plants and food sources. Her focus is to formulate high-value products through different encapsulation techniques with special attention to lipid-based carriers and nanotechnology (powder, nanoemulsions, micro/nanosuspensions). Furthermore, cosmetic and skin care products, such as anti-ageing and skin care creams, beauty soft gels, and others, are other research fields. Besides her academic expertise, she worked in the R&D section of the P.T.S Group as researcher, leader of R&D and technical manager for 3 years (2015-2018). She has been working as scientific advisor of a food and cosmetic company since 2015 (Vasha pharma, and P.T.S group) and she was a director of the call centre branch of Parikatan anti-wrinkle cream from 2017-2019, Tehran, Iran.

Professor Omolola Esther Fayemi is an Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry and a postgraduate coordinator in the Department of Chemistry, North-West University, Mafikeng, South Africa. Her expertise in synthesis, characterization and application of nano-based materials through chemical and green mediated synthesis. She has supervised and co-supervised nine honours, 7 Masters and 4 Doctoral students to completion. She supervises ten postgraduate students (Hons, MSc and PhD candidates). The synthesized nanomaterials are applied in electrochemical sensors for biological and environmental analytes and wound dressing. She has published more than 70 research works in accredited journals, and her research outputs are recorded by Google Scholar and Research Gate.

Sughra Mohamed received her Ph.D. in nanophotonics with a major in tailoring and confinement of light in nanophotonics and quantum systems from the University of Eastern Finland, Finland in 2022. Her research areas include quantum optics, Plasmonic, Photonic crystals, Bound state in continuum, vector beams, bright and dark modes. Her master's thesis examined the nonlinear light-matter interaction in thin films using pump-probe spectroscopy and Z-scan. She was awarded grants from the Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation, Saastamoinen Foundation, Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation for doctoral students grant, and Corning Women in Optical Communications award.

Ankit Bhardwaj is a final year PhD student at Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester. He has worked as Research Engineer at IMRE, A*STAR, Singapore for 1.5 years in polymer composite department after completing his master’s degree in Nanotechnology from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. He did his Bachelor in Electronics and Communication Engineering at Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, India. His research interest includes nanofabrication, 2D materials, angstrom scale 2D capillaries, ion transport and polymer composites.

Mr. Guillermo Valdes Mesa was born in Havana, Cuba in 1962, graduated in Physics in 1985, working for the Microelectronics Industry, as head of final control investigations degradation production of electronic components, working for the Electronics Industry, department of reliability, characterization work performed Luma-Chroma plate worker Research Institute of Metrology, work Challenges of Metrology in Cuba in the era of nanotechnology. Work published in the ISO TC 229, ISO TC229 / IEC 113, required for conformity assessment of research and nano-scale productions Tool page. Master of Science.

Dr. Iman Taraghi received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, from Shahrood University of Technology in 2010, Iran. He was a graduate student in the Mechanical Engineering at Semnan University from 2010 until he earned his Ph.D. in 2018, Iran. Moreover, he passed his internship courses in the Institute of Material Science and Engineering at West Pomeranian University of Technology in 2016-2017, Poland. His research interests include novel polymer nanocomposites, biomaterials, synthesis and characterization.

Dr. Muhammad Tayyab received his Ph.D. in Material Science and Engineering with a major research direction in magnetic optoelectronic materials, China in 2021: He has been working as a postdoc under the supervision of Prof. Deqing Gao at Nanjing Tech University, China. His expertise and interest are in energy generation, Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs), Piezoelectric nanogenerators (PENGs), Sensors and actuators, Optoelectronics, Flexible Electronics, and Capacitors.

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A/Prof. Dr. Adnan is a pioneer faculty member and an Assistant Professor of Analytical / Material /Environmental Chemistry at the Institute of Chemical Sciences, the University of Swat, Pakistan. Prof. Adnan completed his Ph.D. at the University of Peshawar, Pakistan. He also completed part of his Ph.D. from Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Prof. Adnan is a research brand at the University of Swat. He was among the first faculty members who carried out a project under Start-up Research Grant Program (SRGP), HEC, Pakistan. He won one of the most prestigious projects on the fabrication of Flexible and Freestanding Li-S Batteries in Pakistan named, the "Local Challenge Fund (LCF)" of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan. Adnan group is doing research on alternate energy production; energy storage & water splitting reactions; heterogeneous catalysis; waste to valuable chemicals and fuels; nano-size particle technology; removal of heavy metals, dyes, and other toxicants from aqueous media; method development for the determination of toxicants. Furthermore, Prof. Adnan wants to limit his research renewable energy side.