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Prof. Federico Rosei

Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada

Title: Multifunctional Materials for Emerging Technologies

Federico Rosei (MSc (1996) and PhD (2001) from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”) is Full Professor at the Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Varennes (QC) Canada, where he served as Director (07/2011–03/2019), currently on leave. He held the Canada Research Chair (Junior) in Nanostructured Organic and Inorganic Materials (2003–2013) and the Canada Research Chair (Senior) in Nanostructured Materials (2016–2023). Since January 2014 he holds the UNESCO Chair in Materials and Technologies for Energy Conversion, Saving and Storage. Since March 2023 he holds the Chair of Industrial Chemistry at the Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste.

Dr. Rosei’s research interests focus on structure/property relationships in nanomaterials and their use as building blocks in emerging technologies. His research has been supported by multiple funding sources from the Province of Quebec, the Federal Government of Canada as well as international agencies, for a total in excess of M$ 18. He has worked in partnership with over twenty Canadian R&D companies. He is co-inventor of three patents and has published over 485 articles in prestigious international journals (including Science, Nature Phot., Nature Mater., Nature Chem., Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., Adv. Mater., Angew. Chem., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Adv. Func. Mater., Adv. En. Mat., ACS Nano, Biomaterials, etc.), which have been cited over 25,300 times (H index = 83). He has been invited to speak at over 370 international conferences (50 Keynotes, 30 Plenaries) and has given over 280 seminars and colloquia, over 60 professional development lectures and 50 public lectures in 51 countries on all inhabited continents.

He is Fellow of numerous prestigious national and international societies and academies, including: the Royal Society of Canada, the European Academy of Science, the Academia Europaea, the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (Foreign), the African Academy of Sciences, the World Academy of Art and Science, the World Academy of Ceramics, the American Physical Society, the Materials Research Society, AAAS, the American Ceramic Society, Optica, SPIE, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, ASM International, the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), the Institute of Physics, the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the Institute of Materials, Metallurgy and Mining, the Engineering Institute of Canada, the Australian Institute of Physics, the Chinese Chemical Society (Honorary), the Mexican Academy of Engineering (Corresponding), the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (Foreign), Senior Member of IEEE, Global Young Academy (Alumnus) and Member of the Sigma Xi Society.

He has received several awards and honours, including the FQRNT Strategic Professorship (2002–2007), the Tan Chin Tuan visiting Fellowship (NTU 2008), the Senior Gledden Visiting Fellowship (UWA 2009), UWA Professor at Large (2010–2012), a Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2001), a F.W. Bessel Award (Humboldt foundation 2011), the Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry (Royal Society of Canada 2011), the Herzberg Medal (Canadian Association of Physics 2013), the Brian Ives Lectureship (ASM international 2013), the Award for Excellence in Materials Chemistry (CSC 2014), the NSERC EWR Steacie Memorial Fellowship (2014), the José Vasconcelos Award for Education (World Cultural Council 2014), IEEE Distinguished Lectureships (NTC 2015–2016, Photonics Society 2020–2022, Electron Devices Society 2022–2024), the Lash Miller Award (ECS 2015), the Chang Jiang Scholar Award (China), the Khwarizmi International Award (Iran), the Recognition for Excellence in Mentorship (American Vacuum Society 2015), the Selby Fellowship (Australian Academy of Sciences 2016), the J.C. Polanyi Award (Canadian Society for Chemistry 2016), the Outstanding Engineer Award (IEEE Canada 2017), the President’s Visiting Fellowship for Distinguished Scientists (Chinese Academy of Sciences 2017), the Sigma Xi Distinguished Lectureship (2018–2020), the Sichuan 1000 talent (short term) award, the Lee Hsun Lecture Award (2018), the Changbai Mountain Friendship Award (2018), the IEEE Montreal Gold Medal (2018), the APS John Wheatley Award (2019), the Blaise Pascal Medal (European Academy of Science 2019), the Guangxi Golden Silkball Friendship Award (2020), the TMS Brimacombe Medal (2021), the Wolfson Fellowship (Royal Society), the Prix Urgel Archambault (ACFAS 2021), the Prix du Quebec “Marie Victorin” (2021), the J.C. Smith Medal (Engineering Institute of Canada 2022), the Premio Nazionale “Gentile da Fabriano” (Associazione Premio Gentile, Italy 2022), the Envoy of People’s Friendship Award (Jiangsu Province, 2022), the Brockhouse Medal (Canadian Association of Physics 2022), the Canadian Light Source – TK Sham Award in Materials Chemistry (CSC 2023), the Spirit of Salam Award (ICTP 2023), a Guggenheim Fellowship in Engineering (2023), Knight of the National Order of Quebec (2023) and the AVS Nanotechnology Recognition Award (2024).

Prof. Liming Dai

University of New South Wales, Australia

Title: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of Carbon Electrocatalysts for Clean Production of Energy and Chemicals

Liming Dai joined University of New South Wales (UNSW) in 2019 as an Australian Laureate Fellow (ARC), Scientia Professor and SHARP Professor at UNSW. He is also Director of the Australian Carbon Materials Centre (https://www.acmc.unsw.edu.au/) and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Carbon Science and Innovation (https://www.carboncentre.org.au). Before joining UNSW, he spent 2 years in the Cavendish Laboratory (1990-1992) and 10 years with CSIRO (1992-2002). He was then an associate professor of polymer engineering at the University of Akron (2002-2004), the Wright Brothers Institute Endowed Chair Professor of Nanomaterials at the University of Dayton (2004-2009), and the Kent Hale Smith Professor in the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering at Case Western Reserve University (2009-2019). Dr. Dai has published more than 600 referred papers with citations over 130,000 and an h-index of 178 (Google Scholar) and held about 20 issued patents. He has also published a research monograph on intelligent macromolecules and 5 edited/co-edited books on carbon nanomaterials for advanced energy systems, environmental and biomedical applications, including a 2-volume edited book on Carbon-based Metal-free Catalysts by Wiley-VCH. He is a ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ (Materials Science, Chemistry). Among his many awards and recognitions, he received the IUMRS-Somiya Award from the International Union of Materials Research Societies (2019), NASA-Langley Henry J.E. Reid Award (2018), Advanced Materials Hall of Fame (2018). He serves as an Associate Editor of Nano Energy, the Special Chief Editor for Energy Materials of Frontiers in Materials, and Advisory Committee Member of the American Carbon Society. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (USA), Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, and Member of the Academia Europaea.

Prof. Qiang Xu

Southern University of Science and Technology, China

Title: Metal-organic frameworks for catalysis and energy

Qiang Xu received his Ph.D. in 1994 from Osaka University. He worked as director of AIST-Kyoto University ChEM-OIL, and is currently Chair Professor at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). His research interests include the chemistry of nanostructured materials and their applications, especially for catalysis and energy. He is on a number of editorial/advisory boards of journals, including EnergyChem (Editor-in-Chief), Coordination Chemistry Reviews (Associate Editor), Coordination Chemistry Research (Deputy Editor), Chem, Matter, Advanced Energy Materials, Small Structures, Advanced Sustainable Systems, Chemistry-An Asian Journal and ChemNanoMat. He received Thomson Reuters Research Front Award in 2012 and Humboldt Research Award in 2019 and was recognized a highly cited researcher (2014-2023) by Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics. He is Fellow of the Engineering Academy of Japan (EAJ), European Academy of Sciences (EURASC), and National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI).

Prof. Abraham J. Domb

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Title: Solid lipid nanoparticles for controlled drug delivery

Abraham J. Domb is a Professor for Medicinal Chemistry and Biopolymers at the School of Pharmacy-Faculty of Medicine and Forensic Sciences at the Faculty of Law of The Hebrew University. He earned B.Sc. degrees in Chemistry, Pharmaceutics and Law; Diplomas in Business Management and Textile Science and a Ph.D. in chemistry from The Hebrew University. He did postdoctoral training at Syntex Research, MIT and Harvard University. During 1988-1991, he was R&D director at Nova Pharmaceuticals, Baltimore USA. Since 1991 he is a faculty member at The Hebrew university. During 2007-2012 he headed the Division of Forensic Science at the Israel Police. During 2014-2016 he served as President of College of Engineering. 2018-2021 he was the head of the School of Pharmacy of the Hebrew University. Since 2021 he is the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Innovation, Science & Technology.

Prof. Liqiu WANG

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Title: Precision processing of nano liquids

Professor Liqiu Wang is the Chair Professor of Thermal-Fluid and Energy Engineering and the Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Endowed Professor in Smart and Sustainable Energy at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

With a prolific career, Professor Wang has made significant contributions to the field. He has published over 550 papers in prestigious journals and conferences, also authored 11 scholarly monographs, books and five book chapters. A keynote speaker at over 80 plenary lectures at international conferences, Professor Wang’s research has also been widely referenced by researchers worldwide.

A proud holder of over 40 patents and copyrights, Professor Wang led a 100-strong international team in developing a cutting-edge thermal control system for the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) on the International Space Station. This system ensures precise temperature regulation for AMS and its sub-detectors, enabling optimal performance in extreme temperature variations from -40℃ to 60℃ at 90-minute intervals.

Professor Wang's work has received extensive attention from the local and international media, and garnered numerous awards. The long list includes the 2021 Gold Medal of the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, the 2018 TechConnect Global Innovation Award, the 2018 Silver Medal of the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, and the 2017 OSA Innovation Award.

Beyond his research achievements, Professor Wang has made a lasting impact through his editorial service to over 30 international journals. He organised important conferences and chaired multiple professional society activities. His expertise and research findings are highly sought after by advisory bodies, as well as the international community and industry in the field of thermal-fluid sciences and engineering.

Prof. Dimitris Argyropoulos

North Carolina State University, USA

Title: Cellulose Nanocrystals as Scaffolds for Nanodevices, Supramolecular Chemistry Using Nature’s Most Abundant Template

Professor of Chemistry at North Carolina State University. He has also served as a Finland Distinguished Professor of Chemistry with the department of Chemstry of the University of Helsinki, Finland and Distinguished visiting Professor with the centre for Advanced Materials and the Department of Chemistry King Abdulaziz University, Jedah, Saudi Arabia. Professor Argyropoulos’s reserach team is internationally recognized for his leading contributions to Green Chemistry using cellulose and lignin wood-based polymers. His work focuses at promoting our understanding of the structure and reactivity of such polymers and the development of novel NMR and material science techniques for the structural elucidation and upgrading of these biopolymers. The efforts of his research group have been disseminated in excess of 200 scientific papers, numerous scientific conferences invited presentations and patents. Professor Argyropoulos is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, International Academy of Wood science and the Chemical Institute of Canada

Prof. Elena Besley

University of Nottingham, UK

Title: Computational Insights into Multiple Functionalities of Nanomaterials

Elena Besley, FRSC, is Professor of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry and Head of Materials Chemistry at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. She holds a Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship awarded to internationally leading outstanding senior scientists to support their research in the UK.

Besley’s theoretical and computational work has made a broad general impact across multiple and diverse disciplines in chemical sciences. She has developed theoretical methods which have transformed our fundamental understanding of electrostatic phenomena in the gas phase, plasmas, and solvents. Her pioneering modelling studies of electron- and ion-beam induced irradiation of nanostructures significantly aided the advancement of state-of-the-art imaging techniques. Further notable research achievements include effective computational solutions to gas storage and the control of chemical hierarchy, reactivity, and interactions within designer porous materials, and advances in fundamental understanding of the complex patterns emerging in packing of elastically deformable nanomaterials and their adsorption on surfaces.

Prof. E. Besley received numerous recognitions including Outstanding Female Scientist and Scholar “AcademiaNet: Profiles of Leading Women Scientists”, EPSRC Career Acceleration Fellowship and EPSRC Research Leaders Awards, ERC Consolidator Grant, Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship amongst many others. Her profile was included in the new feature “Physical Chemistry: People and Perspectives” of the 12th edition of Atkins’ Physical Chemistry textbook (2022).

Prof. Markku Leskelä

University of Helsinki, Finland

Title: Atomic Layer Deposition A Versatile Tool for Nanotechnology

Markku Leskelä (born 1950) received both M.Sc. (1974) and PhD (1980) degrees from Helsinki University of Technology. During 1979-1986 he worked at University of Oulu as associate professor, in 1986-1990 at University of Turku as professor and in 1990-2018 at University of Helsinki as professor of inorganic chemistry. He made visits abroad in 1983 (University of Utrecht), 1987-1988 (University of Florida) and in 1999 (University of Paris VI). During 2004-2009 he worked as Academy professor.

His research interests cover development of chemistry for Atomic Layer Deposition of thin films, metal compound mediated activation of small molecules and luminescent materials. He has worked as vice-director (2002-2007) and director (2012-2017) in two centers of excellence funded by Academy of Finland. He has published about 740 original and 60 review papers which have been cited more than 40 000 times (h-index 97; Web of Science, all databases). He holds 40+ patents. He was nominated in 2004 as ISI Highly Cited Author in materials science. He has received several honors and awards, for example Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation Award in Chemistry (2002), A.I Virtanen award (2011), American Vacuum Society ALD innovation award (2012), Honorary award of Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters (2014), Honorary doctor (University of Tartu 2016). He is a member of four academies of sciences. He has and has had several positions of trust in universities (for example board of trustees at University of Helsinki 2010-2017), scientific societies, academies and foundations. He was the president of the Finnish Academy of Technical Sciences (2019-2022).

Prof. Jinlian Hu

City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Title: Will be updated soon

Jinlian Hu is currently a Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at City University of Hong Kong and serves as the President of the Hong Kong Federation of Invention and Innovation as well as Executive Vice Chairman of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Invention and Innovation Association. Professor Hu is a top 2% of scientists by Stanford Ranking (actual ranking 0.07%), an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (USA) and fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, International Association of Advanced Materials, Textile Institute in UK and the Hong Kong Institute of Textiles and Apparel respectively. Professor Hu is also an awardee of National Talents by China Central government, a recipient of Sang Ma Technology award (China) and distinguished achievement award of USA Fiber Society. Specialized in textiles engineering and materials by education, Professor Hu received PhD from the University of Manchester, is a pioneer in shape memory polymer materials for textiles and medical devices. Her research areas cover 1)smart polymers/ fibers /textile materials, 2)spider silk and bionics, and 3)biomaterials and wearable devices. She published 14 books and 33 book chapters and has been a keynote/Plenary speaker at more than 140 conferences and published more than 400 journal papers. Professor Hu is also distinctive in her impact on industries: Apart from 5 start-ups from her Ips, she has cooperation with ~60 local, regional, national, and international companies, holds more than 100 patents and has translated more than 20 items to industries. Besides, for her sustained influence in the theory and application of shape memory polymeric and fiber materials, the University of Manchester awarded her a Doctor of Science in 2023.

Prof. Shelley A. Claridge

Purdue University, USA

Title: Precision Polymer Sheets for Nanostructured Soft Matter

Shelley Claridge is a Professor and University Faculty Scholar in the Department of Chemistry and Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University. Her research interests relate to scalable control over interface chemistry from molecular to macroscopic scales for applications including regenerative medicine, nanoscale electronics, and energy conversion. The transformative potential of her work has been recognized by foundation, industry, government, and academic awards, including the Schmidt Science Polymaths Award (2022), NIH NIBIB Trailblazer Award (2022), iCANX-ACS Nano Rising Star Award (2020) DARPA Director’s Fellowship (2019), DARPA Young Faculty Award (2017), 3M Nontenured Faculty Award (2017), DuPont Young Professor Award (2016), and NSF CAREER Award (2016).

Prof. Jin-Ho Choy

Dankook University, Republic of Korea

Title: Will be updated soon

Prof. Jin-Ho Choy received his B.S. (1970) in Chemical Engineering from Yonsei University, Korea, and his Ph.D. (1979) in Inorganic Solid-State Chemistry from Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany. He was a post doc fellow at the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford, England(1980), and a professor in the department of chemistry at Seoul National University (1981-2004), and a distinguished professor and director of the Center for Intelligent Nano-Bio Materials (CINBM) at Ewha Womans University (2004-2019), and is currently a chair professor at Dankook University (2019-present), and an appointed professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology (2019-present). He was also a visiting professor of Universite de Bordeaux I, France (1985-1986), University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA (2003), Kumamoto University, Japan (2008), and an honorary professor of the University of Queensland, Australia (2013-2015), and Qingdao University, China (2020-present), and a distinguished professor of Weikang Medical University, China (2023-present) and other various laboratories in the world.

He received an Academic Award from the Korean Chemical Society (2000), a National Science Award in Chemistry from the Korean Government (2003), a Distinguished Service Knight Medal from the French Government (Palmes Academiques ; Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques (2003), a 1st Class National Science Medal from the Korean Government (2006), a Korean Best Scientist Award from the President of Korea (2007), an Award of Role Models in Science from the Korean Government(2007), a Culture Award in Science from Seoul City (2010), an Academic Award from Ewha Womans University (2012), a Proud Yonsei Engineer Award from Yonsei University (2012), and an Academic Award (SungOk) from Korean Ceramic Society (2015). He became a Fellow from the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (2008), and was also elected as an Academician from the World Academy of Ceramics, Italy (2017), and from the National Academy of Science in Korea (2018) as well, and Marilyn and Sturges W. Bailey Distinguished Member Award, the highest honor of the Clay Mineral Society (US)-International Clay Conference, Istanbul, Turkey (2022)

His research interests include various clay intercalation compounds with theranostic functions. 2D intelligent materials with imaging and drug delivery functions for gene-, chemo- and radiation therapies. Inorganic-inorganic, organic-inorganic, and bio-inorganic nanohybrids for nanomedicine. He has published more than 650 papers and 33 patents registered.

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