Nobel Prize in Physics

University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China

Jieshan Qiu, Cheung-Kong Distinguished Professor of Carbon Science and Chemical Engineering at Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China. His research encompasses both fundamental and applied aspects of carbon materials and science, with a focus on the methodologies of producing carbon materials for energy storage and conversion, catalysis, and environment protection. He has published 970+ papers in peer-reviewed journals, including Nature Mater., Adv. Mater., Adv. Funct. Mater., Adv. Energy Mater., Energy Environ. Sci., PNAS, Nature Commun., ACS Nano, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Joule, Matter, Chem, etc., with citations 68800+ times and h-index of 131 (google scholar), and his work has been featured on 70 covers of international journals. He has been invited to give 170+ plenary/invited/keynote talks in conferences and at universities and research institutes. He has filed 170+ Chinese and International patents. He has been honored with 30+ prestigious awards and prizes including the First-class award for fundamental research and industrialization technologies from the Education Ministry of China and Liaoning Province. He is a highly cited researcher by Clarivate Analytics from 2018 to 2023 and by Elsevier from 2019 to 2023 in the field of chemical engineering science. Right now, he is the Associate Editor of Battery Energy (Wiley), Chemical Engineering Science (Elsevier) and Carbon & Hydrogen (Wiley).

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Yasar University , Turkey

Arif Hepbasli has dealt with energy-related issues since 1982. Of these, he spent working in the Izmir industry related to energy issues for ten years and the remainder at different domestic and abroad universities. He has been working as a faculty member in the department of Energy Systems Engineering, where he was the founding chairman, at Yaşar University since 2012. Dr. Hepbasli is a receipt of different awards, being a Certified Industrial Energy Manager in Turkey while holding an ISO/IEC 17024 VET-Trainer Certificate. He is author and coauthor of over 700 papers with academic footprints (h-index values) of 70, 75 and 90 with citations of 14598 (without self-citations), 18071 and 26866 (as of August 30, 2024) on the WOS, Scopus and Google Scholar basis, respectively as well as several national and international books and book chapters He has chaired and co-chaired many national and international conferences, symposia, workshops, and technical meetings. He has served as a consultant for industry in cases involving his research area and is also a member in the International Advisory Board of many prestigious energy-related journals and an Associate Editor of Journal of Energy Engineering (ASCE) while also serving many energy journals and industrial projects as a reviewer. Dr. Hepbasli was elected a Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA) Principal Member in 2019.

University of North Carolina, USA

Badrul Chowdhury is W.S. Lee Distinguished Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering with joint appointment in Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC), North Carolina, USA. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. Dr. Chowdhury has contributed to the fundamental analysis, modeling and simulation of renewable and distributed energy resources in power networks especially for resilient operation and planning. His current research interests are in power system modeling, analysis, control and economics; complex multi-modal non-linear system vulnerability and resiliency assessment; integration of renewable and distributed energy resources in a smart grid environment; microgrid control and optimization. He is currently serving as the Assistant Director of the Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) at UNCC, and Site Director for the Center for Advanced Power Engineering Research (CAPER), an industry-university research consortium in the southeastern United States. Dr. Chowdhury has published more than 300 papers in archival journals and conference proceedings and has directed more than 60 Ph.D and M.S theses in these areas. He is included in Stanford University's list representing the top 2% of the world's most-cited researchers. Dr. Chowdhury was Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy from 2018 until 2023.

University of Nottingham, UK

Yuying Yan is professor (Chair) in Thermofluids Engineering in Faculty of Engineering at University of Nottingham (UoN), United Kingdom. With 40-year experience, his research covers widely ranged areas of thermofluids including heat transfer enhancement, applied thermodynamics, phase change, nanofluids and nature inspired solutions for energy efficiency and thermal management. He is an executive member/director of UK national heat transfer committee, member of UK EPSRC peer review college, fellow of International Society of Bionic Engineering (ICBE) and fellow of world society of sustainable energy (WSSE). He obtained a few awards including Design & Nature Award on mimicking natures for heat transfer, RAE Case Award on thermal management, and David Kenning Award on boiling. He was head of fluids & thermal engineering, li dak sum Chair Professor, and faculty director of global engagement at UoN, deputy general secretary of ICBE, panel member of European Research Council’s advanced research grant, etc. He has chaired or co-chaired over 10 international conferences/events. He has supervised more than 40 PhD students so far, authored or co-authored over 500 papers including over 380 journal papers. He serves as Senior Editor for Elsevier e-Prime: Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Energy, Associate Editor for Elsevier “Case Studies in Thermal Engineering”, also holds editorial board membership at International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Scientific Reports, Journal of Bionic Engineering, Thermal Science & Engineering Progress, Energy Storage & Saving, and Automotive Innovation, etc.

Imperial College London, UK

Goran Strbac is a Professor of Energy Systems, with extensive experience in advanced modelling and analysis of operation, planning, investment and economics of the electricity system. He led the development of novel advanced analysis approaches and methodologies that have been extensively used to inform electricity industry, governments and regulatory bodies abut the role and value of emerging new technologies and systems in supporting cost effective evolution to smart low carbon future. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the SmartGrids European Technology Platform and participates in working groups and committees within CIGRE, CIRED IET, IEEE and IEA. He co-authored 4 books and published over 180 technical papers.

Birmingham university, UK

Director, Asia Climate Change Education Center, South Korea

Prof. and Dr. Dai-Yeun Jeong is presently the Director of Asia Climate Change Education Center and an Emeritus Professor of Environmental Sociology at Jeju National University (South Korea). He received BA and MA Degree in Sociology from Korea University (South Korea), and PhD in Environmental Sociology from University of Queensland (Australia). He was a Professor of environmental sociology at Jeju National University (South Korea) from 1981 to 2012. His past major professional activities include a Teaching Professor at University of Sheffield in UK, the President of Asia-Pacific Sociological Association, a Delegate of South Korean Government to UNFCCC and OECD Environmental Meeting, etc. He has published 13 books including Environmental Sociology, and has conducted 95 environment-related research projects funded by domestic and international organizations.

Pennsylvania State University, USA

Macquarie University, Australia

Prof Vladimir Strezov is professor in environmental science at the School of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He holds degrees in Mechanical and Chemical Engineering with expertise in renewable energy, environmental assessment, air and water quality, and sustainable development. He has published 6 scholarly books and over 300 publications. Prof Strezov is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia, and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Energy.

McMaster University, Canada

Sunway University, Malaysia

Professor Ir Dr Ong Hwai Chyuan is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) registered with the Engineering Council, UK. His research interests are energy & fuel, biomass energy, sustainable energy, environmental sustainability, circular economy, solar thermal system, and waste management. He is listed as Highly Cited Researcher (Engineering) by Clarivate Analytics in 2019-2022. He also named as Australia’s top early career researcher in sustainable energy in 2021. Currently, he is Associate Editor of Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, Alexandria Engineering Journal, and e-Prime. Ong is also Core Group Member of APRU Sustainable Waste Management (SWM) program.

National University of Singapore, Singapore

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 including the application of nanomaterials and nanotechnology. 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 more than 280 international peer-reviewed journal publications, and 6 recent monographs on advances in thermal energy and cooling systems (https://www.springer.com/gp/ book/9789811584763 and https://www.springer.com/gp/ book/9783030808426). He has been elected to several fellowships including Fellow of Royal Society, Fellow of Institution of Engineering and Technology, Fellow of Energy Institute and Fellow of IMechE. Consistently, he is highlighted among the top 1% of scientists in the world by the Universal Scientific Education and Research Network, top 2% of energy researchers in Elsevier database, and top 0.3% in the Stanford list of energy researchers. His works has garnered more than 15,800 over citations with a current h‐index of 67. He is the Associate Editor of several reputable journals in Elsevier, Wiley, and Taylor & Francis. He is on the editorial boards of numerous journals in Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, and MDPI. 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 international 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 endeavours

Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

Tsinghua University, China

East China University China, China

EPFL, Switzerland

Ontario Tech University, Canada

Dr. Gabriel holds a Bachelor of Science (honors degree), and a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alexandria, Egypt, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Manitoba, Canada. He holds a diploma in Space Science from the International Space University (Strasburg, France), and an M.B.A. from the Edwards School of Business, Canada. Dr. Gabriel is the founding Associate Provost of Research and Graduate Programs at Ontario Tech University (formerly UOIT). Over the past 35 years, his research focused on innovative energy sustainability solutions by improving efficiency and promoting energy conservation. For the past 15 years, his research focused on clean Hydrogen production. He has published widely in this field and has been a guest speaker in numerous national and international conferences, webinars and interviews. Dr. Gabriel is an elected fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (C.A.E.), a fellow of the Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA), and a Senior Fellow of the Institute for Science, Society and Policy (ISSP).

University of Hohenheim, Germany

University of Lincoln, Uk

Dr. Avv. Alessia Vacca started to work at the end of 2020 at the School of Law of the University of Lincoln, before she was working, since 2013, at the School of Law of the University of Sassari, Italy. At the School of Law of the University of Sassari Alessia was working on a research project regarding Transparency in the Energy Law sector and lecturing on Public Law (Energy Law and Local Government Law). She is also a qualified lawyer in Italy. She is a member of the ESD Committee at the University of Lincoln and of the BA ECRN Governance Group. Alessia holds a PhD in Law from the University of Aberdeen, UK, where she also worked tutoring EU Law and Foundations of Private Law at the School of Law. She graduated in Law (Laurea in Giurisprudenza Vecchio Ordinamento, which corresponds to a five-year degree) at the University of Cagliari, Italy, with 110/110 cum laude, presenting a thesis on Administrative Law. She has been a trainee lawyer in Italy but also in London for 6 months (as a winner of the Leonardo da Vinci EU award) and in Barcelona (Spain), and a lawyer in Italy in several law firms. She has also been researcher at the University of Cagliari. In 2009 she was awarded with the CB Davidson Bequest from the University of Aberdeen (CB Davidson Trust). She attended several post-graduate courses in Energy Law, Administrative Law, EU Law, International Law and Human Rights Law in Italy and abroad (e.g. abroad among others: International Public Law at the Hague Academy, the Netherlands, Human Rights in the EU at the University Carlos III Madrid, Spain, Cooperation among Mediterranean Sea Countries, University of Marseille, France). Alessia has been visiting researcher at the University of Sydney, Australia, in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland School of Energy), in the United States and in Slovenia where she also lectured at the Faculty of Government and European Studies as visiting professor under the Erasmus+ Teaching Staff Mobility (STT). She has delivered presentations all over the world: at the University of Aberdeen, at the Emory Institute for Human Rights, US, University Paris Nanterre X, France (indeed the conference took place in Florence), the University of London, the University of Tartu, Estonia, the University of Dundee, UK, Direito GV San Paolo, Brazil, and in Nicosia (Cyprus), Athens (Greece), Bangkok (Thailand) and Lisbon (Portugal) during the IAITL Conference series 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Other conference presentations include, at the University of Barcelona, LEARNMe, Mercator (2015), at the University of West of England, Bristol the BILETA Conference (2015), the 2015 and 2016 SIBR Conferences in Japan and Malaysia, at Tonji University, Shanghai, China the 2016 WCTR, the 2016 SISC Conference, the SEES Conference at the University of Cambridge, in Berlin and London for the TNCIS Study abroad Program (US), in Lubjana Slovenia. She attended, in the recent years, the EUSEW Conference hosted by the European Commission in Brussels and other conferences on the energy sector in Italy, in other European countries and in the US (Virginia and Washington D. C.). She has been Visiting Professor at the University of Jaén Spain. In February 2020 she has been Visiting Professor at the Iceland School of Energy under the Erasmus for Staff (University of Sassari). She was a member of the Bar Commission, Court of Appeal of Cagliari, for the Italian Bar examination (year 2014).

Shanghai Jiao Tong University , China

Prof. Hanshen Li received his B.S.E. degree in Electric Power Engineering and Automation from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Shanghai, China, and the M.E. degree in Information, Production and Systems Engineering from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, and M.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from SJTU, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in North China Electric Power University (NCEPU), Beijing, China. Prof. Li has been a researcher at China Electric Power Planning and Engineering Institute (EPPEI) since 2023. His research interests include planning and operation of active distribution networks, where Li has published 50+ papers with over 200 total

Kempten University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Michael Patt got the PhD degree in Power Electronics at the University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg/ Helmut Schmidt University in 2002. After this, he worked in the industry in the field of power electronics for PV-Inverters, Chargers, Drive-Inverters, and Welding-Inverters. Since 2012 he has been a Professor at the Kempten University of Applied Sciences and Director of the Institute for Power Electronics ILE. He is the Spokesperson for the research focus energy. He lectures at the Technical University of Munich about Power Electronics for Renewable Energies. His current research interests are power electronics and its applications such as PV-Inverters, E-Mobility, wireless-power-Transfer, chargers, wide bandgap semiconductors, and EMI.

Founder/CEO, GMZ Enerji, Turkey

I have been working as an academician in the Department of Energy Systems Engineering for over 12 years. As the founder of GMZ Enerji, which I founded in 2021 with the entrepreneurship support program, I have been turning my work in the field of hydrogen energy technology for 15 years into high value-added products. I have many national/international publications in the fields of development of fuel cell components, nanofiber and nanoparticle production, optimization of production conditions, nano sensors and energy efficiency.

University of Waikato, New Zealand

eCampus University,Italy

Barbara Marchetti graduated in Mechanical Engineering with 110/110 cum laude from Marche Polytechnic University and received my PhD in Mechanical Measurements for Engineering from the University of Padua. Since 2014, she is Associate professor in the field of industrial mechanical plants at eCampus University. She also works as energy consultant for the government body under the Presidency of Ministries of Italy. Author of numerous publications in national and international journals and conference proceedings. The scientific activity of the writer is characterized by a 'strongly interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral imprint. A particular focus is dedicated to environmental issues, including studies on optimizing the transportation of natural gas, issues related to the transportation and storage of CO2, environmental impact analysis (Life Cycle Analysis) of products and processes. From 2021 an important part of her research activity has been dedicated to implementing energy sharing systems and designing renewable energy communities. Her scientific experience has been enriched by her participation, as a researcher, in several European projects and thanks to conventions with several private companies and public bodies. Numerical/experimental study and characterization of multiphase flows Several research topics funded by Saipem and Eni have been carried out in this area, concerning the optimization and safety of gas and CO2 transport and storage phases. She has been consultant in the field of energy for the Italian senate and is permanent adjunct professor at Catholic University of America. She was part of the scientific committee of the Center for Care of Earth (ECCE) of School of Engineering at The Catholic University of America (CUA), and she was chairman of the first international workshop “ The challenges of climate change” in November 2017; and part of the technical committee of the 2nd International Workshop: “Costal resilience challenges” in 2019; she was also in the technical committee of the "Eleventh International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses, Pryzbyla Center, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., USA, 16-17 April 2019. Another important research area is structural diagnostics of works of art. The activity, which began in 2003 as a researcher at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC, led to the realization of two projects in 2019 and 2023 for the evaluation of the conservation status of the frescoes at the United States Capitol, funded by the governmental agency Architect of the Capitol, where she served as the Principal Investigator.

University of Hull, UK

University of Kent, UK

University of Calgary, Canada

University at Buffalo, USA

Queen Mary University of London, UK

Professor Xi Jiang re-joined the School of Engineering and Materials Science at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) in 2017. He previously was the Chair in Energy Use and Transport at Lancaster University, following earlier research experience developed at Brunel University, QMUL, Seoul National University and University of Science & Technology of China. He has been working in modelling/simulation for about three decades with a wide-ranged successful experience in numerical studies of fluid flow, heat transfer and combustion and has been working on various research topics. Over the last three decades he has published around 200 peer-reviewed journal papers. In recent years, his research is increasingly focussed more on molecular level modelling/simulation of renewable energy utilisation. His recent research includes big data analytics and machine learning. His ongoing work also includes combining machine learning with reactive molecular dynamics.

Tongji University, China

Dr. Suwen Chen is a professor in College of Civil Engineering at Tongji University, China. She received BSc and MSc degrees in Civil Engineering from Tianjin University in 1994 and 1997 respectively, then PhD degree from Tongji University in 2001. After that, she has been working in Tongji University. In between she worked in The Hongkong Polytechnic University for a half year, University at Buffalo and University of California at Irvine as a postdoctoral research fellow for two years. She was awarded Newton Research Collaboration Programme funded by Royal Academy of Engineering, UK in 2015 and The Hongkong PolyU RISUD visiting Fellowships funded by the Kwong Wah Education Foundation in 2023. Prof. Suwen Chen currently serves in the editorial boards of four international journals and in the Member of Scientific Committees for several International Conferences. Her research activities mainly focus on blast safety of buildings and infrastructure facilities, including glass façades, steel buildings, power transformers, as well as multi-hazard mitigation of steel structures and glass structures.

University of Hertfordshire, UK

University of Regina, Canada