Professor Yusuke Yamauchi received his Bachelor's degree (2003), Master's degree (2004), and Ph.D. degree (2007) from Waseda University, Japan. After receiving his Ph.D., he joined the National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS), Japan, to start his own research group. At the same time, he started to serve as a professor to supervise Ph.D. students at the Department of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, Waseda University. After being granted the ARC Future Fellowship, in May 2016, he joined the Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials (ISEM), Australian Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM), The University of Wollongong (UOW) as a full professor. In 2018, he moved to The University of Queensland (UQ). Presently, he is a senior group leader at AIBN (on secondment from the School of Chemical Engineering until 2022) and a full professor at the School of Chemical Engineering. He concurrently serves as an ERATO Research Director at JST-ERATO Yamauchi Materials Space-Tectonics, a Group Leader at Mesoscale Materials Chemistry Group, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), a visiting professor at Waseda University, an advisory board member of prestigious journals (Small, Small Structures, ChemCatChem, J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater., etc.) and an associate editor of the Journal of Materials Chemistry A published by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and Chemical Engineering Journal (Elsevier).

Professor Hahn is Regents Professor of Jeonbuk National University (JBNU), Fellow of the Korea Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), Fellow of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) and Fellow of 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 optoelectronic devices and chemical and biological sensors, resulting in over 320 SCI papers (over 13620 citaions, h-index over 60 in Google scholar) and 17 patents. He co-authored 6 books including Metal Oxide Nanostructures and Their Applications (5 volume sets) published by American Scientific Publishers in 2010. He received Woo SeongIl Materials Awards 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

Professor Raman Singh’s research expertise is in environment-assisted degradation and its mitigation by nanotechnology (e.g., graphene coating) and environment-assisted. His professional distinctions and recognitions include: Editor of a book on Cracking of Welds (CRC Press), Lead Editor of a book on Non-destructive Evaluation of Corrosion (Wiley), Editor-in-Chief of an Elsevier and two MDPI journals, leader/chairperson of a few international conferences and regular plenary/keynote lectures at international conferences, over 235 peer-reviewed international journal publications, 15 book chapters/books and over 100 reviewed conference publications, and several competitive research grants. He has supervised 50 PhD students.

Dr. JieshanQiu is Cheung-Kong Distinguished Professor of Carbon Science and Chemical Engineering at Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT), China, and Dean of Chemical Engineering Collegeat BUCT. He is an internationally-recognized research and thought leader in chemical engineering and carbon science. 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 700+ papers in peer-reviewed journals, including Nature Mater., Adv. Mater., Adv. Funct. Mater., Adv. Energy Mater., Energy Environ. Sci., PNAS, Nature Commun., Nano Energy, ACS Nano, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Chem. Soc. Rev., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Joule,Matter,etc., with a citation 33200+ times and H-index of 90 (web of sci.). He has a strong record of innovation–with 140+ Chinese and International patents issued. Currently, he is the Vice President of Chinese Society of Micro-Nano Technology, Associate Editor of CIESC Journal, and is on the advisory board of 22 high profile journals, including Chemical Engineering Science, and Science China Materials. He is a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher in 2018, 2019 and 2020, and Elsevier Highly Cited Researcher in 2019and 2020 in the field of chemical engineering in China, and 2019 Top 1% highly cited author in the field of energy &sustainability in 2019 in China by the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has served as Associate Editor of three international journals for years, including: Carbon, FlatChemand ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.