Harry Bhadeshia is Professor of Metallurgy at Queen Mary University of London, Emeritus Tata Steel Professor of Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge, and a Trustee of the American University of Central Asia. His work is on the theory of solid-state phase transformations in steels, with the focus on complex design involving the simultaneous optimisation of a bank of controlling parameters. One of his goals is to stimulate a large reduction in steel consumption to mitigate the carbon dioxide problem over a time-scale defined by the 2015 Paris accord. He is the fellow of the Royal Society; the Royal Academy of Engineering; the Institute of Materials and American Welding Society. Also Prof. Harry is the foreign fellow: of the Indian National Academy of Engineering as well as Indian National Science Academy. He is honorary fellow of the Japan Institute of Iron and Steel; of the Chinese Society for Metals; of the Indian Institute of Metals; of the Societe Francaise de Metallurgie et de Materiaux; and of The Welding Institute (TWI).

Professor Kumar has obtained his PhD from McMaster University, and B.Tech (Hons) from IIT-Bombay. He is the Distinguished Research Professor and Head of Materials Chemistry Group and an Emeritus Fellow of Trinity Hall in University of Cambridge; a Fellow of The Institute of Energy; The Institute of Materials, Mining and Metallurgy; The Royal Society of Chemistry; and The Institute of International Association of Advanced Materials. He has supervised over 50+ PhD students, 50+ post-doctoral researchers, and hosted 35+ visiting scientists; has published 380+ papers, 25+ chapters in handbooks, 20+ patents and 2 edited books on Batteries (VCH-Verlag); and invited as Plenary lecturer in 35+ international conferences/seminars and as keynote/invited lecturer in 50+ conferences/seminars. He is Honorary Professor in 6 overseas Universities and received Honorary Engineering Degree in University of Malaysia; the Editor-in-Chief of “Mineral Processing & Extractive Metallurgy” (Sage); Battery Materials (Pivot Sciences); Board Member of IOM3’s Technical Division, Advisory Board Member of TECHMET Ltd, London, and Korea National Lithium Research Centre. Many of his research has led to licenses and industrial practices and he has helped found four start-up companies commercialising his inventions.

Ali Kamali is a Distinguished Professor and the Director of the Green Energy and Environmental Materials Research Centre (E2MC) at Northeastern University. He directs the China-UK Joint Research Centre for Advanced Materials, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. An alumnus of the University of Cambridge, he is the Founding Director of four materials technology firms, focused on commercialising his inventions on clean technologies for the sustainable production of advanced materials and the recycling/upcycling of waste materials for demanding applications, including energy storage and environmental protection. With over £46 million in research funding, his work has resulted in more than 50 patents, licensed to leading companies worldwide, and the publication of around 200 articles. Ali has delivered over 60 invited lectures at national and international events and has received several distinguished awards, including the NSFC Excellent International Scientist Fellowship, the International Khwarizmi Award, the Rose Award of Shenyang, and the Armourers & Brasiers Award. He currently chairs the AiScholar Academic Committee and supervises graduate and post-doctoral researchers in China and the UK. He serves on the editorial boards of several journals, and on national grant review boards including the EPSRC Peer Review College.