| Plenary Speaker: Prof. Ali Reza Kamali, Northeastern University, China 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. |
Plenary Speaker: Prof. Vasant Kumar, University of Cambridge, UK 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. |
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| Plenary Speaker: Prof. S. Ravi P. Silva CBE FREng, University of Surrey, UK Prof. S. Ravi P. Silva CBE FREng is a Distinguished Professor and the Director of the Advanced Technology Institute at University of Surrey. He joined Surrey in 1995 after completing undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at Cambridge University. His research interests include nanotechnology, large-area electronics and renewables, and has resulted in over 700 presentations at conferences, and over 650 journal papers. He has circa 30,000 citations with an H-index of 89, and won research funding in excess of £50M. He is the inventor of 55 patents, including key patents on low temperature growth of carbon nanotubes, fabrication of high-performance large area X-ray detectors and fabrication of large area nanotube-organic solar cells. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK, Academician, Chinese National Academy of Engineering, Fellow International Scientific Council and a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences Sri Lanka. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2021 Queen’s New Year Honors’ list. |
Invited Speaker: Prof. Zhongning Shi, Northeastern University, China Zhongning Shi is a professor and doctoral supervisor of Northeastern University. He is a member of Liaoning BaiQianWan Talents Program, and a recipient of the National Outstanding Youth Fund. He is a member of the Chinese Society of Rare Earths, American TMS Society and American ECS Society. He is engaged in the research of light metal metallurgy and molten salt electrochemistry, and his research interests include the theory and application of molten salt electrolysis of light metals, preparation and application of high-performance materials, solid waste treatment and greenhouse gas emission reduction, and preparation of metals and oxygen from lunar/extraterrestrial resources, etc. He has published a total of more than 220 papers in domestic and international journals and conference proceedings, including 64 SCI-indexed papers, more than 150 EI-indexed papers, 3 books, and more than 20 authorized invention patents. |
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| Invited Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Amor M. Abdelkader, Bournemouth University, UK Amor M. Abdelkader received his PhD degree (2011) in Materials Science and Metallurgy from the University of Cambridge supervised by Professor Derek J Fray, FRS. He then moved to study self-healing materials with Professor Sybrand van der Zwaag at the Delft University of Technology. In 2012, he Joined the school of materials at the University of Manchester to work in the graphene technologies. He then moved to the National Graphene Institute to work with Professor Sir Kostya Novoselov (a Nobel laureate in physics). Amor returned to Cambridge in 2016 where he was working with Professor Andrea C. Ferrari at the Cambridge Graphene Centre. In 2017, Amor was appointed as a professor of advanced materials at Bournemouth University. Amor is also a research fellow and visiting academic at the University of Cambridge, TUDelft, Northeastern University, and City University of Hong Kong. He has published over 70 papers, 20 patents, and 1 book chapter. His research activities cover a broad spectrum of materials topics ranging from newly discovered nanomaterials to traditional engineering materials such as alloys and ceramics. He also has a keen interest in carbon dioxide sequestration. |
Invited Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Duygu Ege, Boğaziçi University, Turkey Duygu Ege is currently Associate Prof. at Boğaziçi University, Turkey. She was Humboldt fellow at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Institute of Biomaterials between 2022-2023. She has a PhD in Medical Materials from University of Cambridge and a MEng (Bachelar studies + Master studies) Degree in Materials Science and Engineering (First Class Honours) from Imperial College, London. Her research on production and characterisation of bone screws at ETH Zurich, lead her to receive the Centenary Prize from Imperial College, London (2009). Her other awards include Dorothy Hodgkins Scholarship leading to PhD at University of Cambridge, Best Podium Presentation Award by International Society for Ceramics in Medicine and IDEA League Grant for her research work at ETH Zurich. Our research so far has concentrated on the production and processing of novel biomaterials including bioactive and bioinert ceramics, carbonaceous materials, and natural polymer composites for bone replacement, implant coatings, nerve regeneration, muscle and cardiac tissue engineering. |
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