Dr Sivasambu Bohm received his first degree in Chemical Engineering, followed by an MSc at Hahn Meitner Institute (Max Planck Institute) in Berlin. After gaining his PhD at the University of Bath in Chemistry, he worked at different academic institutions, University of Swansea, TU Delft, The University of Birmingham and India Institute of Technology, Bombay, University of Cambridge, and Imperial College London. Siva has 20 years of industrial experience (TATA, Talga, CAMI, VEMS, GraphenePioneer team, Ceylon Graphite and AM) in various research fields; metallurgy, protective coatings, energy storage in the automotive industry, nanotechnology, and applications of graphene. Dr. Bohm has published 40 patents and 98 scientific publications and implemented 12 commercial products globally. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a Fellow of Technical Surface Coatings. Dr. Bohm has been awarded the Royal Society Industry Fellowship initial at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge Graphene Centre from 2017 and continued fellowship at Imperial College London and Graphene Expert at AM Global R&G & AM Commercial UK Ltd, also Chief Scientific Officer of Ceylon Graphite Corp. Dr. Bohm. Zhejiang torch national talent award winner and Director of R&D in Zhejiang Hanano R&D till Aug 2024 and about to start Graphene industrialisation project in Europe and carbon materials global product implementation.

Nemkumar (Nemy) Banthia is a University Killam Professor at The University of British Columbia. His primary area of research is in Sustainable Concrete Infrastructure with emphasis on nano-modified fiber reinforced composites, ultra-high performance concrete materials, waste recycling, fracture analysis, earthquake strengthening and sensor based structural health monitoring. He also spearheaded the India-Canada Centre for Innovative Multidisciplinary Partnerships to Accelerate Community Transformation and Sustainability (IC-IMPACTS)—a Research Centre of Excellence— as its Scientific Director and CEO. A mentor to many, Dr. Banthia has graduated over 75 doctoral and post-doctoral students. He holds 9 patents, has published over 525 refereed papers, and has edited more than 20 volumes. He serves on the Editorial Boards of six international journals and is the Editor-in-Chief of the J. of Cement and Concrete Composites— a journal with a 2022 Impact Factor of 10.5 (with a 2023 CiteScore of 18.6). This is the Journal with the highest impact factor in the field.

Dr. Gözde Kayadibi Koygun (born in 1989 in Ankara-Turkey), who earned her Ph.D. in nanotechnology and advance materials (Selcuk University/Turkey). She graduated from the Biochemistry/Chemistry (Montana State- Selcuk University) program in the dual degree program and also did a double major in genetic engineering (Montana State University/USA). In recently, she focused on her research on smart drug delivery systems, anticancer potential of endemic extracts, photodynamic therapy agents, development of composite materials based on the association of polymers, synthesizing graphene, design and development of carriers for the controlled release of different molecules. During the master's, she had experience in vitro biological assays through the primary culture from breast cancer patients, and investigation of the molecular mechanisms of the efficacy of cancer drugs in breast cancer stem cell (like) cultures. As an academic entrepreneur, she is the founder of the innovative business women and youth association

Smain FEMMAM is Director of research at the University of Haute-Alsace France and responsible of the Research team on Signals & Safety Systems of Polytechnic Engineers School Sceaux France. He received the MS and Ph.D. degrees in Signal Processing and Computers from Versailles University, France in 1997 and 1999 respectively. Since 2013 he is promoted to a rank of senior director of research (HDR). After that, he joined the CMU Carnegie Mellon University & West Virginia University as Postdoc Fellow and Distinguished Visiting Professor. His main research area is signal processing, safety systems, communication and embedded systems. He has a strong interest in perception and characterization of signals, optimal filtering, spectral analysis, wavelets and perception haptics. Dr. Femmam is a senior member of IEEE, SEE and GDR ISIS. Member of IEEE C.A. committee France section. Board of Director of the Institute for Engineering and Technology Innovations in the World. He has guided numerous thesis projects, including some doctoral theses. He is active reviewer for several scientific academic journals and committee member of international conferences. He is the (Academic, Chief) Editor-in-Chief, Editor, Editorial Board, Guest Editor & Advisory Board members of more than 20 International Journals. He has authored and co-authored more than 90 papers, four Chapters, one edited Book, seven Books published by Wiley & Elsevier. Key words of research activities Characterization of texture, haptic rendering, DSP, real-time interface, real-time transmission, coding and classification, modeling, identification, adaptive control, parametric spectral estimation, time frequency, wavelets, time-space, multifractals, segmentation, failure detection and compensation, diagnosis, developing mathematical algorithms, perception and recognition of the environment, Zigbee sensor networks.

Leader of the research group, doctoral supervisor of the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Department of Mathematics and Physics), Academician of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Germany

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 68300+ times and h-index of 130 (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) and Chemical Engineering Science (Elsevier).

Dr. Zegao Wang is a full professor at College of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in Electronic Science and Technology and a PhD in Microelectronic and Solid-state Electronics from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China, in 2008 and 2014, respectively. Then, he worked at Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Aarhus University, Denmark, as postdoctoral researcher. In 2018, he was employed as tenure-track professor in Sichuan University and started individual investigation. In 2023, he was appointed as a full professor. Dr. Wang’s research mainly focuses on two-dimensional materials such as MoS2, WSe2, PtSe2 film and wafer growth, and study their applications in photodetection, gas sensing, energy and environment.

Zhigang Zhang received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China, in 1982, and 1984 respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in physics from Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia, in 1992. From 1992 to 1994, he was a Researcher with the Institute of Research and Innovation, Japan. From 1994 to 1995, he was an R&D Scientist with Luminex Inc. Tokyo, Japan. During 1996–2000, he ws with the Electrotechnical Laboratory, AIST, Japan. He became a Professor with Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, in 2000. Since 2004, he has been a Professor with the School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science, Peking University, Beijing. His research interests include mode-locked solid-state and fiber lasers, amplifiers, fiber optical frequency combs and their applications in time and frequency distribution over fibers.