Prof. dr. Wouter Schroeyers is professor in Nuclear Technology at Hasselt University with a research focus on the immobilization of radionuclides. He is the head of education in Nuclear Technology in the Faculty of Engineering Technology, researcher at the NuTeC research group that is as part of the Centre of Environmental Sciences(CMK). He was the chair of COST Action NORM4Building, a founding member of the European NORM Association and is currently leading the ‘NORM inventories’ working group for the IAEA NORM Environet project. He edited the book ‘Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials in Construction’. Specific research on the immobilization of radionuclides in new cementitious materials is being realized in the context of a Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships Agreement between Joint Research Centre (JRC) and UHasselt and a collaboration with MTM KU Leuven.

Hebrew University’s Prof. Lioz Etgar was the first to demonstrate the possibility of working with perovskite as a light harvester and hole conductor at the same time, its multiple applications and prospects in solar cells. A pioneer in his field, Prof. Etgar is pushing the boundaries of solar cell efficiency and reinventing the ways they are used across industries and everyday situations. To achieve this level of flexibility in perovskite solar cells, Prof. Etgar’s research interests cover a wide variety of topics from improving photovoltaic parameters, to synthesizing hybrid materials at low temperatures. He recently won the prestigious Krill prize by the Wolf Foundation, solidifying the promise he showed in early years of professorship, when he received a Marie Curie Fellowship and won the Wolf Prize for young scientists. In addition to his academic career, Prof. Etgar has founded three startups based on his perovskite inventions, focusing on applications for IoT devices, construction and greenhouses.

Dr. Alexander S. Brand is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and an Affiliate Faculty in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). His research focuses on micro- and nanostructural characterization of civil infrastructure materials. He has applied quantitative phase microscopy to study mineral dissolution kinetics and aluminum and steel corrosion kinetics. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and was previously a National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Maria Manuela Silva obtained a Research Assistant position in the Department of Chemistry of the University of Minho (1991). She received her PhD in Chemistry in 1999 and was promoted to Assistant Professor at the same University, where she is now Associate Professor with Habilitation. Her research activities focus on the synthesis and characterisation of solid polymer electrolytes and their application in the domains of solid state electrochemistry (batteries and electrochromic devices). She is also interested in the chemistry of organic-inorganic hybrid materials. She is co-author of more 200 papers in SCI journals, 35 papers in Proceedings and 7 book chapters.

Subhashini Ravi working as a PhD Research Scholar in Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Laboratory (RMS), Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Subhashini currently working on 3D Bioprinting, Cartilage regeneration using mesenchymal stem cells, Drug delivery etc.

Dr. Ambrish Singh is working as Professor in School of New Energy and Materials, Southwest Petroleum University, China. He is leading the Corrosion Research Group (CRG) with master students, Ph.D. students and post doc researchers. His research interests are mainly focused on corrosion, electrochemistry, green chemistry, quantum chemistry, smart coatings, polymers, nano-materials, composites, and petroleum engineering. He got the prestigious Sichuan 1000 Talent Award from the Sichuan government, China for his outstanding research contributions as a faculty. He got the President’s Award for exceptional post-doctoral research work. He also received the Young Scientist Award from UPCST, Lucknow, India. He has published more than 160 SCI peer-reviewed research papers in high impact journals. He is acting as reviewer for more than 43 high impact journals and editor for few journals. Dr. Singh has been invited to present his work in several national and international conferences, seminars and workshops. He is the author of several book chapters and books. He has drafted five patents based on his new and innovative findings and awarded with one in China. He has finished several state and provincial projects in China and India. He is a consultant to KFUPM, Saudi Arabia for an international project. He is the member of ISCA, NACE, AMPP, SPE and ACS. Recently, he has been included as a Fellow to The Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).