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First Round of Abstract Submission Ends: Dec 30, 2025
Extended Early Bird Ends: Jun 20, 2025

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Kwun Nam Hui
University of Macau, Macau, China
Title: Advances in Lithium-sulfur Batteries: Design of Electrocatalysts
Kwun Nam Hui obtained his Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Hong Kong in 2009. He completed his postdoctoral research at the Institute of Advanced Materials, Devices, and Nanotechnology at Rutgers State University in New Jersey in the same year. He served as an Assistant Professor (2009-2013) and Associate Professor (2013-2015) at the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Pusan National University. He then held positions as an Assistant Professor (2015-2017) and Associate Professor (2017-present) at the Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering at the University of Macau. In 2024, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in the United Kingdom and has been consistently ranked in the top 2% of global scientists by Stanford University/Elsevier since 2021. He is a member of the International Expert Group of the Slovak Research and Development Agency and a member of the Peer Review College of the UK Research and Innovation Talent. His research primarily focuses on energy storage materials, with over 20 years of experience in areas such as electrocatalysis, nanomaterials, and new energy applications. He has published over 300 academic articles in professional journals in the field of materials chemistry (e.g., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Advanced Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Science, Materials Horizons, Energy Storage Materials), accumulating more than 14,000 citations and an h-index of 66. Additionally, he holds 4 US patents, 4 PCT patents, 10 Korean patents, and 28 Chinese patents. His contributions include 25 review papers and 4 book chapters. He has led 40 projects funded by the Macau Science and Technology Development Fund and the University of Macau Research Fund, with total funding exceeding MOP 24.1 million. He has extensive editorial experience in the fields of materials science, chemistry, physics, energy, and the environment. He has served as Editor in Chief of Lithium Battery Engineering and Science and as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Materials, Smart Materials and Devices, and Material Science & Engineering International Journal. He is also on the advisory board of Materials, Chemistry and Physics: Sustainability and Energy and serves as an Editorial Board Member for several other journals, including Scientific Reports, Sustainable Chemistry for Energy Materials, Journal of Energy Science and Technology, Journal of Energy and Sustainability, Catalysts, and Crystals. Additionally, he has acted as a Guest Editor for special issues such as Phosphorus Materials for Fast Charging Energy Storage for Energy Materials, Advanced Smart Electrodes for High-Performance Batteries and Supercapacitors for Smart Materials and Devices, Research and Applications of Supercapacitors and Advanced Research in 2D Materials for Crystals. He has also served as a Guest Editor for several other special issues and was the Editor-in-Chief of the Scientific Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences from 2015 to 2018.
Prof. Jūras Banys
Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Lithuania
Title: Will Update
Jūras Banys is the president of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences and a professor at the Institute of Applied Electrodynamics and Telecommunications, Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University. Prof. Banys is a member of the Advisory Board of the European Conference on Applications of Polar Dielectrics, the European Committee on Ferroelectricity, the AMPERE Group, a Senior Member of the IEEE. A member of the International Science Council (ISC) European Members Group and the board of European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA). He is a foreign member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, a corresponding member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences, an honorary member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova and an honorary professor at the University of Uzhgorog (Ukraine). His main areas of research encompass lattice dynamics, ferroelectrics, structural phase transformations, dipole glasses, relaxors, dielectric spectroscopy, multiferroics, composites, and electron paramagnetic resonance. He has published over 600 papers and presented about 1400 papers at international scientific conferences in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Poland, France and elsewhere. Prof. Jūras Banys has been awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, St Christopher's statuette, and the Medal of the Baltic Academies of Sciences. He is also a recipient of the Lithuanian Science Prize, the Povilas Brazdžiūnas Prize of the Lithuanian Academy of Arts and Sciences and other awards.
Prof. Fernando A. Soto
Penn State Harrisburg, USA
Title: Will Update Soon
Dr. Fernando A. Soto, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The Penn State University – Harrisburg Campus. He earned his Ph.D. in Engineering (Micro & Nanoscale Systems) from Louisiana Tech University and completed his M.S. in Microsystems Engineering. He further refined his expertise during his postdoctoral appointment at Texas A&M University, where he worked alongside Professor Perla B. Balbuena. Dr. Soto’s research primarily focuses on the computational modeling of interfacial phenomena in advanced energy storage systems. His work examines the formation, stability, and dynamics of the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) in rechargeable batteries, emphasizing the mechanisms of electrolyte decomposition, ion transport, and interfacial reactions that critically influence battery performance and safety.

In addition to his research, Dr. Soto is dedicated to teaching and mentoring. He has developed and taught a variety of courses in programming, materials science, mechanical, and energy engineering.
Prof. Chang-Hwan Choi
Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
Title: Nanoengineering of Bioinspired Slippery Surfaces
Chang-Hwan Choi is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology. Dr. Choi received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2006, specializing in MEMS/Nanotechnology. His research perspectives have centered on the fundamental understanding of micro/nano-scale interfacial phenomena and the development of scalable micro/nano-manufacturing techniques that can allow the scientific studies of micro/nano-mechanics and the broad applications of micro/nanostructures, ultimately targeted for the engineering of multifunctional/adaptable surfaces, devices, and systems for multiscale civil/military/energy applications. He is a recipient of the 2010 Young Investigator Program (YIP) award by the US Office of Naval Research (ONR). His early career success was highlighted in Nature in 2010 (“From Aerospace to Navy Ships: Design for Anti-Corrosive Vessel Surfaces Earns Award for Nanoengineer”, Nature 465, 385, 2010). Choi was also selected as one of Nanotechnology Thought Leaders in 2010 by AZoNano (The A to Z of Nanotechnology). In 2015, he was awarded the Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He is a founder and organizer of the International Conference of Nature-Inspired Surface Engineering (NISE). He has served as an Editorial Board member for several journals including Micromachines and Nanomaterials. He is also currently serving as an Advisory Board member for the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.
Prof. Wojciech J. Stępniowski
Military University of Technology, Poland
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Prof. Taotao Zhuang
University of Science and Technology of China
Title: Will Update
Taotao Zhuang is a full professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Science and Technology of China, where he joined in Apr 2020. His group is now challenging to synthesize novel chiral functional micro/nano materials, understand the mechanism of structure-property, and realize the practical optical-applications including information interaction, 3D displays, and bio-sensing using homemade materials. In the optics-related fields, Prof Zhuang has over 50 refereed SCI publications, in which his being corresponding/first author on papers (with a total number of 28) in Nat. Nanotechnol. (1), Nat. Catal. (2), Sci. Adv. (2), Nat. Commun. (4), J. Am. Chem. Soc. (3), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2), as well as other leading journals.
Dr. Karolina Syrek
Jagiellonian University, Poland
Title: Nanostructured tungsten oxide-based materials - synthesis and photoelectrochemical applications
Karolina Syrek is an Assistant Professor at Jagiellonian University (JU) in Kraków. She received her Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences from JU in 2018. During her doctoral studies, she completed an internship at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she worked in Prof. Rodriguez-Lopez electrochemistry group. Her research focuses on anodic metal oxides and their properties for electrochemical, photocatalytic, and photoelectrochemical applications. She is currently the principal investigator of the SONATA19 project granted by the National Science Centre (Poland), which explores the synthesis and characterization of anodic multi-component/gradient WO3 layers for photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution.
Dr. Vesna Lazić
Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Serbia
Title: Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Nanomaterials: Applications in Antimicrobial Activity, Enzyme Immobilization, and Photocatalysis
Dr. Vesna Lazić was born on April 3, 1981. She is a Principal Research Fellow at the Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Serbia. She is the Director of the Laboratory for Radiation Chemistry and Physics and the Head of the Center for Innovation and Project Management at Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences. Dr. Lazić earned her M.Sc. in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology in 2005 from the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy at the University of Belgrade. She completed her Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Belgrade in 2010, focusing on the antimicrobial efficiency of textile materials modified with silver nanoparticles. Her research expertise encompasses the synthesis and characterization of nanoparticles and hybrid nanomaterials, with a focus on their antimicrobial properties, toxicity, and photocatalytic capabilities. She also explores their application in hydrogen production. Additionally, she is actively involved in the development of photocatalytic hybrid nanomaterials and films incorporated with nanoparticles. Her recent work includes the immobilization of enzymes onto nanocomposite hybrid nanomaterials, aiming to enhance their catalytic performance and reusability. Dr. Lazić has co-authored 57 publications indexed in the Science Citation Index (SCI), garnering over 1,750 citations and achieving an h-index of 22 (Source: Scopus, Author ID: 55089063700).
Prof. Dejun Li
Tianjin Normal University, China
Title: Mg+ and Zn+ ion implantation induced the bone cell growth and antibacterial activity of Cu-TiN nanofilm
Dejun Li, distinguished professor of Physics and Materials Science, Tianjin Normal University, China, received his Ph.D. degree from the Tsinghua University, China, in 1999, He entered Northwestern University, USA as a Postdoctor in 2001. In 1998 he was appointed to be full Professor. Dr. Li’s research is focused on nanomaterials, biomedical materials, energy materials, ion-beam and thin films for surface modification of various materials. The scope of Li’s research ranges from fundamental science, to applied nanotechnology and thin film or ion-beam technology.