Confirmed Speakers
Kim Meow Liew
Professor at City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Qingyu Yan
Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Alexandra Navrotsky
Professor at Arizona State University, United States
Xiaoguang Duan
Professor at The University of Adelaide, Australia
Masahiro Yoshimura
Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Eva Unger
Professor at Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
Giacomina Brunetti
Professor at University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
Xujie Lu
Professor at Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, China
Nereida Cordeiro
Professor at University of Madeira, Portugal
Minoo Tasbihi
Professor at Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Collin G. Joseph
Professor at Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
Yoshifumi Oshima
Professor at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Seong Chan Jun
Professor at Yonsei University, South Korea
Sonia Patricia Marques Ventura
Professor at University of Aveiro, Portugal
Meng Ni
Professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Jyh-Ming Wu
Professor at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Abdelhamid Errachid
Professor at Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, France
Valentina Brunella
Professor at University of Turin, Italy
Takayuki Kurokawa
Professor at Hokkaido University, Japan
Tsun-Hsu Chang
Professor at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Tohru Higuchi
Professor at Tokyo University of Science, Japan
2025 Speakers
Materials 2025 featured distinguished scientists and industry executives whose insights drive progress in the field.
Zhong Lin Wang
Professor at Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, China and Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Title: Triboelectric nanogenerators for sustainable energy and systems
Jianhua Hao
Professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Title: Group-V elemental 2D van der Waals heterostructure for field-effect transistor
Rabah Boukherroub
Professor at University of Lille and CNRS, France
Title: Turning waste polymers into added-value materials and fuels
Paul Lecoq
Professor at European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
Title: Metascintillators for medical imaging applications
Thomas Walther
Dr. at The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Title: Transmission electron microscopy for the characterization of semiconductor nanostructures
Zhen Li
Professor at Wuhan University, China
Title: From single molecule to molecular aggregates
Andreas Wieck
Professor at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Title: Optimization and localization of molecular-beam-epitaxy-grown InGaAs quantum dots
Bernd Szyszka
Professor at Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Title: Hollow cathode co-sputtering of dielectric and active semiconductive oxide films for catalysis and transparent electronics
Enrique San Andres
Professor at Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Title: High pressure sputtering as an alternative technology for the fabrication of novel architectures of solar cells
Nicolas Fourches
Professor at CEA-University Paris-Saclay, France
Title: The DoTPiX project: Technological and material science implications
Sepideh Akhbarifar
Dr. at The Catholic University of America -Vitreous State Lab, United States
Title: Thermal transport anomalies and metal-insulator transition in some ruthenate pyrochlores
Wenbo Peng
Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Title: Piezo-phototronic effect in multi-layer structured optoelectronic: Bilateral piezoelectric charge modulation
Carmen Cepeda-Jiménez
Professor at National Centre for Metallurgical Research (CENIM-CSIC), Spain
Title: Mechanical properties and thermal stability of high-strength AlFeCrX aluminium alloys developed for laser-powder bed fusion
Chad Ulven
Professor at North Dakota State University, United States
Title: Light-assisted 3D printing of continuous carbon fiber reinforced thermoset composites
Xueyu Li
Professor at Hokkaido University, Japan
Title: Fatigue resistance of tough hydrogels affected by phase-separated structures
Guy Pluvinage
Professor at University of Lorraine, France
Title: Risks associated with hydrogen and ammoniac used as energy vector
Wagner A. Alves
Professor at Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Title: Vibrational spectroscopic information on the electroactive solvates in Mg battery electrolytes
Olivier Bonnaud
Professor at University of Rennes & GIP-CNFM, France
Title: Technological and human roles in micro-nanoelectronics field on energy consumption and sustainability
Zacharoula Iatridi
Professor at University of Patras, Greece
Title: Heterograft copolymers based on sodium alginate and N–isopropylacrylamide: Effect of pH on the thermo–induced rheological properties
Ana Luisa Daniel-da-Silva
Professor at University of Aveiro, Portugal
Title: Multifunctional colloidal bionanocomposites for water treatment and quality monitoring
Yaohui Liu
Professor at Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Title: Study of filtering efficiency and biodegradability of air filtering membranes prepared by electrospinning using polyhydroxyalkanoates with various ratios of 3-hydroxybutyrate to 3-hydroxyvalerate
Jose Pedro Rino
Professor at Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Brazil
Title: Dynamics of crystal Growth in supercooled BaS semiconductor
Ottavia Jedrkiewicz
Dr. at Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, CNR, Italy
Title: Tailored fabrication of graphitic microelectrodes in diamond by pulsed Bessel beams
Yuezhong Meng
Dean and Professor at Sun Yat-sen University, China
Title: Biodegradable function materials synthesized from carbon dioxide: Theory, commercialization and applications
Slawomir Pawel Lepkowski
Professor at Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Title: Polarization-induced topological insulator in ultra-thin InN/InGaN coupled quantum wells
Tetjana Tomaskova
Dr. at University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic
Title: New possibilities for optimizing epoxy resin parameters by adding of aluminum oxide nanoparticles
Adam Rycerz
Professor at Jagiellonian University, Poland
Title: Quantum transport of Dirac fermions in selected graphene nanosystems away from the charge-neutrality point
Toyo Kazu Yamada
Professor at Chiba University, Japan
Title: Smallest molecular machine: Sliding motion in ammonium-linked ferrocene
Catherine Debiemme-Chouvy
Dr. at LISE, Sorbonne université, CNRS, France
Title: Nanostructured conductive polymer films synthetized by a one-step templateless electrochemical route, in an aqueous solution
Zidan Wang
Chair at Physics Director at The University of Hong Kong and President at Hong Kong Physical Society, Hong Kong
Title: Non-Hermitian topological materials and beyond
Man Shing Wong
Associate Director at Institute of Advanced Materials, Hong Kong and Professor at Baptist University, Hong Kong
Title: Amyloid-β targeted theranostic fluorescent probe for detection and monitoring of reactive oxygen species in Alzheimer disease
Guohai Chen
Dr. at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
Title: Advanced synthesis of highly crystalline carbon nanotubes and high aspect ratio arrays with application demonstrations
Annamaria Naughton-Duszova
Dr. at Institute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
Title: Wear characteristics of dual-phase high-entropy ceramics prepared by two different processing routes
Robert Guidoin
Dr. at Laval University, Canada
Title: Xenopericardia for percutaneous aortic valve engineering: The anticipated benefits of fractal analyses