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Viktoriia Shtefan

Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden
Germany

The Design of Nanoporous HER Cathodes by Selective Dealloying of Novel Zr-Ni-based Metallic Glass Alloys

Shtefan Viktoriia is a Research Scientist at the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden-IFW (Germany, Institute for Material...

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Shtefan Viktoriia is a Research Scientist at the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden-IFW (Germany, Institute for Materials Chemistry) and a Professor at the National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" (Ukraine, Department of Technical Electrochemistry). She earned her initial PhD degree from the latter institution in 2005 and was awarded a second, higher doctoral degree (Dr.-Ing. habil.) in 2019. Her research encompasses key areas of applied electrochemistry, focusing on advanced surface engineering techniques. These include the anodic and micro-arc oxidation of valve metals and their alloys, the cathodic deposition of corrosion-resistant and electrocatalytically active metals and alloys (particularly with refractory metals), and the development of conversion and composite coatings. Since joining IFW-Dresden, her work has centered on the electrochemical behavior and processing of metallic glass alloys. This research, conducted over the past three years, aims to synthesize functional materials for biomedical applications and to develop catalytic materials for green energy technologies. She has contributed to scientific literature as a co-author of peer-reviewed articles, patents, and book chapters.

Maria Vittoria Diamanti

Politecnico di Milano
Italy

Anodic Oxidation as a Powerful Tool to Produce Photocatalytic Materials for Water and Air Remediation

Maria Vittoria Diamanti (ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0003-4785-2473) is Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engin...

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Maria Vittoria Diamanti (ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0003-4785-2473) is Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta” of Politecnico di Milano. She teaches Science and technology of materials for Chemical Engineering students and durability of cementitious materials for Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology students. She is in charge of the Ombudsperson office of Politecnico di Milano and vice-coordinator of the Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology study programme. Her research interests are related to materials for environmental remediation, mostly titanium dioxide, produced electrochemically or by sol-gel method, and to metals corrosion and protection. She is author of more than 90 articles on international Journals (h-index 30), editor of 3 books, academic editor of 2 international Journals and guest editor of 5 special issues on international Journals.

Sibo Wang

Jiangsu University
China

Research Progress in Coordination Polymer-based and Carbon-based Adsorbents for removal of SO2 in flue gas

Dr. Wang is a PHD student of the research group led by Professor Yangxian Liu from the School of Energy and Power Engineering at Jiangsu University i...

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Dr. Wang is a PHD student of the research group led by Professor Yangxian Liu from the School of Energy and Power Engineering at Jiangsu University in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, China. The main research direction is the control of coal-fired flue gas pollutants and the utilization of biomass resources.

Avital Shurki

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel

Computational Insights into Reactivity and Molecular Design

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Ta-Chung Liu

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Taiwan

Enhanced electrocatalytic conversion of CO2 to CO via surface engineered zinc-based derived materials

Dr. Liu obtained his Ph.D. at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering from National Chiao-Tung University in Taiwan and was a research sci...

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Dr. Liu obtained his Ph.D. at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering from National Chiao-Tung University in Taiwan and was a research scientist at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University. He joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering at National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University as professor faculty in 2022. His expertise includes electrochemistry, interface chemistry/engineering,and hydrogel materials. Dr. Liu’s current focus is exploring zinc-ion/air batteries and seawater CO2 electrocatalysis, particularly in designing high-entropy electrolytes for solving interface challenges.In the fields of biosensing, hedevelops electrochemical aptamer sensing technology and its automated rapid screening platform.

Atyaoui Malek

Research and Technology Center of Energy
Tunisia

Structural, Optical and Impedance Spectroscopy Properties of a Heterojunction Based on Polypyrrole Conducting Polymer and Tin Oxide Films for Toxic Gas Detection

Atyaoui Malek is a Doctor in Physics and Professor assistant at the Energy Research and Technology Center. His research focuses on (i) the study and s...

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Atyaoui Malek is a Doctor in Physics and Professor assistant at the Energy Research and Technology Center. His research focuses on (i) the study and synthesis of semiconductor materials such as silicon, metal oxides, and conducting polymers, as well as their composites, for environmental applications including photovoltaics, photocatalysis, and gas sensing, on (ii) the study of fluorescence spectroscopy in cytology slides for the diagnosis of cancerous diseases and on (iii) on the valorization of algae and plant waste for the manufacture of bioplastics and for the treatment of polluted water, respectively.

Putrakumar Balla

Chungnam National University
South Korea

Development of ZnFe2O4 spinel catalysts from fly ash for FT reaction

Putrakumar Balla is currently working as a Research Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry at Chungnam National Uni...

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Putrakumar Balla is currently working as a Research Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry at Chungnam National University, South Korea. He received his Ph.D. in Heterogeneous Catalysis from CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology. With more than 11 years of research and teaching experience, his work focuses on biofuels, waste plastic conversion, Fischer–Tropsch synthesis, CO₂ utilization, and renewable energy technologies. During his research career, he has worked at several internationally recognized institutions, including Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (China), Jiangxi University of Science and Technology (China), and CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (India). Dr. Balla has authored more than 90 peer-reviewed research publications in reputed international journals.

Gabriel de Freitas Lopes

University of São Paulo
Brazil

Analysis of Intermediate Species in the Conversion of CH4 and CO2 to Acetic Acid over ZnO/MMT K-10 via In Situ DRIFTS

Gabriel Lopes is a PhD candidate in Chemistry at the São Carlos Institute of Chemistry of the University of São Paulo and has been working on the ca...

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Gabriel Lopes is a PhD candidate in Chemistry at the São Carlos Institute of Chemistry of the University of São Paulo and has been working on the catalytic conversion of methane and carbon dioxide into acetic acid using heterogeneous catalysts, as part of the Chemical Reactors and Heterogeneous Catalysis Group led by Professor Elisabete Moreira Assaf, in collaboration with Dr. Alessandra Fonseca Lucrédio and Professor Luiz Henrique Vieira. During the development of his thesis, he has been studying catalysts based on Zn, Pd, Ce, and La impregnated on H-ZSM-5 and montmorillonite clay, as well as investigating the potential effect of the clay on the CH4 and CO2 reaction toward acetic acid formation.

Ahmad Salman

Sami Shimon Academic College of Engineering
Israel

Rapid Diagnosis of Bacteremia in Febrile Pediatric Oncology Patients via Host-Response Infrared Spectroscopy of Blood and Machine Learning

Professor Salman is a Full Professor in the Department of Physics at SCE and an internationally recognized expert in biophotonics and medical diagnost...

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Professor Salman is a Full Professor in the Department of Physics at SCE and an internationally recognized expert in biophotonics and medical diagnostics, specializing in infrared/Raman spectroscopy, machine learning-enhanced diagnostics, and antimicrobial resistance detection. His pioneering research focuses on developing rapid, spectroscopy-based diagnostic tools for differentiating bacterial and viral infections and detecting antibiotic-resistant pathogens. With extensive international collaborations, he leads EU-funded projects with European partners (Germany, France, Netherlands) on sepsis diagnostics and AMR surveillance, NIH-funded projects with US institutions, and translational research with Israeli medical centers. A prolific academic leader supervises 5 PhD and 6 MSc students, holds a US patent (2023/0386662 A1) for microbial detection technology, serves on editorial boards, and reviews for top journals including Nature Communications and Analytical Chemistry. His work has been recognized with the 2022 SCE Excellence in Interdisciplinary Research Award, driving innovations in point-of-care infection screening.

SungSu Kim

Kyonggi University
South Korea

Effect of Liquid and Gas Phase Preparation Methods on the Structures and Redox Properties of Pd/TiO2-X Catalysts

Professor Sungsu Kim is a professor in the Department of Civil and Energy Systems Engineering at Kyonggi University. He received his Ph.D. degree in E...

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Professor Sungsu Kim is a professor in the Department of Civil and Energy Systems Engineering at Kyonggi University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Environmental and Energy Engineering from Kyonggi University. His research focuses on catalysts, adsorbents, and materials, with particular emphasis on environmental catalysis and gas-phase reaction systems. He has authored over 90 peer-reviewed publications and is seeking to expand international research collaborations.

Benoit Braida

Sorbonne University
France

Understanding and modelling catalytic reactions with valence bond diagrams

Benoît Braïda received his PhD in 2002 in Quantum Chemistry under the supervision of Philippe C. Hiberty, at the now Université Paris-Saclay. From ...

Biography

Benoît Braïda received his PhD in 2002 in Quantum Chemistry under the supervision of Philippe C. Hiberty, at the now Université Paris-Saclay. From 2002 to 2003, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Evert-Jan Baerends at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and then with Enric Canadell and Pablo Ordejon at the ICMAB-CECIC, Barcelona. He then joined Sorbonne Université in 2003, where he is now Professor in Chemistry and head of first year studies in material sciences. His research focuses on Valence Bond theory and its application to gain insight into chemical bonding and reactivity. He is also teacher of anapana meditation for young people.

Philippe Hiberty

Paris-Saclay University
France

The Breathing-Orbital Valence Bond method and Its Insights into Photochemistry

Philippe C. Hiberty is an Emeritus Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche scientifique at the University of Paris-Saclay (France)...

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Philippe C. Hiberty is an Emeritus Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche scientifique at the University of Paris-Saclay (France). He also taught Quantum Chemistry at the Ecole Polytechnique Graduate School in Palaiseau from 1996 to 2007. His early research projects were devoted to build bridges between Molecular Orbital (MO) Theory and Valence Bond (VB) Theory, by devising a method to get the weights of Lewis structures for molecules, starting from MO ab initio calculations. He then started a collaboration with Professor Sason Shaik in 1984, to provide some firm computational basis to Shaik’s VB-based reactivity model. He is the originator of the Breathing-Orbital VB ab initio computational method, aimed at providing very compact VB wave functions approaching chemical accuracy. He now uses this method in applications of quantum chemistry and VB theory to fundamental concepts of organic chemsitry and photochemistry. He received the Grand Prix Philippe A. Guye from the French Academy of Sciences in 2002. He is author of 193 publications in international journals or books (h-index-56).

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