Editorial Board
Dr. Figovsky obtained a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Materials Science from the Moscow Civil University. He is the director R&D of INRC Polymate, Israel, Hybrid Coating, Inc. and Nanotech Industries, Inc. (USA); He is Academician of EAS, RAASN and REA; President of Israel Association of Inventors; Chairman of the UNESCO chair "Green Chemistry"; Prof. Figovsky Laureate of the Golden Angel Prize, NASA Nanotech Briefs®’ Nano 50™ Award and the 2015 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (USA). He has published more than 550 scientific publications, Including 16 books, and is a named inventor of 520 issued U.S and other countries patents. Prof. Figovsky is Editor-in-Chief of Journals: SITA (Israel) and Innovation on Corrosion and Materials Sciences, published by Bentham Science Publishers.
Michael I. Ojovan has been Nuclear Engineer at International Atomic Energy Agency and visiting Professor at Imperial College London. He has been known for the connectivity-percolation theory of glass transition, two-exponential viscosity equation, condensed Rydberg matter, metal matrix and glass-composite materials for nuclear waste immobilisation. He has published 12 monographs including “
Dr. Dmitry Beilin obtained doctorate (Ph.D) in Structural engineering from the Moscow State University of Civil Engineering. Currently Dr. D. Beilin is head of the lab of Polymate Ltd.-INRC (Israel) , Chief Scientist Fellow of NanoTech Industries, Inc. (CA, USA), Regional Editor of “
Sergio Baragetti is Full Professor of Machine Design and Computational Mechanics at the Università degli Studi di Bergamo - Italy. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1994 from Politecnico di Milano. His research activities include numerical and experimental study of the effects induced by surface treatments on the fatigue behaviour of mechanical components. He is the Director of GITT - Centre on Innovation Management and Technology Transfer of the University of Bergamo. He is the Director of the Structural mechanics Laboratory of the University of Bergamo. He is the Delegate of the Rector of the University of Bergamo for Technology Transfer and NETVAL – Network for the improvement of University research. He is the author of more than 170 papers: 60 on International Journals, 40 presented during international conferences, 7 Italian books, 5 international books, 5 patents (2 of which international), 1 International Standard, 70 papers on Italian journals and presented during national conferences.
Dr. John Shirokoff is an Associate Professor in the Process Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada. His research is concerned with basic and applied studies in the areas of materials interfacial science and engineering, materials characterization, and corrosion. Research topics involve corrosion in aircraft, erosion corrosion and fluid flow modeling, oil and gas reservoir souring, characterization of asphalt binders, and phase change materials.
Dr. Ying-Wei Song, Prof. in the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMR), received her Ph.D. degree in Material Sciences from IMR in 2006. Since 2006, her scientific interest mainly focuses on the corrosion and protection of metal materials, especially in magnesium alloys. To date, Dr. Song has already published over 60 papers with total citation over 1300 times, and holds 8 China invention patents and 1 US invention patent.
Dr. Stefano Caporali is presently an adjunct Professor of Material Science at the University of Florence. He graduated in Chemistry (1998), Geology (2010) and received his Ph. D. in Material Science (2006) from the University of Florence (Italy). His research interests cover a wide range of applied and theoretical aspects of electrochemistry and material chemistry, with an emphasis on the electrodeposition of anticorrosion and functional coatings from both aqueous and non-aqueous (ionic liquids) solutions. He pioneered the surface investigation of ionic liquids and their corrosion properties when in contact with steel, brass and light alloys. He was involved in the design and modeling of sustainable and eco-friendly industrial process (nickel and lead free coatings, lead-free noble metal analysis, nanoparticles functionalized ceramics, CTZS photovoltaic materials etc). He was also involved in the study of resource depletion and management , in particular regarding precious metal supply. He is author or coauthor of more than 80 publications in international peer reviewed scientific journals.
Dr. Raja Rizwan Hussain is an Associate Professor & Head of Corrosion Lab., CoE-CRT, Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, KSA. He received his Ph.D. and M.Sc. in 2006 and 2008 in Civil Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Hussain was ranked as an outstanding student and was awarded the best research thesis, prize and medal from the University of Tokyo. He also completed his Ph.D. in a record short period of just 2 years from a university ranked among Top 20 in the world. Also, he has authored more than 225 publications in the past 10 years of his post Ph.D. tenure.
He received Ph. D in materials science from Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academies of Sciences in 2001, from then on he worked in the institute. His research interests are the preparation technique and properties (mechanics, corrosion, tribology, thermology et al) of nanocrystalline metallic materials, and the relationship between different properties. He put forward the concept of intrinsic parameters associated with metallic materials corrosion. The corrosion properties and mechanism can be understood at atomic scale by these intrinsic parameters rather than by conventional parameters. He proposed ‘Severe Rolling Technique’ for producing bulk nanocrystalline metallic materials, this technique can be industrialized.
Dr. Nouari Saheb obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in metallurgy from Constantine University, Algeria, and Ph.D. in Materials Science from University Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia). Currently, he is a professor at the department of Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM). Dr. Saheb’s research focuses on the study of the relationship between processing, structure, and properties of materials. The aim of his research is to develop advanced materials such as metal and ceramic composites and nanocomposites, which have better properties and performance, for different engineering applications. He authored or co-authored 5 patents and more than 70 papers published in referred international journals.
B. VALDEZ was the director of the Institute of Engineering during 2006-2013,. He has a B. Sc. in chemical engineering, a M. Sc. and PhD in chemistry, and is a member of the Mexican Academy of Science and the National System of Researchers in Mexico. He was the guest editor of Corrosion Reviews, in which he produced two special issues on corrosion control in geothermal plants and the electronic industry. He is a full professor at the University of Baja California. His activities include corrosion research, consultancy, and control in industrial plants and environments. During the IMRS Congress, in August 2013, Mexico, he received a “Distinguished Service Award” from NACE International and the NACE Central.
Dr. Cao obtained a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Metallurgy and Materials from the University of Birmingham, the United Kingdom. Currently Dr. Cao is also Adjunct Professor in Ryerson University, University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, and École de Technologie Supérieure. He has published more than 135 scientific publications in academic journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Cao is currently the honorary member of Editorial Board for Scientia Research Library, member of Editorial Boards for Manufacturing Science and Technology, International Journal of Metals, and Advances in Materials, and Key Reader for Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A/B/E.
Dr. Husnu Gerengi is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Duzce University in Turkey. He is the representative member of his country in the International corrosion council (ICC) since 2015 http://icc-net.org/index.php/team_member/turkey/. His subject expertise and focus is on corrosion and corrosion control, corrosion-resistant materials, corrosion inhibitors – principles and mechanisms. He is the first researcher who used Dynamic Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (DEIS) method in corrosion inhibitor studies. He investigates the long term evolution of impedance in a corrosion cell on adding an inhibitor. Through this technique, he can quantify and qualify the effectiveness of inhibitors and coatings. Besides corrosion, he has research interests in plastic material technology, rubber material technology and plastic & rubber additives. His dynamic and well-equipped laboratory has currently become a knowledge and research center for many postdoctoral researchers, doctoral students, masters and bachelors degree students. Corrosion-resistant steel, Al, Cu and brass alloys, Mg-based bioresorbable medical implants and corrosion-resistant construction materials are some of the ongoing topics for research in his laboratory. He has given numerous invited lectures at many national and international conferences and has authored more than 50 SCI scientific papers in high impact journals. He has seven ongoing patents to his credit based on boron-doped corrosion inhibitors.
Prof. Kadir Bilisik gained his PhD in Textile Engineering from Leeds University in 1991. He worked as Assistant Prof. and had his post doctorate in Textile Engineering of North Carolina State University at Raleigh in 1992-1994. In 1999-2002, he worked as a senior engineer in 3TEX Inc./NC/USA. After that, he was appointed as a full Professor in 2002 in Department of Textile Engineering in Erciyes University. He has 13 national and international patents and 83 SCI or SCI-EXP papers; 11 book chapters; 64 national and international conference proceeding and 22 technical publications. Therefore, he has total 193 publications related to fiber based various disciplines.
Dr. Xing Jin is a professor in School of Architecture, Southeast University, China. He got his Ph.D. degree from Southeast University in 2012. He had also studied in the University of Kansas and ETH Zurich. His research areas include building materials, building energy conservation and thermal analysis, etc.
Dr Nasir Shafiq is currently working as a Full Professor in the Civil Engineering Department, University Technology PETRONAS, Malaysia. He has experience of over thirty years as an academic & industry professional in research, teaching, and consultancy. His research experience and interest focused on the futuristic concrete technology, including geopolymer concrete, engineered cementitious composites, fibre-reinforced concrete, and cementing for oil-well integrity, structural rehabilitation, & retrofitting, low-carbon and green construction, materials modelling, structural analysis & FEM, and Building Information Modeling (BIM). Since 2014, he is also serving as the Chairman of the Innovation Committee under the Technology Transfer Office of the University. He has supervised more than 40 postgraduate students by research mode (MSc. and PhD).
Dr. Long Wan is currently a Professor and Doctor Supervisor at Harbin Institute of Technology. He has published more than 40 patents and 40 scientific papers. He has won more than 30 honors including National Special Support Program for High-level Personnel Recruitment and Science & Technology Nova Program. Some academic outcomes have been commercialized and reported by various mass media, such as China Daily. His current research interests focus on friction stir processing machine and technology, microstructure characterization and the evaluation of joint performance.
Dr. Bi Guijun is a Senior Scientist and Group Manager with the Joining & Machining Group in Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology. He also holds the adjunct position with the National University of Singapore. Dr. Bi received his Ph.D. in Laser Material Processing from Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology and RWTH Aachen University, Germany. His research focuses on laser material processing, additive manufacturing, and welding, as well as process monitoring and control. He has published more than eighty peer-reviewed journal and conference papers. He serves as an editorial board member for international journals and technical committee member for international conferences. He holds three patents and more than ten technology disclosures related to laser material processing, additive manufacturing, welding, and joining.
Dr. Fatih Sen obtained his Ph.D. degree (2011) in Organic Chemistry from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. Dr. Sen is currently an Associate Professor in Department of Biochemistry (Faculty of Science and Art) at Kütahya Dumlupinar University, Kütahya, Turkey. In 2011, he spent almost two years at Massachusetts Institute and Technology (MIT), USA, as a Post-doc in the research group of Prof. M.S. Strano involving different nanomaterials and their applications, such as biosensors, biofuel cells, thermopower energy generation, carbon nanotubes, graphene, etc. Dr. Sen, as an author/co-author, has published more than 85 articles in various journals, having over 2,080 total citations.
Dr. Saroj Kumar Singh obtained M.Tech. and Ph.D. (Materials Science) from I.I.T., Kharagpur. He retired as a Professor in AcSIR, Chief Scientist and Head of Advanced Materials Technology Department of CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar in 2016. His research specialization areas are Materials Science, Thin films, Plasma Processing of ores, minerals, wastes, nano-materials etc. He has published 246 papers and 17 patents. He has been honored with numerous fellowships and awards including the BOYSCAST Fellowship, Govt. of India, DAAD fellowship.
Abdelmounam Sherik is currently with Saudi Aramco as a Research Science Consultant with specialty in corrosion. Dr. Sherik established and advanced pipelines corrosion research in areas such as black powder, external corrosion, modeling & prediction of hydrogen induced cracking, and sulfur solubility and deposition in gas lines. Prior to joining Saudi Aramco, he was a Senior Metallurgical Engineer with ArcelorMittal Dofasco in Canada and a Research Scientist with the National Research Council of Canada. Abdelmounam is active in many organizations such as NACE, SPE and ASME and has served on technical committees and chairperson in several international conferences.
Dr. Salih Yılmaz was born in Turkey on 1982. He received his BS, MS and PhD degrees from the Department of Physics at Karadeniz Technical University in 2004, 2007 and 2013, respectively. He has been working at Department of Materials Engineering, Adana Science and Technology University as an Assistant Professor since 2013. His main research interests include the structural, optical, electrical and magnetic properties of II-VI group semiconductor materials as well as II-VI group based organic solar cells.
Matjaž Finšgar was a researcher from 2006 to 2010 at Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia. In 2010 he defended his Ph.D. in Chemistry in the field of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Ljubljana. He continued his post doctorate studies at BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany, analysing corrosion inhibitors in various acidic media. He was a researcher at Jožef Stefan Institute and University of Maribor until 2015. He became professor at the University of Maribor and Head of the Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Industrial Analysis. His fields of expertise are analytical chemistry, electroanalysis, surface analysis, corrosion analysis, and chemometrics.
Dr. Petrović obtained Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology. Currently Z. Petrović is a researcher at Ruđer Bosković Institute in Zagreb, Croatia. She is a coauthor more than 30 scientific papers. Her scientific interest includes: modification of metal surfaces by self-assembled monolayers; passivity of metals; synthesis and characterization of nanostructured 1D metal oxides.
Dr. Liang received his Ph.D. from Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT), Japan. After his Ph.D., he worked as postdoctoral fellowship in the same Institute (TIT). Currently, he is an associate professor at State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, China. He is an advisory panel member of the international journal of Nanotechnology (IF: 3.4). He already published more than 30 papers. His research topic includes electrochemical energy storage and conversion devices (sodium-air battery, lithium ion battery), solid electrolyte, carbon nanomaterials (graphene, carbon nanotube, carbon nanohorn, et al) synthesis and their application for energy storage, plasma technology for nanomaterial synthesis.
Prof. Khalid Mujasam Batoo, received his Ph.D in Applied Physics from, Aligarh Muslim University, India in 2009. He is at present Associate Professor at King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He has authored more than 62 research papers published in peer reviewed Journals of International commendation and more than 32 conference papers. He has supervised a number of masters and graduate students. He is a reviewer for a number of scientific journals and is serving editor to eight international peer reviewed Journals.
YonDr. Bojan Jokic received his B.S. in inorganic chemical technology and Ph.D. in chemistry and chemical engineering from University of Belgrade. He was Research fellow at Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade. He is currently an assistant professor at Faculty of Applied Arts, University of Arts in Belgrade. To date, Dr. Bojan Jokic has published more than 85 scientific papers cited more than 1000 times. His research interests cover wide range of applied and theoretical aspects of inorganic materials and coatings, surface chemical reactions and materials characterization.
Yongmei Zheng, PhD, is a professor at School of Chemistry, Beihang University. Research interests are focused on bioinspired surfaces with gradient micro- and nanostructures to control dynamic wettability, e.g., the surfaces with characteristics of water repellency, tiny droplet transport, fog-harvesting or collecting. Publications are more than 90 SCI papers included in Nature, Adv. Mater., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., ACS Nano, Chem. Mater., J. Mater. Chem. A, with 12 Cover stories, and a book “bioinspired wettability surfaces: Development in micro- and nanostructures” by Pan Standard Publishing. Her work was highlight as scientist on News of Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemistry World.
Dr Ji was graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China and worked there as an Associated Professor to 1997. Then he moved to Helsinki University of Technology, Finland as an academic visitor. He started his research work at Brunel University, UK, in 1999 and worked in industry before he returned to Brunel University as an academic in 2011. Dr Ji has worked on aluminium alloys, magnesium alloys and cast irons. He has developed himself from solidification and microstructural evolution during casting; and solid phase transformation during heat treatment, to the materials characterisation during processing.
Ananthakumar Ramadoss is a Jr. Scientist at the Laboratory for Advanced Research in Polymeric Materials, Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar, India. He received his Ph.D. degree from Jeju National University, Republic of Korea. Thereafter, worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea and Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at University of Konstanz, Germany. Before, he was a research fellow in Electrochemical Materials Science Division, at the Central Electrochemical Research Institute, India. He has published scientific publications as an author/co-author in peer reviewed international journals, one patent and one book chapter.
Xianfeng Wang is currently a full professor in College of Textiles, Donghua University. He received his Ph.D from Qingdao University. degree from Donghua University . He conducted the postdoctoral research at West Virginia University before he joined Donghua University in 2015. His primary research interest is fibrous materials and their applications in energy and environment fields. He has authored/co-authored more than 45 peer-reviewed journal papers (more than 1000 citations, the H-index is 22), 5 book chapters (Elsevier, Springer, Nova and Woodhead Publishing Inc.) and has made a number of presentations at international conferences.
Dr. Gaurav Sharma received his Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Chemistry(2014) from Shoolini University. Currently he is working as Assistant Professor in the School of Chemistry, Shoolini University Solan, India. His thrust areas of research include Nanomaterials: bimetallic and trimetallic nanoparticles, nanocomposites, ion exchangers and their applications in environmental remediation and drug delivery. He has h-index 23 and i10-index 30. Dr. Gaurav Sharma has published more than 55 research papers, 6 book chapters and edited one book. He has organized several national and international conferences. He is editorial board members of international journals and reviewer of more than 20 SCI journals.
Nam received his Ph.D. in Engineering (Advanced Physical Materials Engineering) from Sungkyunkwan University. He is becoming a materials scientist due to a record of creative innovation which helped him to be the best researcher for the Brain Korea 21, a diverse technical background, and research experience in corrosion, corrosion inhibitor, electrochemistry, advanced materials science, and metallurgy fields. Nam’s PhD was awarded at a top ranked Sungkyunkwan University. An immediate fellowship was appointed him to the Alfred Deakin postdoctoral research fellowship by Deakin University. He is currently a manager of the Department of Science and Technology, PetroVietnam University.
Dr. Figueira finished her PhD in Chemistry in 2015. Worked more than 10 years as researcher fellowship at National Laboratory for Civil Engineering – Department of Materials. During her PhD, she developed hybrid sol-gel materials, doped and undoped with corrosion inhibitors, to mitigate corrosion on galvanized steel when in contact with concrete. Published more than 15 papers in which was both the first and corresponding author. She is also an active member of several scientific societies such as The Royal Society of Chemistry. Presently, she is working at Engiprojects, Lda as consultant for research projects in the area of corrosion.
Dr. Bahrami obtained his PhD in Materials Sienese and Engineering from CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico. Currently he is Postdoctoral researcher at Materials Research Institute of UNAM-Mexico. His research interest is Thin films, Porous materials, composite materials etc. Up to know he published more than 20 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals including but not limited to Green Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials and Design etc.
Dr. Zou is a full professor of School of Materials Science and Engineering at Guilin University of Electronic Technology. He graduated from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics in 2008. His research mainly focuses on electrochemical supercapacitor, electroless plating and hydrogen storage. He has published more than 60 peer reviewed scientific papers with total cited over 1300 times. He also holds 5 Chinese patents. He won the Youth Scientific Prize in Guangxi province in 2013.
Bahman Nasiri-Tabrizi is a Material Engineer in the Advanced Materials Research Group of the Faculty of Materials Engineering, Najafabad branch, Islamic Azad University. He received his M.S. degree in 2009 from Islamic Azad University (IAU). He recently collaborated closely with the University of Malaya as a research assistant. He has published more than 90 research articles, 4 book chapters and a review article in various fields of nanotechnology. He is a member of the American Nano Society and Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council. Bahman is Editorial Board Member of "Dental Hypotheses" and "International Journal of Materials Engineering.
Dr. Lin received his Ph.D. from the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering at Columbia University (USA). He is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Engineering. His research focuses on development of advanced materials and catalysts for energy and environmental applications. In the past few years, he has been becoming one of leading experts for environmental applications of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and their derivatives. He has also served as reviewers for more than 60 high-impact journals. Dr. Lin has co-authored more than 75 SCI journal papers.
Kaveh Edalati obtained a Ph.D. degree in materials physics and chemistry from Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, in 2010. He is currently an assistant professor at the International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (I2CNER), Kyushu University. His research interests are Hydrogen Storage and Energy Materials, Nanostructured Metallic Materials, Phase Transformations, Severe Plastic Deformation.
Tuan Anh Nguyen received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Paris Diderot University (France). He was Visiting Scientist at Seoul National University and University of Wollongong. He then worked as Postdoctoral Research Associate and Research Scientist in the Montana State University. He was appointed as the Head of the Microanalysis Department at Institute for Tropical Technology. His research activities include corrosion and protection of metals/concrete, coatings, conducting polymers, and currently the advanced nanomaterials. Activities include He is the author of more than 60 scientific publications: 25 on international journals, 1 international book, 3 Vietnamese books, 35 papers.
Dr. Antonio Pedro Novaes de Oliveira obtained a PhD in Materials Engineering (1998) from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE), Italy. He is Professor of glass and glass-ceramic materials on Department of Mechanical Engineering for the Materials Engineering under graduate and graduate Materials Science and Engineering Courses at Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). He is also Coordinator of the Laboratory of Glass-Ceramic Materials (VITROCER). He has experience in Materials Engineering in particular on processing and characterization of ceramics, glasses and glass-ceramics. He has published more than 170 scientific papers.
Farid Jamali-Sheini received his M.Sc. degree at the Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran, in 1998. He earned his Ph.D. for research activities in Puna University, India on optical and field emission properties of ZnO nanostructures (doped and undoped) in 2010. He became the head of advanced surface engineering and nanomaterials research center in 2014. He is an associate professor of physics at 2015, all in Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz Branch, Ahvaz, Iran. His research interests include optical, electrical, photovoltaic, photocatalytic, gas sensing and field emission behavior of semiconductor nanostructures.
Dr. Aftab Aslam Parwaz Khan is presently working as an Assistant Professor in the Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He has secured 3 books, 5 Chapters and more than 100 research papers published in journals of international repute. His research encompasses all aspects of polymer nanocomposites, synthesis and characterization as well as application in chemical sensing, adsorption studies, drug delivery system for mechanistic and interaction studies using a wide range of spectroscopic techniques and thermodynamic parameters.
Dale P. Bentz is a chemical engineer in the Inorganic Materials Group of the Materials and Structural Systems Division of the Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering in 1984 from the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his Master's Degree in Computer Science from Hood College in 1999 and a Master's of Arts Degree in Teaching from Mount Saint Mary's University in 2013. His research is focused on the application of computer modeling to relate microstructure to material properties and service life for random porous media, such as cement-based materials.
Omid Akhavan received his PhD in Physics from Sharif University of Technology (SUT) in 2003. He was immediately invited to join the Physics Department of SUT where he is currently the Elite Professor (based on the selection of the National Federation of Scientific Elites). His research interests include physics of nanomaterials, graphene and its bioapplications in stem cell-based tissue engineering, photothermal therapy of cancer, biosensing, and antibacterial nanomaterials. The first national Iranian activity on the fabrication of graphene and one of the first studies on cyto- and geno-toxicity of graphene were guided by him.
Dr. Feng Zheng was trained as a metallurgist in Central South Institute of Mining & Metallurgy (1979-1983), and he worked in the steel industry for a couple of years prior to going abroad to Sheffield (Davy Mckee Sheffield and University of Sheffield), UK (1992-1994). He later moved to USA and joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (1994-2000), while attending Washington State University (1994-1996, earned Master in MSE) and University of Washington (1996-2000, earned PhD in MSE) for higher education. Later he worked as a CTO and as a VP for two start-up companies (2000-2002) and took post-doc position in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2002-2003). In the year 2003, he returned to China as Professor of MSE in Central South University.
Bin Wang is a Principal Investigator of National Energy Novel Materials Center and China academy of engineering physics (CAEP). He obtained his Ph.D degree from Fudan University in 2009, and then he worked as a postdoc fellow at LBNL, USA. In 2013, he went back to China and worked at Institute of Chemical Materials, CAEP as a staff scientist. He was selected as Expert Fellow of China Energy Society, the National 1000 plan youth talent. He also received the Membership Award of American Chemical Society, as well as excellent contribution honor in 17th IUPAC NMS. He has published more than 60 professional papers; including 5 ESI highly cited papers and several cover/back cover papers.
Andrzej Rybak received the M.S. degree in Technical Physics (2001) and the Ph.D. degree in Polymer Science (2006) from the Lodz University of Technology, Poland. He was involved in many projects concerning organic semiconductors and their application in optoelectronic devices in the past.
After postdoctoral positions at INSA Lyon and University Lyon 1 in the field of conductive polymer composites, in 2009 he joined the ABB Corporate Research Center; where his focus is on development of the advanced materials for future electrical products. Currently his main field of interest is polymer composites with enhanced thermal conductivity.
Dr. Junhua Hu received his PhD degree from the Graduate School of Engineering, Shizuoka University. Upon completion of his PhD degree, he joined the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, as an Associate Professor in 2009. In the year of 2012, he established the "International Joint Research Laboratory for Low-carbon & Environmental Materials of Henan". Then, he became a Professor there. His research focused on the surface modification of materials, corrosion of nonferrous alloy, energy storage and bio-materials. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed papers and has co-edited books and special issues in journals on new technologies for advanced surface and interface analysis.
Dr. Faheem K. Butt is currently working as AvH Fellow in Technical University Munich, Germany. He is an Assistant Professor in Department of Physics at The University of Lahore, Pakistan.Before this he completed his Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from CSNano, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.He completed his Ph.D. studies from Beijing Institute of Technology China in Materials Physics and Chemistry. He is listed among top 20 Young Productive Scientist (Physicist) of Pakistan by Pakistan Council of Science and Technology in 2017. His interest is in Optoelectronics devices, Energy storage/conversion in nanomaterials and theoretical studies of materials using various softwares. He has published more than 75 papers as an author/co-author in peer reviewed international SCI journals. He has also provided services as a reviewer and Guest Editor for various International journals.
Dr. Wang is now an associate professor at State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Hubei, China. His current research mainly focuses on electrochemical energy storage and conversion (Li/Na ion batteries, Li-S batteries, inorganic solid electrolyte), quantum-dot sensitized solar cells, ferroelectric and sensor related materials. He has published over 50 papers on SCI journals with a total citation over 1200 times. He is also a regular referee for several international journals and Editor board member of Elyns Journal of Material Science and Techniques, Chemistry of Compounds Journal, and Current Smart Materials.
Dr. Chen obtained a doctorate (Ph.D.) in material chemistry from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China. Currently he is a professor at HUST, vice chairman of Corrosion and Safety of Oil and Gas Fields and Pipelines Specialized Committee (China), member of corrosion inhibitor committee of Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection (China), editorial advisory board member of “Madridge Journal of Analytical Sciences and Instrumentation” and “Innovations in Corrosion and Materials Science”. He has published more than 50 research papers in international journals and holds 8 invention patents. He has also edited six book chapters.
Mohammed Muzibur Rahman received his Ph.D. from the Chonbuk National University, South Korea. After his Ph.D., he worked as postdoctoral fellowship and assistant professor in pioneer CIBST research centers and universities. Presently, he is working as associate professor in Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research and Chemistry department at King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. He published more than 180 research articles and several proceeding in well-known high-impact ISIjournals; attended more than 50 international, three US-patents, and domestic conferences; and published several book chapters. His research work has been largely in the area of Nanotechnology, Sensors, Surface Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Nanomaterials, Self-Assembled monolayers, Carbon nanotubes, Photochemistry, & Chips and devices etc.
Dr. Khaled Habib holds a Ph.D in Chemical and Materials Engineering from the Optical Science and Technological Center of University of Iowa, Iowa, USA, 1988. He was a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Chem. Engr. Dept., and Mat. Sci. Dept., of the Technical University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany, 1991-1992. He specializes in “Laser optical interferometry as non-destructive testing (NDT) methods of materials evaluation in corrosive media”. Mr. Habib has in his credit more than 129 articles in international refereed journals in his area of specialization.
Dr. Chen obtained his doctorate degree (Ph.D) in Corrosion Science and Protection from Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China. At present, Dr. Chen works as a Research Scientist in Western University, Canada. The research areas for Dr. Jian Chen cover the chemical/electrochemical corrosion and stress corrosion cracking (SCC) behaviors and mechanisms of metals, presently focusing on magnesium alloys and copper, under thin-layer water film conditions or in bulk solutions to solve various industrial/academic and environmental contamination problems by a combination of experimental and modeling approaches. Dr. Chen has published more than 30 peer-reviewed journal papers.
Prof Dr Susai Rajendran has been serving the Student Community for the past 43 years as Professor of Chemistry. He is still continuing his research activities in the field of Corrosion and its control, Green Inhibitors, Concrete Corrosion, Corrosion resistance of metals and alloys in various body fluids, Synthesis and Characterization nano particles, Electro organic synthesis …He has received National Meritorious Award in the field of Corrosion, twice, from NACE, India Section. He has authored 3 Books and 1 Patent. He has published more than 300 papers in reputed Journals and produced 30+ PhD Degree Holders. Previously he has worked at GTN Arts College,Dindigul, Servite College of Education for Women, Thogamalai, RVS School of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul, Indial. Presently he is Serving as Professor of Chemistry and Research Director at St Antony’s College of Arts and Sciences for Women, Dindigul. He feels that his students are his strength and wealth. He is standing on the shoulders of his Students. He is taking Research towards the Down Trodden.
Dr. Bo Zhang received his B.D. in physics from the Nanchang University, his M.D. in corrosion science and protection from Institute of Metal Research (IMR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and his Ph.D. in metallurgy and materials from the University of Birmingham, UK. He is currently an associate Professor in IMR. Dr. Zhang has a total of more than 30 research papers published in Corrosion Science, Electrochimica Acta and Journal of the Electrochemical Society, etc. His research expertise is in the localized corrosion and environment-induced cracking of Al alloys, stainless steels and high strength steels.
Fantao Kong serves as a Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Harbin Institute of Technology, China. He received his B. Eng. and M. Eng. degrees in chemical engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology, in 1994 and 2000, respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree in materials science and engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2003. From 2009 to 2010, he worked as a Research Fellow at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. His research interests include precision hot forming of Titanium alloy and TiAl intermetallics, control of solidification microstructure and casting, metal matrix composite, and powder metallurgy. He has published more than 130 technical papers, including over 100 journal publications.
Dr. Mario Aparicio (Ph.D.-Chemistry) is a Researcher in the Ceramic and Glass Institute (Spanish National Research Council, CSIC). He got his Ph.D. in Chemistry at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (1998). Dr. Aparicio research interests focus on implementation of sol-gel process for the synthesis of inorganic materials (glassy and crystalline) and organic-inorganic hybrid materials as coatings and membranes for various applications. Goals in the medium-term are devoted to Energy and Environmental fields; particularly in Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells, Proton-conducting Ceramic Electrolyzer, and sol-gel active coatings for improved corrosion resistance of magnesium alloys and mild steels. He has published more than 60 scientific publications (h-index: 23), one patent, six book chapters and one book edition.
Dr. Apostolopoulos obtained a PhD (1998) in Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics from University of Patras. He holds the Civil Engineering Degree (1978) from the University of Patras. He is now Associate Professor in Laboratory of Technology and Strength of Materials, in Dept. Of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras. Dr. Apostolopoulos is author of more than 140 scientific publications in Journals and Conferences Proceedings. He participated in more than 20 European and National Projects. He is also a member in the Editorial Board of 6 Journals and Reviewer of articles in 23 Journals. He is Professor of Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs with scientific fields in Advanced Strength of Materials, Analysis of Metallic Structures and Extreme Loading.
Dr. Nandu Chaure is currently working as Associate Professor of Physics at Savitribai Phule Pune University, India. He obtained M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree from University of Pune and University of Bhopal in 1993 and 1999, respectively. He has 24 years research and 17 years teaching experience for post graduate courses. He has FIVE GB and ONE international patent and published ~100 research papers in peer reviewed journals. He is the Editorial board member of several scientific journals. He is also the potential reviewer of over 30 international specialized journals. His area of research is electrochemistry, electrochemical synthesis of metal, semiconductor, oxides thin film, nanoparticles, Quantum dots, Nanocomposites for thin film solar cells, DSSC, Plasmonic, hybrid, perovskite solar cells, etc.. He also extensively works on organic field effect transistors, Light emitting diodes, memory devices on flexible and rigid substrates for e-paper and flexible display applications.
Dr. Shao-Liang Cheng is currently a Full Professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at National Central University, Taiwan, ROC. Dr. Cheng has authored and co-authored two book chapters, five patents, over 100 peer-reviewed SCI journal papers and over 140 conference papers. Dr. Cheng current research interests mainly focus on template synthesis of low-dimensional nanomaterials and their properties, interfacial reactions in metal thin films/semiconductor systems, metal silicide thin films and nanostructures and metallization for Si and SiGe nanodevices.
Dr. Ime Bassey Obot received a Ph.D. degree in Physical Chemistry from the prestigious University of Ibadan, Nigeria (Formerly affiliated to the University of London) in 2012. He is a Research Scientist at the Center of Research Excellence in Corrosion at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia. Dr. Obot has about 13 years of experience in teaching and research in both the University and Industrial environments. Dr. Obot has authored/co-authored over 160 research articles in international peer reviewed journals of wide readership, including critical reviews and book chapters. Since Joining KFUPM, he has won Distinguished A+ in Research consecutively from 2013-2015.
Joaquim Miguel Oliveira BSc, PhD is an Principal Investigator at the Portuguese Government Associate Laboratory ICVS/3B’s-Universityof Minho (UM). Currently, he is a lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, U. Porto and Dept. of Polymer Eng., UM. Since 2001, he has been involved in the development of biomaterials from natural origin for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. His research activities have been increasingly focused on nanomedicine, stem cells, orthopedics and 3D in vitro models of disease. As a result of his academic activities he has been awarded several international/national prizes, and he is a member of editorial boards and referee of several scientific journals.
Professor (AP) of Metallurgy, Dept. of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry of the University of Genoa where he’s leading the Laboratory of Metallurgy and Materials. His research activities started on 1993 focussing on the interaction among materials and between materials and environment. The relationships between chemistry, manufacturing, history and usage, interactions with other materials of metals have been at the base of his research activities which were discussed in more than 100 publications. Recent activities are in renewable and alternative energy sources (especially on by participating to HT-SOFCs EU projects: http://www.idealcell.eu , http://www.evolve-fcell.eu/). As one of the most recent achievement he actually coordinates the FCH-JU FP7 project Endurance ( http://www.durablepower.eu).
Dr. M.A. Quraishi is Ph.D. in chemistry is from Kurukshetra University. He was awarded D.Sc. in the field of corrosion inhibition from Aligarh Muslim University. Dr. Quraishi was a founder head and professor of department of chemistry IIT (BHU) Varanasi and presently serving as Institute Professor in the same Institute. He is working in the field of Corrosion Inhibition of Metals and Alloys and Green Chemistry. He has published >300 research papers, h-index: 47, Citation: 6389. He has received several awards including Life Time Achievement Award International Science Congress Association (ISCA), and NIGIS Excellence Award. Dr. Quraishi is a Fellow Royal Society Chemistry UK and member of Editorial Board of several International Journals of repute.
Dr. A.Rajasekar received his doctoral degree in Microbiology from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India for the research work carried-out at the Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI-CSIR), Karaikudi, Tamilnadu, India. Currently, Dr. A. Rajasekar is working at Assistant Professor & Ramalingaswami Fellow, Department of Biotechnology, Thiruvalluvar University, Tamilnadu, India. He has published more than 45 scientific publications and two book chapters.
Dr. A. Rajasekar has Editorial Board Member (2009) in Recent Patents in Corrosion Science, published by Bentham Science Publishers and Frontier in Environmental Science (2013).
M. SCHORR is a professor (Dr. Honoris Causa) at the Institute of Engineering, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California. He has a B.Sc. in chemistry and, a M. Sc. in materials engineering from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, with 50 years of experience in industrial corrosion control. From 1986 to 2004, he was editor of Corrosion Reviews. He has published 360 scientific and technical articles on materials and corrosion in English, Spanish, and Hebrew. He has worked as a corrosion consultant and professor in Israel, the United States, Latin America, Spain, South Africa and Europe. During the IMRS Congress in August 2010, Mexico, he received a “Distinguished Service Award” from NACE International and the NACE Central Mexico Section. He is a member of the National System of Researchers in Mexico. He has been a NACE International member for 23 years.
Dr. Sergei A. Shipilov of ORNL is one of the U.S. Department of Energy’s leading materials scientists in the field of corrosion. He has a Ph.D. from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the USSR Academy of Sciences, and has been involved in research on SCC, corrosion fatigue and hydrogen embrittlement for more than 30 years. He was editor of the two-volume “Environment-Induced Cracking of Materials” (Elsevier, 2007) and “Minimizing Infrastructure Corrosion” (NACE, 2009). He is the recipient of the 2015 NACE R.A. Brannon Award, the 2011 ASM G. MacDonald Young Award, and the 2007 Morris Cohen Award of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM). He is a Fellow of ASM International, CIM, and NACE International.
Dr. Umoren is presently a Research Scientist/Associate Professor at the Center of Research Excellence in Corrosion, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. He obtained a PhD in Polymer Science from the Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria. He was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the State Key Laboratory for Corrosion and Protection, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China. He has authored/co-authored over 120 papers in refereed journals. He is a member of Editorial Board of ten international journals and has been a reviewer to over 80 international reputable journals.
Dr. D.I. Vaireanu is an Author and co-author of 15 books and university textbooks, 5 invention patents and well over 150 scientific papers published in refereed journals and conference proceedings, Prof. Dănuţ - Ionel Văireanu received his ChemEng degree (1988), graduating top at national level, from the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, his MSc (1992) from the University of Manchester, and his PhD (1995) from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK. His active involvement in the field of electrochemistry, corrosion and electrochemical engineering led to a very early recognition abroad from the American Electrochemical Society (USA).
Dr. Lucien Veleva is majored in Electrochemistry (Eng.) from University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria. Her PhD was done from Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bulgaria, and after that she worked as a researcher in the Institute for Protection of Metals from Corrosion, Sofia, Bulgaria, as a head of National Laboratory of Corrosion. Since 1994, she is Associate Professor at Applied Physics Department, CINVESTAV, Mexico. In 2011, she received “Doctor Honoris Causa”. Then, in 2012, she received the Francis La Que Award from ASTM G01, USA. Moreover, in 2013, she received the NACE International Distinguished Career Award. She has more than 200 articles in international journals, has chapters in international books, and has 4 patents.
Professor Li Wang is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Commissioner of the Committee of the Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy under Chinese Physical Society and dean of the International College of Zhejiang University. He was also a visiting professor of Yale University and University of Washington, a researcher of Czechic Academy of Science. His research interests mainly focus on the synthesis and application of polymers, preparation and organization of nanomaterials. He has published more than 200 papers in the journals such as Chemical Reviews., Progress in Polymer Science, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, Macromolecules, Nanotechnology and so on.
Prof. Bogdan G. Wendler obtained a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Materials Science from the Lodz University of Technology (LUT) in Lodz, Poland. Dr. Wendler also holds the D.Sc. title from the Technical University of Czestochowa, Poland. Currently Dr. Wendler is Full Professor in the Higher Technical School (Major in Mechanical Engineering) in Wloclawek, Poland as well as a Director in LUT of several grants in the domain of Surface Engineering funded by National Research Centre of Poland. He has published more than 170 scientific publications, is named inventor of 10 issued Polish patents and was awarded with numerous Medals and Awards from Juries of numerous International Inventions and Innovations Salons and Fairs.
Currently, he is a Scientist at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute in Saltillo, Mexico. His research interests are in preparation and characterization of thin films and nanostructures of metal oxides, which include those of transition and main group metal ions. The classes of materials on which his research has focused include metal oxide thin films and semiconductors, for applications in solar energy, photocatalysts, electrochromism, and water remediation.
Dr. Taheri received his PhD from Delft University of Technology in 2012 on "surfaces and interfaces". Afterwards, he continued his research as a postdoc at the same group on “adhesion and delamination". In 2014, he joined Prof. Ali Javey’s group at the University of California, Berkeley working on "surface charge-transfer" as a postdoc researcher. He is currently a research associate at Delft University of Technology working on multidisciplinary projects on “corrosion”. He also serves as the managing editor of "Corrosion Science" journal - Elsevier.
Dr. Girish Kumar Padhy is currently working as a senior research associate in Case Western Reserve University, USA. After receiving doctorate in Chemistry from Homi Bhabha National Institute, India in 2013, he worked as a researcher at Osaka University, Japan and Shandong University, China. His research interests are hydrogen embrittlement, welding metallurgy, additive manufacturing, materials processing and characterization and structure –property relationship. He has published 30 peerreviewed papers and volunteered in the peer review for journals like Materials and Design, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds etc.
Dr. R. Kannan is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the department of Science and Humanities (Physics) with strong background on synthesis and characterization of electrodeposited magnetic thin films such as NiFeWS, NiFeCr, CoNiFe, NiP and FePt for MEMS applications. He received PhD in the research field of thin film technology from Anna University, Chennai, March 2014. Actively involved in the research field of “Thin Films Technology” for the past 10 years. So far 35 research articles has been published in well reputed international journals with good impact factor.
Anil Mahapatro, is an Associate Professor in the department of Biomedical Engineering at Wichita State University, Wichita, KS. Anil Mahapatro holds a BE (Bachelors of Engineering) in Polymer Engineering (University of Pune, India), MS in Polymer Science and Technology (University of Manchester, United Kingdom) and a PhD in Materials Chemistry from Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY, USA and a Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Biomedical Engineering) from University of Texas at San-Antonio. Dr. Mahapatro’s research efforts have focused on developing novel biomaterials for clinical relevant applications.
Damian Kowalski is an Assistant Professor at the University of Warsaw in Poland and visiting scientist at Hokkaido University, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in Corrosion Science at Hokkaido University, Japan in 2007. From 2007 to 2009 he was GCOE Fellow at the Department of Engineering at Hokkaido University and then Marie Curie fellow (2009-2014) at the Department of Materials Science at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Then he moved as a Research Associate to the Department of Physics at the University of Reims Champagne- Ardenne in France before joining the University of Warsaw.
Davide Carboni graduated in 2005 at University of Sassari working on domino hydroformylation reactions. He then moved to Queen Mary, University of London, where in 2010 was awarded of a PhD after working on the synthesis and kinetic characterization of the first molecularly imprinted nanogels with Aldolase type I activity. In 2009 he was appointed Research Assistant at the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, to work on new kinetic models for RCM reactions catalyzed by 2nd generation Grubbs pre-catalysts. In 2010 he moved back to University of Sassari as an independent Research Fellow in the LMNT.
Dr Aiping Zeng was awarded PhD in Applied and Plasma Physics from the University of Sydney, Australia. But he has 20 year experience in industry, research and academia. Since completing his PhD he has held roles at the universities in Israel, South Korea and Portugal with different government fellowships. He has obtained an international reputation in this field of electrochemistry of DLC films due to his pioneering work. Dr. Zeng is also a highly respected researcher in China. He holds a master degree of engineering in Metal Corrosion and Protection from Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Neha Dhanajirao Desai is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, R.B.N.B. College Shrirampur. She received her PhD from the Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India. She has published more than 20 articles in well-reputed journals. Besides, she is an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Nanoarchitectonics (NAT) – Universal Wiser Publisher, Singapore, International Journal of Material Science and Applications- Science Publishing Group, and Universal Journal of Chemistry, Horizon Research Publishing USA. Also, she is currently working on the project ‘Bipolar Resistive Switching Characteristics of TiO 2 Thin Films.