Committee & Speakers
Plenary speakers
![Pulickel M. Ajayan](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/52RhDkYMbmJn8ZtNz089pI/26f15ce05ad2363d278d065ca01d4f9c/ajayan.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
PMA
Pulickel M. Ajayan
Winner of the 2024 Materials Today Innovation Award
Rice University, USA
![Zhenan Bao](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/4ruZdD6B13GHyIKQYy3p0i/b753718fe7cff845221a0ad4ee928f26/Zhenan-Bao.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
ZB
Zhenan Bao
Stanford University, USA
![Huajian Gao](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/k0tVU7fOchUr81fPGqd44/2cce52a2e4d93049107f3bd8ce2b2100/gao-huajian.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
HG
Huajian Gao
Tsinghua University, China
![Molly Stevens](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/5wmAd4THzAEThmnmRn2iOi/321110c3584005933e2dbc909b618922/molly-stevens.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
MS
![M. Stanley Whittingham](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/5HIuGUCZeMaculGVDtqK21/c428604a3ea999aa9e03dbb2e5779d7d/stanwhittingham.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
MSW
M Stanley Whittingham
Binghamton University State University of New York, USA
M Stanley Whittingham 더 읽어보기Keynote speakers - Materials for Electronics and Quantum
![Yulin Chen](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/2tqXdVYXPj8yo1ooHedCvI/daf6af8f3593c097c481e04cfa96c062/Yulin-Chen.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
YC
![Chang-Beom Eom](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/3rGoAo73mFzbmm3COzh03a/c7cfa95636edbda94905ccaa97a0f65e/Chang-beom-Eom.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
CE
![Worawat Meevasana](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/5mRSGdLlpgWWgO3MJuUEBA/d1d6fb41d62d57653786e98075772173/Worawat--Meevasana.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
WM
Keynote speakers - Materials for Energy and Sustainability
![Hua Zhang](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/5zzlwPWmms6xyhiIkPz9QE/11c0504b8c6b5e95e3b797bab122a83e/Hua-Zhang.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
HZ
![Husam N. Alshareef](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/5mvRpAbKCwfApIloehVnf2/0b28eded8db7b40ef3c479bbc2a546f6/Husam-Alshareef.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
HNA
Husam N. Alshareef
King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia
Husam N. Alshareef 더 읽어보기![Zaiping Guo](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/5fhR1IXmvecWOWnu4ACIxf/e10ab553f070f3db464fd87f62cb9613/Zaiping-Guo.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
ZG
![Regina Palkovits](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/EbvpjFpakiRkoctpUG8sh/259b27e9505828b3242c8fa7d39ab581/Regina.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
RP
![Ho Seok Park](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/2J4pXvuhJm2fxbda0rGhJY/f6fef75736074544f4068c2de707bf5b/Ho-Seok-Park.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
HSP
![Gleb Yushin](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/74YcfTx9sYfQ3ec88yiE7F/9b535c9029a2423a866c7da5695a57dc/yushin.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
GY
Keynote speakers - Structural Materials
![Ali Mehmanparast](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/2vz0HmqqREIhZBsb4JPrqP/72c92fa70bdccc66e81d3e876882255b/Ali-Mehmanparast.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
AM
![Song Xu](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/5AH36a7aY19VRnMRydGZlG/7d6662c0b1a6bc79c3a01571da307352/image.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
SX
Keynote speakers - Materials for Health
![Insung Choi](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/6958peGwonDhF14MB5Ia4z/2256ed04cb3fd1177b907429db4a1c8c/Insung-Choi.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
IC
![Zaida Álvarez Pinto](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/6Qm7uOnC2xoXONdkDRPcrB/bf434c8b46d1a43cb38adf126842ecab/Zaida-Alvarez.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
ZÁP
![Riccardo Levato](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/1TicccAPqGbJVWttnvI5IM/4cd7bebe5246c77914959032c6bb7a0a/Riccardo-Levato.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
RL
![Pavel Levkin](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/6c0vxfAb3I03M7hlVMvUod/23e6b18b19f519b5b4aa7ca440b40506/Pavel-Levkin.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
PL
![Kun Qian](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/3xI3ztYoTpP1AyEvDJNSMG/e95624cfe78b5fd4be8efcbbde94f31e/Kun-Qian.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
KQ
![Mikyung Shin](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/73v1UPRGajQXtcBvSTLcdC/e99f779259fa35bdeb94c8db4ce6cf41/Mikyung-Shin.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
MS
![Wei Zhai](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/5YemJayxAoe9pyoGYUxkeM/b91aa47897bad369330bbf2337a2c85f/image.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
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Materials Today Award Recipients
We are also pleased to welcome the previous recipients of the Materials Today Rising Star and Agents of Change Awards who will give invited talks at the conference.
Rising Star Awardees
Babak Anasori, Purdue University, USA
Wubin Bai, University of North Carolina, USA
Raphaële Clément, University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Kai Exner, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Seonki Hong, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
Yuanyue Liu, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Caio Otoni, University of Campinas, Brazil
Jijian Xu, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Ruquan Ye, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Houlong Zhuang, Arizona State University, USA
Agents of Change Awardee
Vishal Chaudhary, University of Delhi, India
Conference Chairs
![Jun Lou](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/4bUbjOand8h6gMJH3xG7I1/486e2753f1d96263fdf607f0b7350ab5/bio-Jun-Lou.jpg?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
JL
![Rosa Palacín](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/4H9wrUObWAhMSHAayZaQBf/57f38ef9bba0d5c9deb026fd2ada387c/rosa-palac_n.jpg?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
MRP
M. Rosa Palacín
Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona, Spain
Scientific Committee
![Junhao Chu](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/4nwiljMe2OQMrUeMqyn6KL/c5d6343ec3753db1cc200b3a9a8c8484/Junhao_Chu.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
JC
Junhao Chu
Fudan University, China - EiC of Materials Today Electronics
![Hongjin Fan](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/5LuDOyzwAaUmzyJGEDBZNx/c7abc850e243de16ff815500e4de908f/Fan-Hongjin.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
HF
Hongjin Fan
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore - EiC of Materials Today Energy
Hongjin Fan 더 읽어보기![Adam Lee](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/2xwRhBQwU1l6RY52sV0TZR/0f90357196113de37f71bda3629caf16/Adam-Lee.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
AL
Adam Lee
Griffith University, Australia
![Jian Liu](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/6jkJLfoP9G6rjMEHua14f0/36864d1ca1f4693909abdcb874407f12/Jian-Liu.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
JL
![João F. Mano](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/3h6iN06Lu9YpjrQu6i7F3p/6fe87774fd5f9c7dda78ff92d19cda84/Joao-Mano.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
JM
![Tomas Martin](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/5XXEHqPokWgWLoIJLjE1zV/e158796861adf02c11f5731028bcbcaf/Thomas-Martin.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
TM
![Jamie Warner](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/4uFWMaAkrGTivHL2e0Wo5y/1c9542d7469d26081bab2f1ca4d02b51/Jamie_Warner.jpg?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
JW
Jamie Warner
The University of Texas at Austin, USA - EiC of Materials Today Advances
![Jing Xia](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/pqELrzTfoNZTdVZg5dtCU/45254c7f9916b45e54a50ac7dd4d7736/Jing_Xia.jpg?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
JX