Dae Hoon Lee
University of Science and Technology, Korea

Dr. Dae Hoon Lee received his B.S, M.S and Doctoral degree in Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, 1997, 1999, 2003 respectively. And joined Dept. of Plasma Engineering, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials in 2004 where he had served as a head of the department till 2024. And From 20205, He has been serving as a Director of Nitro future Initiative Global Top Research Lab. Which is a national flagship project for future R&D supported by NST (National Research Council of Science & Technology) and MSIT (Ministry of Science and ICT. He also serves as a Professor in Dept. Environment & Energy Mechanical Engineering of University of Science and Technology and Adjunct Professor of Korea University (Sejong) for 2024~2025. He is editorial board of Plasma Science and Technology, Steering board member of ISNTP(International Symposium on Non-thermal/Thermal Plasma for Pollution Control & Sustainability) and EAPETEA (East Asia Plasma-Electrostatic Technology for Environmental Applications) His research interest covers plasma driven thermal process including refinery process, reforming and combustion and electrification of diverse chemical processes. He is author of about 90 international journal papers and registered more than 270 domestic and foreign patents. Most of his works are dedicated in commercialization of the technology. He has been signed and contributed in 34 technology transfer contracts. He is now under collaboration with more than 20 domestic and foreign companies to provide solutions for energy and environmental issues. E-mail: dhlee@kimm.re.kr

Jinqiang Zhang
The University of Western Australia, Australia

Dr Jinqiang Zhang obtained his PhD in Perth from ECU’s School of Engineering on ‘Development of nanostructured photocatalysts for solar fuels production’ (2017-2021). After his PhD, Dr Zhang moved to Adelaide in 2022 to take up a post-doctoral position working on photothermal catalytic conversions of one-carbon compounds. In 2024 he was awarded an Australian Research Council Discover Early Career Research Award and in 2025 moved to UWA’s School of Molecular Sciences to take up a lectureship. At UWA his work will focus on developing nanostructured catalysts to convert sunlight into chemical fuels, such as clean hydrogen from water and high-value-added fuels from CO2.