Prof. Jong Hak Kim

Yonsei University, South Korea

Biography: Prof. Jong Hak Kim received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Yonsei University, South Korea, in 2003. He subsequently worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 2005, he joined Yonsei University as an assistant professor and is currently a full professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. His research interests focus on the synthesis of functional polymers and their applications in gas separation membranes and polymer electrolytes for electrochemical devices. Prof. Kim has published over 420 papers in peer-reviewed international journals, including Nature Communications, Angewandte Chemie, and Advanced Materials. His work has received more than 17,400 citations, and his current h-index is 69.  

 

Prof. Ildoo Chung

Pusan National University, South Korea

Biography: Ildoo Chung is a Professor in the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering at Pusan National University, Korea, where he has been a faculty member since 2005. He received his Ph.D. from Pusan National University in 2000, followed by postdoctoral research in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Tennessee, USA, and in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
Professor Chung currently serves as Vice President of the Polymer Society of Korea and as Chair of the IUPAC Polymer Division Subcommittee on the East Asia Research Meeting on Structure and Properties of Commercial Polymers. He has also served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Adhesion and Interface and as a member of the board of directors for several professional societies, including the Polymer Society of Korea, the Korea Society of Adhesion and Interface, the Korea Polyurethane Society, and the Asian Cyclodextrin Conference. He has published over 160 peer-reviewed articles and delivered more than 230 presentations at national and international conferences.
His research focuses on advanced polymer synthesis techniques, including atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization, and their applications in functional polymeric biomaterials. His work encompasses drug delivery systems, polymers for dental and orthopedic applications with compatibility to both hard and soft tissues, photocurable and 3D-printable biomaterials, biodegradable polymers, and polymer-based composite systems.  

 

Assoc. Prof. Ahmed I. Osman

Canterbury CC University, United Kingdom

Biography: Assoc. Prof. Dr Ahmed I. Osman is a UK-based energy and materials researcher at Canterbury CC University, where he leads Energy Engineering and serves as Course Director of the MSc Renewable & Sustainable Energy Transition. His research focuses on advanced catalytic and functional materials for hydrogen production, methane and CO₂ conversion, low-carbon fuels, carbon management and sustainable energy systems, with particular emphasis on structure–property–reactivity relationships, metal–support interactions, catalyst durability and translation towards practical applications. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers, attracting over 35,000 citations with an h-index of 92, including 14 Highly Cited Papers. He is a Distinguished Editor of Environmental Chemistry Letters, Associate Editor of Environmental Chemistry (CSIRO Publishing, Australia), and serves on the editorial boards of Scientific Reports and Molecular Catalysis. He is also a member of the UK EPSRC Peer Review College. Dr Osman has delivered invited keynote and plenary lectures internationally across energy, catalysis, advanced materials and net-zero engineering.