Programme
Speaker Biographies
Plenary Speakers
Steven CHU
Stanford University
Huimin ZHAO
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Vivian YAM
The University of Hong Kong
Vivian YAM
The University of Hong Kong
Vivian W.-W. Yam obtained both her BSc (Hons) and PhD from The University of Hong Kong, and is currently the Philip Wong Wilson Wong Professor in Chemistry and Energy and Chair Professor of Chemistry at The University of Hong Kong. She was elected to Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, International Member (Foreign Associate) of US National Academy of Sciences, Foreign Member of Academia Europaea, Fellow of TWAS and Founding Member of Hong Kong Academy of Sciences.
She was the Laureate of the 2011 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award. She has received a number of awards, including the Josef Michl ACS Award in Photochemistry, RSC Centenary Medal, RSC Ludwig Mond Award, Porter Medal, Bailar Medal, IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry Award, I-APS Presidential Award, JPA Eikohsha Award, JSCC International Award, State Natural Science Award, etc. She is currently the Vice-President of the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS), Chair of the CCS Women’s Chemists Committee, and President of the International Organization for Chemical Sciences in Development (IOCD). Her research interests include inorganic/organometallic chemistry, supramolecular chemistry and controlled assembly of nanostructures, photophysics and photochemistry, and metal-based molecular and nano-assembled functional materials for sensing, organic optoelectronics and energy research.
Sean DE CLEENE
Singapore Institute of Technology
Vivian YAM
The University of Hong Kong
Vivian W.-W. Yam obtained both her BSc (Hons) and PhD from The University of Hong Kong, and is currently the Philip Wong Wilson Wong Professor in Chemistry and Energy and Chair Professor of Chemistry at The University of Hong Kong. She was elected to Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, International Member (Foreign Associate) of US National Academy of Sciences, Foreign Member of Academia Europaea, Fellow of TWAS and Founding Member of Hong Kong Academy of Sciences.
She was the Laureate of the 2011 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award. She has received a number of awards, including the Josef Michl ACS Award in Photochemistry, RSC Centenary Medal, RSC Ludwig Mond Award, Porter Medal, Bailar Medal, IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry Award, I-APS Presidential Award, JPA Eikohsha Award, JSCC International Award, State Natural Science Award, etc. She is currently the Vice-President of the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS), Chair of the CCS Women’s Chemists Committee, and President of the International Organization for Chemical Sciences in Development (IOCD). Her research interests include inorganic/organometallic chemistry, supramolecular chemistry and controlled assembly of nanostructures, photophysics and photochemistry, and metal-based molecular and nano-assembled functional materials for sensing, organic optoelectronics and energy research.
Keynote Speakers
Huimin ZHAO
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Huimin ZHAO
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Karl ZIEMELIS
Nature
Lukas MAYR
BASF
Carla SEIDEL
BASF
Dr. Carla Seidel is Senior Vice President at BASF Group Research, where she leads the department of Chemical, Material and Regulatory Science. She is the Chairman of the Board of Trustee of the Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research, serves on the Board of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) and is a member of the Strategic Advisory Board Energy of the Helmholtz Society. Carla has held a variety of leadership roles at BASF, spanning R&D, Strategy, Marketing & Sales, and New Business Development. She joined BASF in 1996 as a lab team leader in Process Research & Chemical Engineering, following the completion of her PhD in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Hanover.
Milena CORREDIG
Aarhus University
Milena CORREDIG
Aarhus University
Milena Corredig is a Professor of Food Science at Aarhus University, Denmark, and Villum Investigator. She also holds a visiting professorship at Lund University in Sweden, named after Lise Meitner, a physicist known for her crucial role in the discovery of nuclear fission. Her research focuses on food science and technology, and specifically on the structure and functionality of food proteins and a systemic approach to sustainable food processing. She is actively involved in multidisciplinary research aimed at transforming food systems. She has published about 360 refereed publications in high impact journals, she is the editor of Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, food hydrocolloids and sustainable food proteins. She is actively involved in entrepreneurship education, and a strong advocate for research excellence with impact.
Aarti TOBIN
CSIRO
Xiaodong CHEN
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Xiaodong CHEN
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Professor Xiaodong Chen is a Distinguished University Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, with appointments in Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, and Medicine. Internationally recognised for his work in interdisciplinary materials science, he has pioneered bio-interfaced electronics that integrate biological systems with rigid devices. His innovations, spanning from water-responsive materials for nerve repair to wearable tactile sensors, are transforming medical diagnostics and treatment.
Prof Chen’s achievements have earned him numerous prestigious honours, including the Singapore President’s Science Award, NRF Investigatorship and Fellowship, the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, the Dan Maydan Prize in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, and the Kabiller Young Investigator Award. He is an elected member of the Royal Society, the Singapore National Academy of Science, the Academy of Engineering Singapore, and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He plays an active role in the scientific community, serving on editorial boards of top journals such as Advanced Materials, Chemical Reviews, Matter, and Small. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of ACS Nano, a leading global journal in nanoscience and nanotechnology.
Evelyn WANG
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Evelyn WANG
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Evelyn N. Wang is the Vice President for Energy and Climate and the Ford Professor of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She previously served as the Senate-confirmed Director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) from 2023-2025, where she led the Agency’s development, launch, and execution of high-risk, high-reward energy research and development programs. At MIT, she developed technologies for thermal management, energy conversion and storage, and water harvesting and purification. Dr. Wang holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. She also received an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Bin LIU
National University of Singapore
Bin LIU
National University of Singapore
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Terry VAN GEVELT
Singapore Management University
Terry VAN GEVELT
Singapore Management University
Terry van Gevelt is Associate Professor of Urban Sustainability and Lee Kong Chian Fellow at the College of Integrative Studies, Singapore Management University. Terry is an interdisciplinary social scientist focused on bridging the sustainability science-policy divide. His current research programme focuses on understanding and communicating the impacts of complex and uncertain climate impacts to diverse stakeholders. Terry is currently Lead Principal Investigator for a Climate Impact Science Research Programme (CISRP) grant funded by the National Environment Agency and National Research Foundation, Singapore. His research has been published in leading interdisciplinary journals, including Nature Climate Change, Climatic Change and Environmental Science and Policy. Terry holds MPhil and PhD degrees from the University of Cambridge.
Michael SHORT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michael SHORT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Tae-Eog LEE
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Tae-Eog LEE
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Tae-Eog Lee is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology). He has worked on semiconductor manufacturing automation, including scheduling & control and software engineering of clustered process tools, fab operation management, discrete event system modelling and control, AI-based scheduling and control, smart fab and factory, and manufacturing innovation strategies. He actively collaborated with industrial partners, including semiconductor manufacturing tool vendors and fabs. He graduated from Seoul National University, KAIST, and Ohio State University. He joined KAIST in 1991. He was an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. He received the Korea Engineering Award and the Month’s Scientist from Korea Research Foundation and Korea Ministry of Science and Technology, the Year’s KAIST Award, etc. He is a member and a board member of the Korea Academy of Science and Technology.
Xiaogang LIU
National University of Singapore
Xiaogang LIU
National University of Singapore
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Walter LEITNER
MPI CEC
Bin LIU
National University of Singapore
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Nieng YAN
Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation
Nieng YAN
Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation
YAN Nieng received her Bachelor’s Degree from the Department of Biological Science and Technology at Tsinghua University in 2000 and Ph.D. from the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University in 2004, where she continued her postdoctoral research. She joined School of Medicine, Tsinghua University as a professor in 2007. Ten years later, in 2017, she was recruited back by Princeton University and became the inaugural Shirley M. Tilghman Professor of Molecular Biology. In 2022, Yan Nieng served as the Founding President of Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research & Translation (SMART). In 2023, she served as the Director of Shenzhen Bay Laboratory (SZBL).
Dr. Yan’s primary research interest has been in the structural and mechanistic investigation of membrane transport proteins that are of tremendous physiological, pathophysiological, and pharmaceutical significance. She reported the first structures of the human glucose transporters GLUT1 and GLUG3, the eukaryotic voltage-gated sodium and calcium channels, and a number of proteins involved in sterol metabolism. Her present research program focuses on structure-guided mechanistic understanding and drug discovery for pain relief. Her achievements have won her numerous accolades.
