Wed, Nov. 26, 2025 · 10:00 am (CET)
Presenters
Prof. Fan Hong Jin
Editor in Chief,Materials Today
Dr Hongjin Fan is currently a full professor at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He received his PhD from National University of Singapore in 2003. After his postdoc research at Max-Planck-Institute, Germany and the University of Cambridge, he joined NTU in 2008. Dr Fan has been working on new-generation batteries and electrocatalysis. He has co-authored more than 330 journal papers with an H-index of 115 (WoS) and has been recognized as “Highly Cited Researcher” since 2016. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Materials Today Energy, and editorial/advisory board member of journals including Energy and Environmental Sciences, Small, Advanced Science, eScience, etc.
Prof. Sanjay Mathur
Associate Editor, Nano Energy
Sanjay Mathur is a Chair Professor and Director of the Institute of Inorganic Materials Chemistry at the University of Cologne in Germany. He is a Distinguished Professor at IIT Madras, and IIT Kharagpur, India. He is also the Director of the Institute of Renewable Energy Sources at the Xian Jiao Tong University, Xian, China and a World Class University Professor at the Chonbuk University in Korea. His research interests focus on application of nanomaterials and advanced ceramics for energy and health technologies. He holds several patents and has authored/ co-authored over 540 original research publications (h index, 82) and has edited several books. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Electroceramics, and Editor for Nano Energy. He is an Academician of the World Academy of Ceramics. He was awarded the Honorary Doctorate of the Vilnius University in 2016. He is a Fellow of ACerS, ASM International and MRS. He was elected Fellow of the European Academy of Science in 2020 and as Foreign Fellow of National Academy of Science, India in 2021. He was awarded the Woody White Award of the Materials Research Society (MRS) in 2021 and had received the Medal of the Chemical Research Society of India (2022). He is also the recipient of the Materials Frontiers Award (2022) of the International Union of Materials Research Society (IUMRS, 2022). He has served as the President of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS, 2022-23), USA. He was recognized by the Orton Jr. Lecture (2022/23) of the ACerS. He is the Secretary of IUMRS, and he serves on the Boards of European Science Council, German Ceramic Society and German Materials Society. He was elected Fellow of the European Ceramic Society (2025) and Academician of the African Academy of Science (2025).
Dr. Biswanath Dutta
Senior Publisher, Carbon, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Elsevier
Dr. Biswanath Dutta is a Senior Publisher within the Materials Science team at Elsevier. Dr. Dutta manages a portfolio of 8 journals which include Carbon, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Materials Today Nano and Materials Today Catalysis. He is a computational materials scientist. Dr. Dutta obtained his MSc degree in Physics from Gauhati University (India) in 2006. He then received his PhD degree in the field of theoretical Condensed Matter Physics from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (India) in 2012. Following this, he joined Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials (Germany) as post-doctoral scientist. In 2018, Dr. Dutta joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at TU Delft (Netherlands) for his second post-doc and worked there until 2022.
Dr. Jessica Tom
Scientific Editor, Elsevier
Dr. Jessica Tom, Scientific Editor, currently handles transferred manuscripts from initial assessment, inviting reviewers, and making final decisions at several journals including Surfaces and Interfaces, and Results in Surfaces and Interfaces. She received her Ph.D. in 2014 at the University of Sydney in the application of controlled radical polymerisation techniques to modify and improve the properties of materials such as cellulose and silica nanoparticles. Her post-doctoral research at Technische Universität Darmstadt and Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena involved tuning the ionic permselectivity of mesoporous materials for lab-on-chip devices, and preparing block copolymer micelles containing photoacids or photobases for photo-triggered local drug release. After deciding to leave the lab, Jessica joined Elsevier in 2021 in the Berlin office. Her role has changed during this time, but the focus has always remained helping authors reach publication by providing guidance, opportunities to revise, and facilitating transfers to more suitable homes.
Ela Pallipatti Mohan
Senior Publishing Ethics Expert, Elsevier Research Integrity and Publishing Ethics CoE
Elavenhil Pallipatti Mohan (ela) is a senior publishing ethics expert, co-leading the Research Integrity Screening Hub at Elsevier’s Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics Center of Expertise - A team of 50 Research Integrity specialists actively detect and address ethical concerns during the submission process. Ela is a seasoned professional in scholarly communication with 15 years of experience in various roles, including at Scopus. He is based out of Chennai, India.
