Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Utrecht Universitye.

Petra De Jongh is Professor of Inorganic Nanomaterials

Petra de Jongh studies nanostructured inorganic materials (generally nanoparticles in mesoporous supports), in order to better understand the impact of particle size, confinement and pore structure on the functionality of these materials for applications in catalysis and energy conversion and storage.

Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux

Etienne Duguet is a Professor at the University of Bordeaux.

He is a full professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Bordeaux, where he obtained his PhD in polymer chemistry (1992). He is also team leader at the Bordeaux Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry (ICMCB). His research activities concern the design of hybrid organic-inorganic nanoparticles of complex composition and morphology, such as patchy colloids, and the study of their assembly in particular. Etienne Duguet has been Deputy Director of the ICMCB, Managing Director of the Advanced materials by design cluster and President of the Conseil National des Universités (section 33 - Chemistry of materials). He is currently in charge of the “Innovation Campus” mission with the Vice-President for Research at the University of Bordeaux.

Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces - Potsdam

Peter Fratzl is Director of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, Germany.

He holds an engineering degree from the École Polytechnique in Paris, a doctorate in physics from the University of Vienna and an honorary doctorate from the University of Montpellier. He is Honorary Professor at the University of Potsdam and the Humboldt University of Berlin, where he co-directs a center of excellence for interdisciplinary research between science, the humanities and design. Peter Fratzl studies biologically inspired composite materials and conducts research into osteoporosis and bone regeneration. He is a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the German Academy of Engineering Sciences, among others.

Laboratoire de Mécanique et Technologie - Saclay

François Hild is CNRS Research Director at the Mechanics and Technology Laboratory (Université Paris-Saclay).

He graduated from the Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay in 1989, obtained his PhD in mechanics of materials from the Université Pierre & Marie Curie (Paris 6) in 1992, and from the University of California at Santa-Barbara in 1995. His research focuses on the identification and validation of constitutive models with full-field measurements at various scales and modalities. He was awarded the 2017 CNRS Silver Medal for his body of work.

Center for Advanced Radiation Sources - Chicago

Yanbin Wang is a research professor at the University of Chicago Research Institute.

He received his PhD from Stony Brook State University (now Stony Brook University). He has been working on synchrotron beamlines and developing multi-anode techniques at the Advanced Photon Source since 1996. His research covers the general field of condensed matter physics, with particular emphasis on high-pressure physics, using high-pressure multi-angle techniques in conjunction with synchrotron radiation. He is mainly interested in the physical and chemical properties of terrestrial and planetary materials. He also conducts regular research in the field of materials science, with a particular focus on superhard materials.

Ecole Polytechnique - Paris

Silke Biermann is Professor at the Ecole Polytechnique and Chair of its Physics Department.

She obtained her degree in physics from the University of Cologne and went on to defend her doctorate in physics in 2000. In 2003, she became Associate Professor at the Ecole Polytechnique. Silke Biermann works in theoretical condensed matter physics. My research activities focus on systems with strong electronic correlations. I'm particularly interested in developing methods for describing such systems from first principles.

Indian Institute of Science - Bangalore

Professor Ajay Kumar Sood holds the Year of Science Chair in the Department of Physics at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

He has served as President of the Indian National Academy of Sciences (2017-2019), President of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2010-2012) and Secretary-General of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) (2013-2018). He is currently a member of the Indian Prime Minister's Advisory Council on Science, Technology and Innovation. Professor Sood's research interests include the physics of nanosystems such as graphene and other 2D materials and soft condensed matter, with a particular focus on innovative experiments.