Invited Speaker

Vineet S. Sikarwar is a scientist at the Department of Plasma Chemical Technologies, Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and a researcher in the Department of Power Engineering at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Czech Republic. His work spans experimental and theoretical studies in thermal plasma–assisted waste valorization, methane pyrolysis for clean hydrogen production, and the development of value-added carbon materials. Before moving to the Czech Republic, he conducted research on conventional gasification and biofuel synthesis at the School of Environment, Tsinghua University, China. Dr. Sikarwar’s broader scientific interests include integrating CCUS with thermal plasma systems, biofuel synthesis, climate and sustainability studies, and solar desalination technologies. He has authored more than sixty-five publications indexed in Scopus, with over 4,400 citations and an h-index of 25. He serves as a regular reviewer for leading journals across major publishers, including ACS, RSC, Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, and MDPI. A recipient of several distinguished fellowships and scholarships, he began his professional journey as a project engineer in a major heat-exchanger manufacturing company in India.

Dr. Masoud Shahrokhi is a computational condensed matter physicist and materials scientist currently leading a research group in catalysis and photocatalysis at the University of Ostrava, Czech Republic. He earned his Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics in 2014 and has since held several competitive postdoctoral and research associate positions across Europe. His previous appointments include Paris-Est University (France), the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ, Spain), the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (ENS Lyon, France), IFP Energies Nouvelles in Lyon (IFPEN, France), and the Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier (ICGM, France). These positions allowed him to build a strong interdisciplinary profile bridging quantum materials theory, computational chemistry, and catalytic science. Dr. Shahrokhi’s research focuses on advanced quantum-mechanical simulations—DFT, ab initio molecular dynamics, and many-body perturbation theory (GW/BSE)—to understand electronic, optical, catalytic, and interfacial properties of low-dimensional and bulk materials. He has contributed significantly to heterogeneous catalysis and photocatalysis, particularly in elucidating charge transfer mechanisms, excited-state processes, surface reactivity, and band alignment at catalytic interfaces. He has published around 75 peer-reviewed papers in major international journals, including Nature Communications,AngewandteChemie,Journal of Materials Chemistry A, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and ChemCatChem. Dr. Shahrokhi has been listed among the top 2% of scientists by Elsevier/Stanford for four consecutive years (2021–2025) and has received several competitive grants, including the prestigious Marie Curie COFUND Fellowship. He also serves as a reviewer for numerous leading journals in condensed matter physics and materials science.

Marek Wiśniewski completed his PhD from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland, and postdoctoral fellow from Claude Barnard University in Lyon, France. He is a member of the Department of Materials Chemistry, Adsorption and Catalysis, and Institute of Advanced Studies. He has published over 115 papers in reputed journals. He is interested in the synthesis of novel nanostructures and studies of their unusual properties, including catalysis. His research focuses on the synthesis and characterization of novel nanostructured materials and the investigation of their unique physicochemical properties, particularly in the fields of adsorption and catalysis. His expertise encompasses surface chemistry and surface physics, reaction mechanism studies in plasma-assisted and catalytically enhanced plasma environments, and the development of innovative nanostructured adsorbents and catalysts. Dr. Wiśniewski is also actively engaged in advanced spectroscopic studies of surface chemistry transformations during adsorption and catalytic processes, utilizing state-of-the-art techniques such as in-situ Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy.

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Evelin Franco holds a PhD in Geochemistry (Petroleum and Environment) from POSPETRO/UFBA and is an Occupational Hygienist (UFBA). She also holds a Master’s degree in Geochemistry (Petroleum and Environment) from POSPETRO/UFBA, as well as degrees in Environmental and Sanitary Engineering and Occupational Safety Engineering from UNIFACS. She has received academic awards and holds patents and published articles. She is a professor at the Institute of Technology of Bahia (ITEBA/BA), the Irmã Dulce State Center for Professional Education in Services and Processes (CEEP Irmã Dulce), and the Anísio Teixeira State Center for Professional Education in Health (CEEPS Anísio Teixeira). She works as a consultant for Evelin Franco: Consultoria em Tecnologia, Saúde, Segurança e Meio Ambiente LTDA, serves on the Municipal Environment Council of Simões Filho/BA, and acts as a project coordinator for ABMPC Continental.

Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Dayang Norulfairuz Abang Zaidel is currently a lecturer and head of department in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She is a research fellow of Innovation Centre in Agritechnology for Advanced Bioprocessing (ICA), an active member of Wellness Innovation Technology i-Kohza at MJIIT. She is a chartered engineer certified by Institute of Chemical Engineers (IChemE UK) and also a Professional Engineer registered by the Board of Engineers Malaysia. She has been involved in various R & D and consultancy projects in the field of chemical-bioprocess engineering, as a leader and member of the projects. While committed with teaching the undergraduates and postgraduates courses, she also actively supervising postgraduate and undergraduate students. She is focusing on the research of bioprocessing especially in food processing and technology, food rheology, food nutrition, and green technology involving enzymes as biocatalyst. She has published more than 100 articles in indexed and non-indexed journals and authored 20 book chapters.