Dr Hongjun Chen is currently a Research Fellow at the School of Physics, the University of Sydney (USYD). He received his PhD degree from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2008. Before joining USYD in 2021, he worked at five international universities for more than 10 years. He has been awarded the Alexander von Humboldt fellowship and the University of Queensland fellowship and has been involved in several Australian Research Council Discovery Projects and Australian Renewable Energy Agency project on the research topic of the design and fabrication of efficient electrode/electrolyte interface for hydrogen production using the photoelectrochemical and photovoltaic-electrochemical methods. Up to now, he has published 99 peer-reviewed articles with h-index of 42. Recently, he focuses on the solar-driven production of clean hydrogen and value-add products and have submitted three IP applications on this topic.

Dr Yi-Sheng (Eason) Chen is a Senior Research Fellow and a University of Sydney Fellow at the Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis and the School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering of the University of Sydney. Eason’s research interest is using advanced materials characterisation tools to study industry challenges in materials engineering. He specialises in cryogenic microscopy, particularly cryogenic atom probe tomography (cryo-APT). He uses cryo-APT to understand hydrogen embrittlement of steels and has two publications in Science on this subject. Eason’s research has attracted over 3 million Australian dollars of research funding, mainly from the Australian Research Council Linkage scheme and industry partnerships. Eason completed his PhD (2018) at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, after a few years of industry services and his MS (2009) and BS (2007), both at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. He is a proud Taiwanese and a father of two lovely girls.

Dr Reza Fazeli is a Research Fellow at Zero-Carbon Energy for the Asia-Pacific Grand Challenge. He joined the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science in January 2020. His main research interests are energy systems modelling focusing on the transition to renewable hydrogen, analysis of energy policies towards decarbonization and multi-criteria decision analysis for energy planning. He has explored the trajectories towards sustainable energy systems in Iceland, and Portugal. He received his PhD in Sustainable Energy systems from University of Porto, MIT-Portugal program. He has an MSc in Energy Systems Engineering from Sharif University of Technology and a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from University of Tehran. 

Nawshad Haque is a Principal Research Scientist at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Australia and leads the Electrochemical Energy Systems Team. His team is developing low-cost electrolysers and other associated technologies for hydrogen energy systems. Dr Haque has over 20 years R&D experience since having a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Sydney. He has played a key role in the development of CSIRO’s technology evaluation capabilities including flowsheeting, techno-economic and life cycle assessment methodologies using various databases, tools and software. Dr Haque has strong interest in the evaluation of technologies for decarbonisation of the energy, mining, mineral processing and metallurgical industries. In his current role, Dr Haque has initiated several large international multiparty collaborative research relationships with the governments, industries leading to the establishment of multi-million-dollar projects related to various technologies for science capacity development. Dr Haque has co-authored more than 100 publications attracting numerous citations. Dr Haque is currently an elected Fellow of the Australian Institute of Energy, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a member of the TMS. He has assisted several journals including Minerals, Journal of Cleaner Production, Drying Technology, and a regular reviewer of International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. He has served as a Director of the Board of Australian Life Cycle Assessment Society for 10 years. Dr Haque has co-supervised CSIRO sponsored 11 PhD students and over 54 vacation scholarship projects to completion. He is an adjunct academic at the Swinburne, Monash and RMIT University in Australia.

Olivier JOUBERT (1965) is presently full professor in Chemistry of Materials at University of Nantes and is Chair of electrochemical storage and conversion of energy group (ST2E) of “Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel (CNRS-IMN)”. The major research interests of professor JOUBERT revolve around development of new materials for technological applications such as high and intermediate temperature ceramic Solid Oxide (SO) fuel or electrolyser cells (SOFC and SOEC). He is co-author of 120 publications, 25 invited talks and 5 patents. Olivier Joubert is chairing the French Research Network on Hydrogen Energy which assembles the major French academic research groups in the field of electrolysis production and storage of hydrogen and also its conversion to electricity using fuel cell.

Dr Jingjing Liu is a Research Fellow at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Her research background is across material processing, high-temperature thermal fluids and energy management, and electrochemical/electrolysis engineering. Her research interests span from fundamental research to application in the electrolysis industry. NZ Royal Society supports Jingjing’s current research to improve the process efficiency of green H₂ production by water electrolysis. Dr Liu is also a Project Lead for the New Zealand Product Accelerator program. Currently, she is engaging with New Zealand companies, especially in green energy, to improve their products and processes and develop industrial technologies for New Zealand businesses.

Dr Emma Lovell is a Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow in Chemical Engineering at the University of New South Wales. Currently, her research focuses catalyst design for a range of environmental and energy related applications. Emma completed her PhD in 2016 at UNSW (and the University of Bremen) developing materials for carbon dioxide conversion. Her current research focuses on rational catalyst development for the energy and environmental applications including the conversion carbon dioxide, hydrogen generation and ammonia synthesis utilizing light, heat, electricity and plasma.

Nasir Mahmood is a Vice-Chancellor Senior Research Fellow at RMIT University, obtained his PhD from Peking University in 2015. His research interest involves the development of advanced materials for a sustainable society. He is one of the highly cited researchers in the World by Clarivate, WebofScience. His early career began at the University of Wollongong, Australia (2015-16) followed by securing a research fellow position at Tianjin University, China (2016-17). He has an excellent track record in publishing high-quality publications >130 with citations >11,000 and an H-index of 51 as well as holds 4 patents/applications and author of 10 books/book chapters, commercialization, attracting research funding and media attention, managing editorial responsibilities and organizing conferences. His research has been highlighted in more than 100 media blogs and magazines in 6 different languages across the world. He has been awarded several prestigious awards including the Beijing Science and Technology Award 2018 by the Municipal Government of Beijing, China in recognition of his contribution to the technological and economic advancement of Capital City Beijing, RMIT Vice-Chancellor Postdoctoral Fellowship (2019-2022) and RMIT Vice-Chancellor Senior Research Fellowship (2022-2026). He is also serving as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Chemistry. 

Dr Paul Medwell is an Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow in the School of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Adelaide. He has over twenty years of combustion research experience, and in the development and application of advanced laser diagnostic techniques for the measurement of flames and harsh reacting environments. Over the years, Dr Medwell has expanded his research interests to include fluid mechanics and energy utilisation more broadly, as well as biomass and biodigesters. Much of his current work is on the potential of hydrogen in the gas network, especially its integration with end-users.

He has published over 200 scientific articles, and regularly presents his findings to international audiences. In addition to his research work, Dr Medwell serves as an engineering consultant to industry and is an active contributor to the development of standards at national and international level.

Mark Paskevicius is Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at Curtin University in Australia. His research is focussed on the storage of renewable energy. He is dedicated to developing new materials for solid-state hydrogen storage to store energy for automotive, stationary and export applications. He is also leading research into new solid-state ion conductors for battery applications, focussing on boron-rich materials.

Prof. Joris Proost holds a Master and PhD in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Louvain University (KULeuven) in 1994 and 1998, respectively. After spending 3 years at Harvard University, he joined the Faculty of Louvain University at Louvain-la-Neuve (UCLouvain) in 2003, where he has been a tenured Full Professor since 2009. His current research interests within the Division of Materials and Process Engineering at UCLouvain focus on electrochemical process intensification, with a particular interest in developing new reactor and electrode technologies for green hydrogen production from renewable water electrolysis. A full academic track record is available at https://uclouvain.be/en/directories/joris.proost.

Prof. Proost is currently also the official Belgian representative within the Hydrogen Technology Collaboration Program (TCP) of the International Energy Agency (IEA). As such, he has been heavily involved as one of the subtask leaders in Task 38 on Power-to-Hydrogen. He was also invited to the high-level strategic IEA Hydrogen Workshop in February 2019 in Paris, and acted as a Peer Reviewer of the resulting seminal report “The Future of Hydrogen” that has been launched mid June 2019 on the initiative of the Japanese Government at the meeting of the G20 energy ministers in Tokyo. He has been invited since to contribute to 4 more hydrogen flagship publications of the IEA : “Energy Technology Perspectives, the world’s guidebook on clean energy technologies” (2020), “Hydrogen in the Northwest European region, a vision towards 2030” (2021), and “The Global Hydrogen Review” (2021, 2022). In addition, he has been asked as an international expert to advise the deployment and operation of an International Hydrogen Energy Center (IHEC), created in June 2021 by UNIDO, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation.

Daniel manages CSIRO’s portfolio of collaborative, industry-focussed RD&D across a range of low-emissions energy technologies including hydrogen, solar, bioenergy, CO₂ capture and use, energy aspects of the emerging circular economy, and alternative fuels. Daniel has held a range of project leadership and research management roles at the interface of CSIRO’s science and its industrial application, most recently leading CSIRO’s Hydrogen Energy Systems Future Science Platform, a broad research initiative supporting the long-term success of the emerging hydrogen industry. Daniel has over 25 years research experience in gasification and its applications, having worked on research projects domestically and internationally, and remains a senior researcher in the area of emerging bioenergy pathways.

Business development “Hydrogen” in the Fraunhofer IWS.
Project group leader Fraunhofer IWS at Dortmunder OberflächenCentrum DOC.
Research at the Institute of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, TU Dresden.
PhD in mechanical science and engineering (Structuring of carbon thin films) – grade: summa: cum laude.
Deputy group leader at Fraunhofer IWS in Dresden.
Research at Fraunhofer IWS in Dresden.
Diploma in physics (OLED on aluminum)

Astha Sharma is a post-doctoral researcher at ACT-H2 program, school of engineering, ANU. She is a Physicist and finds it closely tailored to her personality and is extremely passionate about applying physics to energy applications. She finished her PhD in direct solar hydrogen generation, from the school of engineering, ANU in 2021. Her research interest focusses on developing renewable technologies as an efficient, clean, and cheaper route to hydrogen production. Her work focusses on material development, computational modelling to understand different system configuration and limitations and techno-economic analysis for large scale hydrogen generation applications. 

Dr Zhiliang Wang is an ARC DECRA research fellow in The University of Queensland. After receiving his PhD degree from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics in 2017, he joint Prof Lianzhou Wang’s group focusing on solar driven chemical conversion processes, including water splitting, carbon dioxide fixation and methane conversion. He has accumulated rich experiences in the design of semiconductor based photocatalyst and photoelectrode and achieved over 70 publications in highly ranked journals such as Adv. Mater., Angew. Nat. Commun., etc. He has been awarded with the J G Russell Award by the Australia Academy of Science, ECR Research Award by UQ and other prizes.

Dr Lee White is a Research Fellow at the Australian National University with the Zero Carbon Energy in the Asia Pacific Grand Challenge program and with the School of Regulation and Global Governance. Her research relates to understanding how systems can be changed to increase clean technology adoption. She has conducted research that examines design, implementation, and multifaceted impacts of policies to support clean technology adoption, in areas ranging from design of green hydrogen certification schemes to understanding varying impacts of electricity rate and regulatory design across sociodemographic groups.

Dr Doudou Zhang obtained her PhD degree at Shaanxi Normal University in 2018 and was jointly supervised by academics at the Dalian Institute of Chemical and Physics. Dr Zhang also completed a six-month term as an exchange PhD student at the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering in University of New South Wales in 2018. Dr Zhang has worked as a Research Fellow in the Australian National University since 2019.

Her interests mainly focus on solar-driven electrochemical energy conversion; earth-abundant, environmentally friendly transition-metal and metal oxide/hydroxides/oxyhydroxides for electrocatalysis; high activity, cost-effective thin films as cocatalysts decorated on semiconductors for solar fuels conversion and nanostructured catalysts for electrocatalysis. She authored and co-authored 25 refereed journal publications on Energy & Environmental Science, Advanced Energy Materials, Chemical Society Review, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Advanced Functional Materials, Chemistry of Materials, ChemSusChem, Applied Physics Letters, Electrochimica Acta etc. Additionally, she has been authorized over 10 intellectual properties on electrocatalysts fabrication and design of device. Since joined the ANU, she mainly collaborated working on ARENA project of using perovskite/Si tandem absorber integrated with earth-abundant electrocatalysts to realize efficient low-cost hydrogen production.