Energy Materials

Dr. Surinder Singh is Faculty Member at Dr. S. S. Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh. He earned his Ph.D. from GGSIPU University Delhi and Masters in Chemical Engineering from Panjab University, Chandigarh. Dr. Suresh Sundaramurthy is Faculty & Former Head of Department, Chemical Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) Bhopal, India. He received the Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India. Dr. Alex Ibhadon is Professor of Decarbonization, Sustainability and Reactor Engineering at the University of Hull. Dr. Ibhadon is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (CChem), Senior Fellow UK Higher Education Academy, and Member Institute of Materials. Dr Ibhadon was the Director, School of Environmental Sciences (2015-2016) and Programme Director, Chemical Engineering (2017-2022) University of Hull. Dr. Ibhadon graduated with a PhD in Physical Polymer Chemistry from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. He has received > £7.08M in research funding (twenty-two grant awards) from the UK Royal Society, UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Newton, EU, NetZero Innovation, and the Commonwealth.Dr. Faisal Khan is Mike O'Connor II Chair and Interim Department Head & Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, USA. He is also the Director of Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center and the Director of Ocean Energy Safety Institute. Dr. Khan is a former Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier I) of Offshore Safety and Risk Engineering at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Process Safety & Environmental Protection and Safety in Harsh Environments.Prof. Sushil Kumar Kansal, Fellow Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), is Professor at Dr. S. S. Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh. He is also Dean International students at PU, Chandigarh. Prof. S. K. Mehta, Fellow Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), is the Vice Chancellor of University of Ladakh, UT and Professor at the Department of Chemistry. He was the Ex-Chairman, Chemistry and Ex-Director SAIF/CIL/UCIM at Panjab University, Chandigarh. He has been a visiting scientist in the UK, Germany, Japan, USA, and France and has guided 15 postdoctoral, 48 Ph.D., and 50 Master students and handled 20 research projects.

• 1. Circular economy for energy materials—state of the art initiatives and regulatory issues. 2. Circular Economy: An Industrial Perspective for Sustainable Future. 3. Lithium as new gold for advanced energy material, availability in nature, recovery from waste, and sustainability. 4. Photo-Catalytic Materials for Production of Hydrogen from Water Using Solar Energy. 5. Valorisation of lignocellulosic biomass into high value chemicals: Forging a route towards the circular economy. 6. Sustainable electrode materials/composites for Batteries and Fuel cells for achieving supercapacitance and environmentally benign mobility. 7. Carbon-based heterostructures: A circular economy energy application towards electrochemical sensors. 8. Technologies for conversion of Biomass to valuable chemicals and Fuels. 9. Microgrid structure for tapping renewable energy. 10. Plastic Waste to Value Added Products via Recycling and Upcycling. 11. Closing the Loop: Circular Economy for Food-Based Emulsions and Films for Energy Materials. 12. MOF-Based Nanocomposites for Energy Storage and Supercapacitor Applications. 13. A Circular Economy Approach to Solar Energy. 14. Recycling Within the Chemical Industry: The Circular Economy Approach- Industrial Perspectives. 15. The Future Perspectives of Global Circular Economy Transition and Comprehensive Cost analysis.