Advanced Materials for Next-Generation Technologies: Challenges and New Prospects

Shrikaant Kulkarni, PhD, is an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Business at the Victoria Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, as well as an Adjunct Professor at the Centre of Research Outcome and Impact at Chitkara University, India. He has delivered invited lectures and conducted sessions at national and international conferences and faculty development programs. He has guided many research projects and has published over 100 papers in national and international journals and conferences as well as many book chapters, edited books, and four textbooks in engineering chemistry.

Vipul Srivastava, PhD, is a Professor of Physics at the School of Chemical Engineering and Physical Sciences at Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India. His areas of interest are materials science, condensed matter physics, electronic structure calculations, density functional theory, optoelectronics, thermoelectrics, Heusler alloys, and perovskites materials. He has handled research projects funded by the Government of India, published over 100 research articles, and attended and organized many workshops, seminars, and conferences in India and abroad.

Rabah Khenata, PhD, is a Professor at the University Mustapha Stambouli of Mascara, Algeria, where he is also Head of the Laboratory of Quantum Physics of Matter and Mathematical Modelling (LPQ3M). He was the vice rector of external relations at Mascara University and was a founding member of the Algerian Academy of Sciences and Technologies. He has published one research book and many highly cited scientific papers, and has participated at many national and international conferences. He was recognized by the President of the Algerian Republic for his research excellence.

Yarub Al-Douri, PhD, is a Professor at the University of Sharjah, UAE, and at Piri Reis University, Turkey. He is a fellow of the European Academy of Sciences and is known for his contributions in renewable energy and nanotechnology. He initiated a Nanotechnology Engineering MSc Program and Nano Computing Laboratory in Malaysia and Southeast Asia, in addition to founding the Applied Materials Laboratory in Algeria. He has received many national and international prizes and awards and was named as one of the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University, USA (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020). He is Associate Editor of Nano-Micro Letters and Editor-in-Chief of Experimental and Theoretical Nanotechnology.