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Dr. Guoliang Chen is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Green Electrochemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide (GETCO2) and the School of Chemical Engineering at The University of Queensland. He is also an Adjunct Research Fellow in the Centre for Future Materials at the University of Southern Queensland. He completed his Ph.D. in 2025 at the University of Southern Queensland. His research focuses on developing flow-through gas diffusion electrodes for the electrochemical reduction of CO2. His current main research interests include engineering advanced gas-diffusion electrodes, high-rate gas-phase product reduction, and electrochemical catalysis. To date, he has published over 21 peer-reviewed papers in top-tier journals, including Advanced Materials, Matter, Applied Catalysis B, etc.

Silvia Chowdhury is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia. She received her PhD in Materials Science from AIBN, UQ in May 2025. Prior to that, she earned a Master of Science (by Research) in Mechatronics Engineering from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB). Her current research focuses on the design and fabrication of metal-organic frameworks with precisely tailored composition and morphology to optimise their performance in gas sensing and biosensing applications.

Dr Karan Gulati is a Research Group Leader and the Deputy Director of Research at the School of Dentistry, UQ. He is also the Deputy Director of Centre for Orofacial Regeneration, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation (COR3) at UQ Dentistry.

Dr Gulati is a pioneer in electrochemically nano-engineered dental implants with over 13 years of extensive research experience using nano-engineering towards various bioactive and therapeutic applications. Dr Gulati completed his PhD from the University of Adelaide (Australia) in 2015 and was awarded the Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence. His career has been supported by prestigious fellowships from NHMRC (National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia), JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan), Erasmus+ (Germany) and the University of Queensland. At 10 years post-PhD, Dr Gulati has edited 3 books, published 7 chapters and >79 publications (h-index 44), and presented >110 times in various reputed conferences.

A/Professor Bin Luo is an ARC Mid-Career Industry Fellow and Group Leader at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) and the School of Chemical Engineering at The University of Queensland (UQ). He received his PhD in Physical Chemistry from the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2013. He joined UQ as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2014 and subsequently secured a series of highly competitive fellowships, including the UQ Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, ARC DECRA, Future Fellowship, and Mid-Career Industry Fellowship. He currently leads a research group focused on advanced battery materials and technologies.

Research interests in Luo group mainly include

• Design of functional materials for next generation energy storage applications, including multivalent metal batteries, redox flow batteries and solid state batteries.
• Exploring new conceptual energy conversion or storage systems (e.g. flexible/micro-batteries, solar rechargeable battery).
• Revealing the structure-performance relationship of functional materials via in/ex situ investigations.
• Interaction of biomaterials and energy storage.

Dr Zhiliang Wang is an ARC Future fellow in The University of Queensland. He has focused on renewable energy conversion processes, including green hydrogen production, carbon dioxide fixation, methane conversion and plastic upcycling. He has accumulated experience in the design of functional materials for achieving sustainable energy utilization and the circular economy. He has published over 110 papers in top-tier journals with over 11,000 citations. Until now, Dr Zhiliang Wang has attracted over $3M research funding. He has been awarded with the J G Russell Award by the Australia Academy of Science, UQ Foundation of Research Excellent Award by UQ and other prizes.