Organising Committee

Conference Chair

Professor Ajayan Vinu

Professor Ajayan Vinu

Global Innovation Chair Professor and Director

Prof. Vinu is the Global Innovation Chair Professor and Founding Director of the Global Innovative Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials (GICAN) at the University of Newcastle, a position he has held since October 2017.

Conference Secretaries

Dr Gurwinder Singh

Dr Gurwinder Singh

Research Fellow

Dr. Gurwinder Singh is working as a Research Fellow at GICAN, located at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He received his Ph.D. degree in Materials Science in 2018 from the University of South Australia

Dr Kavitha Ramadass

Dr Kavitha Ramadass

Research Fellow

Dr Kavitha Ramadass held a Research Fellow position at GICAN, and her research interests focus on the design of multifunctional nanoporous materials for energy and environmental applications. Previously  she worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia.

Committee Members

  • Prof. Ramaswamy Murugavel | IIT, Mumbai, India
  • Prof. Antonio Tricoli, The University of Sydney, Australia
  • Prof. Raman Singh, Monash University, Australia
  • Prof. Seong-ju Hwang | Yonsei University, South Korea
  • Prof. Hideaki Yoshitake| Yokohama National University, Japan
  • Prof. Jiabao Yi | GICAN, University of Newcastle, Australia
  • Assoc. Prof. Thava Palanisami | GICAN, University of Newcastle, Australia
  • Prof. Paul Dastoor | Centre for Organic Electronics, University of Newcastle, Australia
  • Prof. John V Kennedy | GNS Science, New Zealand
  • Prof. Vipul Bansal, RMIT University
  • Prof. Mohammad J A. Shiddiky, Southern Cross University
  • Dr Ehsan Tavakkoli| University of Adelaide, NSW Department of Primary Industries
  • Prof Andrews Nirmala Grace | Professor & Director, VIT University
  • Dr. Nishar Hameed | Swinburne University, Australia
  • Dr. Franklin Gregory | Institute of Plant Genetics of the Polish Academy of Sciences
  • Dr. Jae-Hun Yang | GICAN, University of Newcastle, Australia
  • Dr Sathish CI | GICAN, University of Newcastle, Australia
  • Dr Muhammad Ibrar Ahmad | GICAN, University of Newcastle, Australia