Mahnaz Dadkhah Jazi is a researcher with expertise in nanomaterials and electrochromic technologies, particularly in the development of materials for smart window applications. She currently is a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide, School of chemical engineering, focusing on the research of next-generation electrochromic materials and their characterization using techniques such as UV-Vis, SEM, and XRD. Her research also extends to environmental pollutant degradation, contributing significantly to sustainable technology advancements. She has published extensively in high-impact journals, making notable contributions to the fields of nanotechnology, material science, and energy solutions

Dr Xiaoguang Duan is an Associate Professor at the School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide. His research areas focus on catalytic engineering, functional materials, advanced water purification technologies. Dr Duan has published over 300 peer-reviewed research papers in Nature Water, Nature Communications, Chemical Review, Chemical Society Review, Advanced Materials, Angew Chem Int Ed, ACS Catalysis etc. His publications received >44,000 citations with h-index of 111. He is a highly cited researcher in ‘Environment/Ecology’ and ’Chemistry’, and received the ‘MIT Technology Review Innovator Under 35’, ACS ‘James J. Morgan’ Awards, and Young Tall Poppy Award.

Saba got her bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan in 2018. She finished at the top of her class and was awarded with a gold medal for outstanding academic achievement. She completed her M.Sc. from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia, in 2022, where she developed activated porous carbon from rubber-seed shells for CO2 adsorption. She joined RMIT as a PhD candidate in 2022 and is working on synthesizing supported and unsupported liquid metal catalytic systems for ammonia synthesis. She has experience in material development and characterization using advanced techniques including TEM, TGA, and GC/MS.