Magda Titirici is a Chair in Sustainable Energy Materials in the department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London. Her research is in the area of sustainable energy materials with focus on new battery chemistries beyond Li ion as well as electrocatalytic reactions such as water and biomass oxidation as well as oxygen and CO2 reduction.

She published over 300 papers cited over 34000 times and won numerous awards from Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, Institute of Materials and Mines to only mention a few.

Edson R. Leite is currently a professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Federal University of São Carlos (SP) and Scientific Director of the LNNano-CNPEM. He graduated in Materials Science and Engineering from the Federal University of São Carlos. From 1988-1992, he worked at 3M do Brasil, where he dedicated himself to the research and development of electronic and telecommunications products. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Federal University of São Carlos in 1993. In January 1994, he joined the Department of Chemistry at the Federal University of São Carlos. From 1998 to 1999, Edson was a Visiting Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA. His current research interests include synthesis and growth process of inorganic nanoparticles by chemical approaches, characterization of materials by electron microscopy, the thermal stability of nanostructured materials, and materials for photoelectrochemical devices. He has published more than 300 scientific articles and edited three books (related to materials for energy) and is co-author of a book (related to the process of nucleation and growth in nanocrystals). Edson received several awards, including Scopus Prize from Elsevier / CAPES (2006) and John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2009). In 2012, Edson was named a member of the World Academy of Ceramics and a Member of the Academy of Sciences of the State of São Paulo, and in 2019 he was elected a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. In 2014, he was co-chair of the MRS Spring Meeting in San Francisco, CA.

Prof. Dr., Advanced Energy Storage Division, Center for Innovation on New Energies, BREnergies, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Campinas; Av. Albert Einstein 400, Campinas, SP 13083-852, Brazil

Diego Bagnis holds a master’s degree on Applied Physics from the University of Turim [IT], devoted to nanotechnology for the electronics industry and a PhD on nanomaterials from the University of Perugia [IT]. He worked at Triom Spa [IT] as designer, simulating reflecting surfaces and responsible for the photometric laboratory. He was the inventor of various products commercialized all over the world by Piaggio Spa in 2005. During his Ph.D, he performed research on the fields of materials science and chemistry applied to organic and inorganic LEDs, soluble small molecules, organic photovoltaics (OPV) in various international academic groups, including Northwestern University [USA], Technical University and the Department of Molecular Physics of Lodz (Poland). Moreover, he also worked on the morphology of thin films and carbon nanotubes at the University of Perugia [Italy]. He was a researcher on OPV at Konarka (Austria), wherein he carried out advanced morphological studies from organic polymers: mixtures of fullerenes and development of simulation tools and programming routine for molecular dynamics and OPV devices. In 2012, he co-founded Morphwize snc, a spin-off company focused on computer simulation for ultrafast weather forecasting within the photovoltaic facilities connected to a smart grid. He manages R&D activities since 2014 and became the scientific director of CSEM Brazil (since May 2022 it is called Oninn). The main focus is to advance the last innovation steps towards transferring the knowledge to the laboratory for potential fabrication and products. Managing research projects on perovskite and organic materials applied to photovoltaics, besides more recently flexible hybrid electronics (FHE).

Full Professor at Escola Politécnica of the University of São Paulo (EPUSP) since 2010, in the speciality of Applications and Principles of Mechanical Engineering. Livre Docente in Fluid Mechanics (EPUSP, 2002). PhD in Aerodynamics, University of London (1993), DIC-Diploma of Imperial College in Aeronautical Engineering (1993). Master’s in mechanical engineering (EPUSP, 1989). Bachelor of Physics (IFUSP, 1989). Civil Engineer (EEM, 1984). Member of the São Paulo State Academy of Sciences (ACESP, 2017). CNPq PQ Research Productivity Grant Level 1A. Consultant in Fluid Mechanics, Hydrodynamics, Aerodynamics, Flow-Induced Vibration, Bioengineering and Aeroacoustics. He is currently a Full Professor (MS6) at the Mechanical Engineering Department, EPUSP. He was a Research Associate in the Department of Aeronautics at Imperial College (1995, United Kingdom). At EPUSP, he develops activities in the research lines of numerical methods applied to fluid dynamics and experiments in fluids. Specialist in aerodynamics and hydrodynamics of bluff bodies, vortex shedding, flow- induced vibration, vortex-induced noise and computational fluid dynamics. Scientific and Executive Director of the Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Innovation RCGI (FAPESP-SHELL). He was the creator of the Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (CFD Lab) and the Experimental Fluid- Dynamics and Anemometry Laboratory. Member of the Fluid and Dynamics Research Group (NDF). He is the author or co-author of more than 175 articles published in International Journals, such as Book Chapters and International and National Conference Proceedings.

Coordinates scientific and technological research and development projects sponsored by Petrobras, Shell, Embraer, Eneva, Fapesp, Finep / CTPetro, CNPq / CTPetro, Voith-Siemens, British Petroleum (BP), Oxiteno, BG Group, among others. BBVIV5 5th Conference Organizer (Chairman) on Bluff Body Wakes and Vortex-induced Vibration-2007. Chairman of the IUTAM-ABCM Symposium on Laminar Turbulent Transition-2014. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of BBVIV. He is a consultant for Fapesp, CNPq, Capes and Finep research fund agencies.

Engineer on Renewable Energies. She is currently a FAPESP fellow working on a Master’s project on Electrical Engineering at UNICAMP. Her expertise includes high-efficiency supercapacitors, mainly those based on organic electrolytes, ionic liquids, and residual gas analysis by mass spectroscopy (operation mode). She had a CNPq grant during her undergraduate studies, which were devoted to the synthesis and development of ceramic materials and catalysts for SOFCs.

Pablo S. Fernández was born in Argentina. He received his B.Sc (2006) and Ph.D. (2011) in the Research Institute of Theoretical and Applied Physical Chemistry (INIFTA) at University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina under the supervision of Profa. Maria E. Martins. During 2012-2014 he was postdoctoral fellow in the same institution. In 2014 he joined the Electrochemistry Group at the Chemistry Institute of São Carlos, USP, where worked as a Posdoc with Prof. Germano Tremiliosi-Filho until August of the same year when he was appointed Assistant Professor at the Chemistry Institute of the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). Between 2010 and 2013 he visited the group of Prof. Giuseppe Câmara (UFMS-MS) where he worked intensively with FTIR in situ. From 07/2015 to 03/2016 he joined the Catalysis and Surface Chemistry Group, at the University of Leiden (The Netherlands) working under supervision of Prof. M.T.M. Koper. He is currently Associate Professor at UNICAMP, head of the Campinas Electrochemistry Group (CampEG), Co-Principal Investigator and Technology Transfer coordinator at the Center for Innovation on New Energies (CINE). He was Director of the Physical Chemistry Division of SBQ (Brazilian Chemical Society, 2020-2022). Since 2020 is the Brazilian representative of the SIBAE (Ibero-American Society of Electrochemistry). His research focuses on fundamental aspects of electrochemistry and electrocatalysis with emphasis in the use and development of in situ characterization tools

Rodrigo Szostak got his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Ponta Grossa State University (UEPG) (2009-2014). Then, he moved to the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) to work on perovskite solar cells (PSCs) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ana Flávia Nogueira; he got a master’s degree in Chemistry in 2016. After that, he kept studying PSCs with Prof. Nogueira, but started to employ synchrotron radiation techniques to characterize PSCs in association with Dr. Hélio Tolentino, from Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), which is part of the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM). Also, during his Ph.D., Rodrigo spent one year at EPFL, under the supervision of professor Anders Hagfeldt, working on PSC devices. Rodrigo got his Ph.D in 2021, then he joined Dr. Tolentino’s research team at Carnauba beamline (Sirius/LNLS). His postdoctoral activities are focused on the development of in situ and operando experimental setups to characterize PSCs at Carnauba beamline. Rodrigo has experience on PSC device preparation and characterization by using synchrotron radiation through X-ray scattering (in situ GIWAXS) and nano-FTIR techniques.

She got her bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM). Her doctorate activities at the Institute of Chemistry from UNICAMP (2020 to the moment) are focused on the application of oxide semiconductor materials and the assembly of gas diffusion electrodes for the photoreduction of CO2.

She got her bachelor’s degree in Chemistry in 2007 and doctor’s degree on Energy at the Engineering Center on Modelling and Social Applied Sciences, from Federal University of ABC (2013). Her postdoctoral studies were carried out at the Institute of Chemistry (2015) in conjunction with the Chemical Engineering Department from Escola Politécnica (2019), both from the University of São Paulo, and also at the Center for Innovation on New Energies (CINE)/UFABC-IPEN-Shell-FAPESP - Methane to Products division (2021). She worked as a visiting researcher at the Physical-Chemistry institute of Materials, Environment and Energy from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina, 2009) and at the Center for Nanoporous Materials from the University of Manchester (United Kingdom, 2012). Her expertise includes materials chemistry and the generation of renewable energy. She works on the design and characterization of nanomaterials derived from mesoporous silica, metal oxide nanoparticles with tailored composition, size and shape, devoted to applications in heterogeneous catalysis for the conversion of methane to higher value-added products.

He got his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste (UNICENTRO). His scientific initiation was devoted to fundamental electrochemistry. His doctorate activities (FAPESP fellowship) are focused on Physical-Chemistry at Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), particularly on microwave-assisted electrochemistry and the optimization of electrolyzers for the production of hydrogen gas. He has experience on the simulation of electrochemical reactors coupled to fluid dynamics.

Nowadays, she is currently carrying out her second Post-doctorate at QTNano Group - Prof. Dr. Juarez L.F. Da Silva at Universidade de São Paulo (USP) and, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Juarez L. F. Da Silva. The developing research project relies on the investigation of copper and zinc complexes protected by ligands (“superatoms”) for the activation and conversion of carbon dioxide, using computational approaches based on the Density Functional Theory (DFT). From 2021-2022, she had a position as an Associate Professor in the field of General and Analytical Chemistry at Universidade Federal do Piauí. She carried out her first post-doctorate (FAPESP) at QTNano Group, from 2018 to 2021, where was investigated through DFT calculations, the activation and conversion of methane into higher-added value chemicals, using mainly transition metal nanoclusters. She obtained both Doctorate in Chemistry (2018) and Master (2013) degrees, with an emphasis on Physical Chemistry at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Giovanni F. Caramori. During this time, her research focused on the interaction of transition metal complexes with different biological targets and their potential as candidates for antineoplasic drugs. She was also an Assistant Professor III (2015-2018) at Instituto de Ensino Superior da grande Florianópolis (IESGF) in the Civil Engineering, Nutrition, and Nursing undergraduate courses, in which she was responsible for the General and Applied Chemistry and Physics classes. From 2013 to 2018, she held the position of Professor of Chemistry and Biology for High-School (SINERGIA and ACT), in which, she worked externally at the Escola de Aprendizes Marinheiros de Santa Catarina and Centro de Preparação para Admissão Militar (CPAM). She holds a Bachelor degree in Chemistry from UFSC, and also an educational equivalent degree from Universidade de Franca.

Marcos G. Quiles is an Associate Professor at the Department of Science and Technology, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil. He received his BS degree, with honors, in 2003 from the State University of Londrina, Brazil, and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, in 2004 and 2009, respectively. From January to July of 2008, Quiles was a Visiting Scholar in the Perception and Neurodynamics Lab at The Ohio State University, Columbus-OH-US. From January to December of 2017, Quiles was an Academic Visitor at the University of York, York-UK. He was awarded a Brazilian research productivity fellowship from the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq). His research interests include nature-inspired computing, machine learning, complex networks, and their applications in interdisciplinary problems.