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Researcher on bioenergy at the Department of Engineering of the University of Perugia, Italy. Visiting professor at the Institute on Clean and Renewable Energy hosted at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. More than 15 years of experience in the bioenergy sector, environmental impact assessment, carbon footprinting, carbon emissions reduction technologies, green energy and sustainable industry, with particular attention to food industry and agricultural operations.

Prof Kahraman is head of Astronautical Engineering Faculty Of Aeronautics And Astronautics at the University Of Erciyes. Before joining Astronautical Engineering, he was the director of Mustafa Cikrikcioglu Vocaional College. Prof Kahraman received his M.Sc and Ph.D. from Erciyes University, 1987,1992 respectively.Since 1984 he worked at Erciyes university as an Assistant, Asst Prof., Assoc. Prof and Professor. Prof Kahraman has supervised postgraduate research students (12 MSc and 3 PhD) to successful completion.

Prof Kahraman has published approx 100 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and international conferences, in addition to more than 3 book chapters. He was conducted more than 15 international and national Project including 2 EU and one UNİDO Project. Prof Kahraman has patented 1 innovative invention. Prof Kahraman has been found as a visitor researcher at University of Nevada Reno( UNR ) and Penn State University College Park .

Education Information
PostDoctorate,University ofCentralLancashire,BiomedicalScience,Biosciences,UnitedKingdom2019 -2020
Doctorate,AnkaraUniversity, InstıtuteOf Scıence,Turkey2001 -2005
Postgraduate,ErciyesUniversity,FenBil.Enst.,Biyoloji,Turkey1998 -2001
Undergraduate,ErciyesUniversity,FenEdebiyatFakültesi,Biyoloji,Turkey1994 -1998
Foreign Languages
English,B2Upper Intermediate
Certificates, Courses and Trainings
EducationManagementandPlanning,Principles and applicationof isotopicmethodology andmetrology,TUBİTAK,UME,
2012
EducationManagementandPlanning,QuantitativeMethods for EnvironmentalDataAnalysiswith StatisticalPackageR",
C.R.RaoAdvanced Institute ofMathematics andComputer Science,2012
EducationManagementandPlanning,TemelHücreKültürüKursu,ERÜ,ERBİYOTEK,2011
Dissertations
Doctorate,Sapanca veAbantGölü Su,Sedimentve SuculBitkiÖrneklerindeAğırMetalKonsantrasyonlarının
KarşılaştırmalıOlarakİncelenmesi,AnkaraÜniversitesi,FenBil.Enst.,Biyoloji,2005
Postgraduate,Sarımsaklı-Karasu’daYetişenPhragmites australis veThypha angustifoliaBitkilerinde veBunları
ÇevreleyenSedimentlerdeAğırMetalTayini,ErciyesÜniversitesi,FenBil.Enst.,Biyoloji,2001
ResearchAreas
MetabolicEngineering,Life Sciences,Biotechnology,Biomaterial,EnvironmentalBiotechnology,Hydrobiology,Natural
Sciences

Dr. M.V. Reddy obtained his Ph. D (2003) ( mention with highest honors) in the area of Materials Science from ICMCB-CNRS)/ENSCPB, University of Bordeaux, France. From July 2003- April 2019, he worked in Departments of Physics, Materials Science & Engineering and Chemistry, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore as senior Research fellow. For the last 20 years, he has been working on the nano/submicron sized materials for Li-ion battery materials (cathodes, anodes, supercapacitors and solid electrolytes), including novel methods of synthesis, characterization and evaluation of the electrochemical properties. June 2019-aug 2021 Senior Researcher at Institute of Research Hydro-Quebec, Montreal, Canada,. Currently Senior Research Professional at Noveau monde Graphite, Quebec, Canada.
He has published over 210 papers in various international journals and he gave 140 talks (Plenary, keynote and Invited talks) at various conferences. His h-index; 66 and 16100 citations ( source google scholar). He authored a landmark publication on electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries and their reaction mechanisms that appeared in Chemical Reviews (impact factor over 54; the paper has been cited over 2300 times since 2013). He trained many local high school/college and International exchange students and Ph.D students.
Honors:
He won Science Mentorship Programme (SMP) Outstanding Mentor Award (2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016), from Ministry of Education, Singapore and Inspiring Research Mentor Award (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018) from NUSHS. Won many awards in national and international conferences, for example won 2nd prize in prestigious Intel International Science & Engg. Fair (ISEF 2013) and 1st prize from American Chemical Society, USA. Free life membership award and prize (1000 USD) by International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD), USA. Excellent safety lead (2015), Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore. Long service award (2014), National University of Singapore, Singapore. Elected committee Member in Institute of Physics, Singapore (2015- march 2018), Materials Research Society (MRS) Singapore (two times, 2016 to 2020) and Global Materials Network (2012- till now) and Member in MRS-USA and ISE.
International Recognition:
Serving as editorial advisory board member in “ Materials Research Bulletin” , Journal of Energy Storage (from July 2020)Materials, Molecules , Nanomaterials (MDPI), and several other open access Journals and Societies. Regional editor: Nanoscience & Nanotechnology-ASIA (since Aug. 2011) and several open access Journals, and he served as theme chair for Energy and Environment and session chair for Batteries, Fuel cells and materials for Environmental protection in International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials (ICYRAM-IUMRS) 2012, Singapore and Co-chair for ICYRAM 2014 and 2016 conferences held at china and India respectively. Served as a session chair and advisory board in various international conferences. He served as a Ph.D. examiner for various universities (AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA, USA, INDIA, IITS) and referee for various international proposals and also advisory board member for many International conferences. http://scholar.google.com.sg/citations?user=pWKr2M0AAAAJ&hl=en.

Nalan KABAY is a Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ege University, Turkey and has been working at Ege University, Turkey since 1984. She graduated from Ege University and received her PhD from Kumamoto University, Japan in 1992 through a Monbusho Scholarship. She worked as a post-doc at National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials, Japan between 1998 and 1999 by a grant of STA-Japan. She visited Loughborough University and Imperial College-London, UK several times through the grants of the Royal Society, EPSRC and British Council between 1996 and 2008. She was Vice-Dean of the Engineering Faculty of Ege University between 2003 and 2009, a member of the steering committee of the Engineering Research Group at Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council (TUBITAK) between 2004 and 2007. Professor Kabay has around 150 SCI papers, several book chapters and has acted as guest editor of several special issues of international journals such as Reactive and Functional Polymers, Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange, Desalination, Water Research. She is the co-editor of three books. One of the book is on “Boron Separation Processes”. She is a member of editorial boards for 4 international journals and an honorary member of Japan Ion Exchange Society. Professor Kabay was involved in many international and national research projects and invited to give lectures and conferences at leading institutions of different countries. She has collaborated with many distinguished scientists from various countries and worked for the organizations of several international conferences and workshops. She has received the TUBITAK-Science Promotion Award in engineering field (2001), Canon Foundation in Europe Award (2001), Ion Exchange Award of Society of Chemical Industry, UK (2012). So far, she has supervised more than 50 graduate students for their PhD and MS theses. Her main interests are membrane separation processes, ion exchange, functional polymeric materials, inorganic adsorbents, solvent impregnated resins, separation and recovery of boron and lithium, desalination, wastewater reclamation and reuse.

Dr. Mehmet Fatih Kaya is an Assistant Professor in Energy Systems Engineering Department at Erciyes University, TURKEY. Mehmet Fatih has received his PhD degree in 2018 at Erciyes University on noble/non-noble catalyst development for PEM water electrolysers. He is currently working on the development of novel cost-effective gas diffusion layers for PEM water electrolysers as well as PEM Fuel cells, Microbial Electrolyzers and Alkaline Electrolyzers. He manages Erciyes University H2FC Hydrogen Energy Research Group and electric- hydrogen fuel cell car projects (VoltaCAR)with over 40student members. He has received prestigious fundings in related topics from Turkish Scientific Research Council (TUBITAK)and Erciyes University. He also leads the industrial PEM water electrolyser stack development studies for the several applications from domestic components. He has authored over 14 papers on related to hydrogen energy and electrochemical conversion systems. He has also a start-up company called BATARYASAN Energy Co. Ltd. for the commercialisation of his scientific outputs in electrochemistry and transportation field.

Education Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering, August 2015
Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Multi-Objective Generation Expansion Planning Considering Uncertainty and Modeling with the Pareto Uncertainty Index
Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering, December 2008
Colorado State University-Pueblo, Pueblo, CO, GPA 3.75/4.00

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, January 2007
Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, GPA 3.22/4.00

Bachelor of Science in Economics (not completed), 2003-2005
Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey,
Courses Completed: Introduction To Economics, Financial Accounting, Introduction To Law, Constitution Law, Statistics, Introduction To Business, Micro Economics, Macro Economics, Comparative Economics System, Commercial Law, Law Of Obligations, Sociology.

Experience Associate Director, November 2019 - Present
Energy Conversion Research and Application Center, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
Division Chair, 2017 - Present
Energy Planning and Management Division, Energy Systems Engineering Department, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey

Assistant Professor, 2016 - Present
Energy Systems Engineering Department, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey

Teaching Assistant, 2014 - 2015
Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, Rutgers University, Piscataway, USA
• Teaching assistant for Engineering Economics and Deterministic Models
Research and Teaching Assistant, 2009 - 2016
Energy Systems Engineering Department, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
• Teaching assistant for courses of Programming, Numerical Analysis, Fluent, Mechanical Engineering Labs
• Research on renewable energy resources and technologies, fuel cells, energy efficiency programs.
Graduate Assistant, August 2008 - December 2008
Colorado State University-Pueblo, Pueblo, CO, USA
• Responsible for scholars who qualify S-STEM (Scholarship for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
• Mentoring scholars about their university education
Graduate Assistant, August 2007 - May 2008
Colorado State University-Pueblo, Pueblo, CO, USA
• Worked for iCast on the project “Briquette Production from Fly Ash and Saw Dust”
• Organized logistics for the project
• Solved mixing problem of fly ash and sawdust

Masoud Taghavi is head of the mechanical engineering department, at the faculty of Noshahr, Technical and Vocational University (TVU), Iran. His research interests are mechanical engineering, energy engineering, hydrogen productions, fuel cell, sustainable energies and green systems, solar energy and photovoltaic, renewable energies and HVAC new technologies fields, low energy building, and CO2 capture. For more than 8 years, Masoud has been working as an HVAC engineer in buildings, researcher, and teacher for various universities in Iran. Masoud holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering - energy conversion. Masoud was introduced as the "Top Researcher" and "Top Lecturer" in the faculty of Noshahr, Technical and Vocational University (TVU), Iran, respectively in 2020, and 2021, 2022.