Keynote Speakers
Prof. MOHAN KOLHE
Smart Grid & Renewable Energy, University of Agder, Norway
Prof. MOHAN KOLHE is with the University of Agder (Norway) as full professor in electrical power engineering with focus in smart grid and renewable energy in the Faculty of Engineering and Science. He has also received the offer of full professorship in smart grid from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). He has more than twenty-five-years' academic experience at international level on electrical and renewable energy systems. He is a leading renewable energy technologist and has previously held academic positions at the world's prestigious universities. He was also a member of the Government of South Australia's Renewable Energy Board (2009-2011) and worked on developing renewable energy policies. He was also leading the EU FP7 Smart Grid-ICT project 'Scalable Energy Management Infrastructure for Household' as Technical Manager (2014-2017). His academic work ranges from the smart grid, grid integration of renewable energy systems, home energy management system, integrated renewable energy systems for hydrogen production, techno-economics of energy systems, solar and wind energy engineering, development of business models for distributed generation etc. He also did extensive teaching in renewable and electrical energy systems engineering as well as in energy economics. He has published extensively in the energy systems engineering. He has been invited by many international organizations for delivering expert lectures/ courses/ key note addresses/ workshops.
Title: TBA
Prof. Zhenhai Xia
University of New South Wales
Dr. Zhenhai Xia is an Associate Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering and Deputy Director of the Australian Carbon Materials Centre at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. Before joining UNSW, he was a professor jointly appointed in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Texas, USA. His research interests encompass multiscale and multiphysics modeling of clean energy conversion and storage, and green electrosynthesis, biological and bioinspired materials, and the mechanics of nanostructured materials and composites. He has authored one book, seven book chapters, and over 230 publications in peer-reviewed journals, including those in the Science and Nature series. His work has garnered over 33,000 citations with an h-index of 72 (Google Scholar). He has been invited to give numerous plenary presentations, keynotes, and invited talks at international conferences and academic institutions. Dr. Xia has received numerous awards, including the 1997 Humboldt Research Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the 2015 Nanoscience Research Leader Award from Science Letters, USA, and the 2019 Somiya Award from the International Union of Materials Research Societies. He is an associate editor for Frontiers in Energy Materials and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Title: Rational Design of Carbon Catalysts for Clean Energy and Green Chemical Production
Prof. Xuelin Zhang
Harbin Institute of Technology
Xuelin Zhang is currently an associate professor at School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China. He graduated from Department of Applied Chemistry from Harbin Institute of Technology with a Bachelor’s degree in 2001. Then he got his M.S. and PhD degrees in Chemical Engineering & Technology in 2005 and 2009 at Harbin Institute of Technology, respectively. He came to University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee in 2016 and 2017 as a visiting scholar. His major research interests range from nanomaterials for electrochemistry, PowerMEMS devices, and micro fuel cell systems. He has published more than 70 papers and filed more than 30 patents. He has also been invited by many international organizations for delivering expert lectures/ courses/ key note addresses.
Title: Pt/C protection by Fe-N-C via Fenton reaction for direct methanol fuel cells operated under high concentrated methanol
Apply to Be a Keynote Speaker at HEREM
We warmly invite distinguished researchers and experts to apply as keynote speakers for the HEREM.
If you are interested in delivering a keynote speech, please send your CV, speech title, and abstract to keynote@herem.org . All applicants will be notified via email after we review the alignment of their research with the conference themes.
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