Zedong Lin | Light-Matter Interactions | Research Excellence Award

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Dr. Zedong Lin | Light-Matter Interactions | Research Excellence Award

Dr. Zedong Lin | Taizhou University | China

Dr. Zedong Lin is a distinguished materials scientist recognized for his wide-ranging contributions across advanced materials, energy conversion, and electrochemical systems. He serves as a Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials (FIAAM) and is an active member of several leading scientific societies, including the American Physical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC), the Chinese Physical Society, and the Chinese Chemical Society. Dr. Lin also contributes significantly to scholarly publishing as a young editorial board member for multiple journals such as Research, eScience, Chinese Chemical Letters, Carbon Neutralization, Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, Energy Materials and Devices, Decarbon, EcoEnergy, Energy Lab, Materials Lab, and the Journal of Electrochemistry. His research output demonstrates strong academic influence, with an h-index of 17, an i10-index of 25, and a citation count exceeding 812 citations based on his indexed documents. Dr. Lin’s work spans fundamental investigations and applied innovations, reflecting his commitment to advancing next-generation materials technologies. His scientific leadership, active editorial service, and impactful publication record collectively underscore his role as an emerging figure in materials science and a contributor to shaping the future of sustainable energy and chemical research.

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Featured Publications

Zheng, J., Ying, Z., Yang, Z., Lin, Z., Wei, H., Chen, L., Yang, X., Zeng, Y., Li, X., & Ye, J. (2023). Polycrystalline silicon tunnelling recombination layers for high-efficiency perovskite/tunnel oxide passivating contact tandem solar cells. Nature Energy, 8(11), 1250–1261.

Yang, W., Ding, B., Lin, Z., Sun, J., Meng, Y. Y., Ding, Y., Sheng, J., Yang, Z., Ye, J., … (2023). Visualizing interfacial energy offset and defects in efficient 2D/3D heterojunction perovskite solar cells and modules. Advanced Materials, 35(35), 2302071.

Li, S., Yu, J., Zhang, S., Qiu, W., Tang, X., Lin, Z., Cai, R., Fang, Y., Yang, S., & Cai, X. (2024). Operando reconstruction of porous carbon supported copper selenide promotes the C2 production from CO2RR. Advanced Functional Materials, 34(12), 2311989.

Zhang, X., Li, B., Zhang, S., Lin, Z., Han, M., Liu, X., Chen, J., Du, W., Rahim, G., … (2025). A spiro-type self-assembled hole transporting monolayer for highly efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells and modules. Energy & Environmental Science, 18(1), 468–477.

Ju, M., Chen, Z., Zhu, H., Cai, R., Lin, Z., Chen, Y., Wang, Y., Gao, J., Long, X., … (2023). Fe (III) docking-activated sites in layered birnessite for efficient water oxidation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(20), 11215–11226.

He, W., Lin, Z., Zhao, K., Li, Y., Meng, C., Li, J., Lee, S., Wu, Y., & Hao, X. (2022). Interspace and vacancy modulation: Promoting the zinc storage of an alcohol-based organic–inorganic cathode in a water–organic electrolyte. Advanced Materials, 34(47), 2203920.

Stefano Marullo | Advanced Photonic Sensors | Best Researcher Award

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Dr. Stefano Marullo | Advanced Photonic Sensors | Best Researcher Award

Dr. Stefano Marullo | Institut Cochin | France

Stefano Marullo, MD, PhD, is an Italian-born physician-scientist recognized for his influential contributions to molecular pharmacology, receptor biology, and innate immunity. Trained in medicine and biochemistry at Université Paris Diderot, he developed a distinguished career spanning clinical practice, fundamental research, academic leadership, and biotechnology innovation. After early roles in internal medicine, hematology, and immuno-hematology within the Paris hospital system, he advanced through prominent research positions at Institut Pasteur and Institut Cochin, where he led pioneering work on receptor signaling, G-protein–coupled receptor regulation, and molecular scaffolding proteins. His career includes international research experience at the University of California, San Francisco, and long-standing service as Principal Investigator and Research Director within INSERM, where he also contributed extensively to academic governance as Vice-Director of a major PhD program and later as Vice-President for Research at Université Paris Descartes. He currently serves as Chief Scientific Officer of ALLSPIM, a pharmaceutical startup developing novel compounds targeting innate immunity homeostasis, while holding the title of Emeritus Research Director at INSERM. Author of more than eighty original research articles in high-impact journals, along with numerous reviews and book chapters, he has earned broad recognition, substantial citation impact, and multiple competitive fellowships and awards reflecting his sustained scientific leadership.

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Featured Publications

1. Marullo, S., & Remi, C. (2024). Awakening the thymus to cure SARS-CoV-2 infection: A matter of genes.

2. Da Silva, E., Scott, M. G. H., Enslen, H., & Marullo, S. (2023). Control of CCR5 cell-surface targeting by the PRAF2 gatekeeper.

3. Da Silva, E., Scott, M. G. H., Enslen, H., & Marullo, S. (2023). Control of CCR5 cell surface targeting by the PRAF2 gatekeeper [Preprint].

4. Marullo, S. (2022). Pharmacological chaperone-rescued cystic fibrosis CFTR-F508del mutant overcomes PRAF2-gated access to endoplasmic reticulum exit sites.

5. Chevalier, B., Baatallah, N., Najm, M., Castanier, S., Jung, V., Pranke, I., Golec, A., Stoven, V., Marullo, S., Antigny, F., et al. (2022). Differential CFTR-interactome proximity labeling procedures identify enrichment in multiple SLC transporters.

Koichi Shimizu | Optical Bioimaging Research | Best Researcher Award

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Prof. Dr. Koichi Shimizu | Optical Bioimaging Research | Best Researcher Award

Prof. Dr. Koichi Shimizu | Xidian University | China

Koichi Shimizu is a distinguished Professor at Xidian University, renowned for his extensive contributions to electromagnetics, imaging technologies, and advanced signal processing. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Washington, Seattle, where he also served as a Research Associate. He later built a long and impactful academic career at Hokkaido University, Japan, progressing from Assistant Professor to full Professor and ultimately Professor Emeritus. He also serves as an Invited Research Professor at Waseda University, Japan. His research portfolio includes more than one hundred completed and ongoing projects, alongside over thirty consultancy and industry collaborations with notable organizations such as NASDA, Epson, and Huawei. With a prolific academic output comprising more than twenty books, over fifty granted patents with several more under review, and more than three hundred journal publications indexed in leading scientific databases, he is recognized as a leading figure in his field. He has served as Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine and sits on the editorial boards of Scientific Reports and Advanced Imaging. A Fellow of the Electromagnetics Academy, Koichi Shimizu continues to advance impactful interdisciplinary research and global academic collaboration.

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Featured Publications

1. Wang, J., Ieiri, Y., Yoshie, O., & Shimizu, K. (2026). A learnable transformer decoder for blurred near-infrared blood vessel segmentation using domain adaptation with limited data.

2. Nakagawa, Y., Yamaguchi, T., Ishimaru, T., Saito, T., Hattori, Y., Ono, T., Arai, Y., Hasegawa, Y., Shiga, H., Tamaki, K., et al. (2025). Day-to-day variation in masseteric electromyographic waveforms during the diurnal awake state.

3. Ishimaru, T., Yamaguchi, T., Saito, T., Nakagawa, Y., Hattori, Y., Ono, T., Arai, Y., Hasegawa, Y., Shiga, H., Tamaki, K., et al. (2025). Verification of the relationship between awareness of clenching or the teeth contacting habit and the integral value of masseteric electromyogram during diurnal wakefulness.

4. To, N. P. V., Hoang, N. H., Nguyen, N. A. D., Tran, T. N., & Shimizu, K. (2025). A large open access dataset of transillumination imaging toward the realization of optical computed tomography.

5. Ishimaru, T., Yamaguchi, T., Saito, T., Hattori, Y., Ono, T., Arai, Y., Hasegawa, Y., Shiga, H., Tamaki, K., Tanaka, J., et al. (2024). Actual state of the diurnal masseteric electromyogram: Differences between awareness and non-awareness of awake bruxism.

Yasser El-Sharkawy | Light-Matter Interactions | Best Researcher Award

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Dr. Yasser El-Sharkawy | Light-Matter Interactions | Best Researcher Award

Prof. Dr. Yasser El-Sharkawy | Military technical college | Egypt

Prof. Yasser H. El-Sharkawy is a distinguished professor of optoelectronics and biomedical engineering whose career spans more than three decades of impactful academic, research, and industrial contributions. As Chairman of the Scientific Council at the Military Technical College in Cairo, he leads research strategy and governance in optical systems, biomedical imaging, medical diagnostics, hyperspectral imaging, photoacoustic spectroscopy, and laser-based technologies. His work is widely recognized for bridging scientific innovation with real-world applications, particularly in advanced medical diagnostics and explosive detection. Prof. El-Sharkawy serves as an editor for the Journal of Engineering Science and Military Technologies and the Military Medicine Journal while mentoring numerous postgraduate researchers across interdisciplinary fields. His scholarly achievements include an h-index of 16, along with 956 total citations and 43 documents reflected in his i10-index, which collectively demonstrate the strong academic influence and sustained impact of his research. A respected leader in optoelectronics, he continues to drive advancements in imaging and photonic technologies while contributing actively to scientific development and professional training within the region and beyond.

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Featured Publications

Aboughaleb, I. H., Aref, M. H., & El-Sharkawy, Y. H. (2020). Hyperspectral imaging for diagnosis and detection of ex-vivo breast cancer. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 31, 101922.

Aref, M. H. F., Sharawi, A. A. R., & El-Sharkawy, Y. H. (2021).Delineation of the arm blood vessels utilizing hyperspectral imaging to assist with phlebotomy for exploiting the cutaneous tissue oxygen concentration. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 33, 102190.

El-Sharkawy, Y. H., & Elbasuney, S. (2019).Hyperspectral imaging: A new prospective for remote recognition of explosive materials. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 13, 31–38.

Aref, M. H., Aboughaleb, I. H., & El-Sharkawy, Y. H. (2020).Tissue characterization utilizing hyperspectral imaging for liver thermal ablation. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 31, 101899.

Darwiesh, M., El-Sherif, A. F., Ayoub, H. S., El-Sharkawy, Y. H., Hassan, M. F., … (2018).Hyperspectral laser imaging of underwater targets. Journal of Optics, 47(4), 553–560.

El-Sharkawy, Y. H., & Elbasuney, S. (2017).Novel laser induced photoacoustic spectroscopy for instantaneous trace detection of explosive materials. Forensic Science International, 277, 215–222.

El-Sharkawy, Y. H., Badr, Y., Gadallah, M., & El-Sherif, A. F. (2006).Diagnostic of human teeth using photoacoustic response. Lasers in Dentistry XII, 6137, 613701.