Speakers

Prof. Dionysios. D. DIONYSIOU

University of Cincinnati (USA) 

Prof. James R. DURRANT

Imperial College London & Swansea (GBR) 

Dr. Isabel OLLER ALBEROLA

Plataforma Solar de Almeria (ESP)

Prof. Elena SELLI

University of Milan (ITA)

Elena Selli is professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Milan. Graduated in Chemistry cum laude at the Scuola Normale Superiore and at the University of Pisa, for several years involved in studies on the kinetic aspects of photoinduced processes, in the last decades she mainly focused on the mechanistic aspects of photocatalysis on semiconductors for environmental and energy applications and on the effects that surface and bulk modification have on the photoactivity of sensitive and efficient photocatalytic composite materials in devices for solar energy conversion. She has been President (2012 – 2014) of the Italian Photochemistry Group, Italian section of the European Photochemistry Association, and President (2016 – 2018) of the Physical Chemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society. She is in the Board of the International Conference of Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy, in the Scientific International Committee of the European Meeting on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications and in the Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Semiconductor Photochemistry. She published more than 200 scientific papers, 11 book chapters and 2 patents. Her present h-index is 48 (Scopus).

Prof. Nick SERPONE

University of Pavia (ITA)

Professor of Chemistry (1968–1998; Concordia University, Montreal, Canada), Founder and Director of the Canadian Picosecond Laser Spectroscopy Center (1981–1990, 1994–1998), University Research Professor (1998–2004), and Professor Emeritus (2000–...); Professore a Contratto (2002–2005; Rientro dei Cervelli) and Visiting Professor at the University of Pavia, Italy (2005–...) and Visiting Professor at the Universities of Bologna (1975–1976), Ferrara (1997–1998), and Tokyo University of Science (2008); Professeur Invité (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1983–1984); Visiting Professor/Research Director (École Centrale de Lyon, 1990–1991); Guest Lecturer (Università di Milano, 2015); Program Director at National Science Foundation (Arlington, VA, 1998–2001); Consultant (3M Company, USA, 1986–1996). Principal research interests: photochemistry and photophysics of coordination compounds, photochemistry of sunscreen active ingredients, fundamental photophysics of semiconductor photocatalysts, imaging science (co-recipient, Best Paper Award from the Society for Imaging Science and Technology; 1997), heterogeneous photocatalysis for environmental remediation and solar energy conversion, and microwave-assisted chemistry. Has co-edited/co-authored over 12 books, contributed 35 chapters and published nearly 500 articles (h = 106, Google Scholar). Chaired numerous Organizing Committees, Review Panels and Appeals Boards at the Provincial, National and International (NSF & DOE) levels, and member of a Task Force of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1990–1991). In 2010 was elected Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (EurASc; Division of Materials Science) and from 2012 to 2014 served as Member of its Scientific Committee; on March 1, 2014 was elected Head of the Materials Science Division and Member of the General Board (03/2014 to 03/2020).

Prof. Michael WARK

University of Oldenburg (GER)

Michael Wark is Dean of the Faculty V (Mathematics and Natural Sciences) at the Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg.  His research interests concern the following topics: (i) Materials for renewable energy applications: photocatalytic water splitting and CO₂ reduction, photocatalysts for organic syntheses and pollutant decomposition, hybrid perovskite based and dye-sensitized solar cells, porous and conductive additives for fuel cell membranes, electrocatalysts for fuel cells, conversion of biomasses to porous biochars and their applications. (ii) Mixed metal oxides, oxide nanorods, ordered micro- and mesoporous structures and thin films, coordination polymers, self-organization, electrochemical deposition. (iii) Inorganic-organic hybrid structures, chemical modification of surfaces. (iv) Analysis of the structural, opto-electronic and conductivity properties of hybrid materials. He is author and co-author of 233 peer-reviewed scientific original papers and 14 reviews in scientific books and international journals, h-index (Web of Science): 39.