V. K. Gupta
Professor of Chemistry
University of Johannesburg
South Africa
Biography
Professor Gupta is the South African Research Chair for Nanotechnology for Water and a Professor in the Department of Applied Chemistry at the University of Johannesburg. He joined the University as a Distinguished Visiting Professor under the Global Excellence and Stature initiative and was subsequently approved by the NRF as the aforementioned SARChI Chairholder. He was a Marie Curie Fellow at the Department of Chemistry, University of Regensburg, Germany, Visiting Professor (DAAD) at the Technical University of Chemnitz and Freie University of Berlin, and a KFUPM Chair Professor at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mineral in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. He has visited more than 25 countries for research and academic collaborations.
Research Interest
Nanotechnology for Water, Environmental Engineering, Electro-analytical Chemistry, Chemical sensors, Waste Management.
Jim P. Zheng
Professor
Florida State University College of Engineering
Tallahassee, Florida USA
Biography
Jim P. Zheng is a Professor and Sprint Eminent Scholar Chair at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Florida A&M University and Florida State University, Adjunct Chair Professor at the College of Automobile Engineering of Tongji University, Adjunct Professor at the Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is the recipient of National Academy of Inventors Fellow, National Research Council Fellow, Army Research & Development Achievement Award, NASA Faculty Research Award, and Progress Energy Professional Development Award. He has published more than 150 articles in scholarly journals, and 140 papers in conference proceedings in the fields of energy storage, fuel cells, nano-sensors, photonics, and thin film growth, and been awarded 18 patents, and 5 patents have been licensed by a private companies. He is the founder of General Capacitor LLC and a co-founder of Bing Energy International Inc.
Research Interest
Nano material and Nanotechnology, Photonic and Chemical Sensors, Li-ion Batteries, Thin film growth, Fuel cells, Nano-sensors, Electrochemical Capacitors, Li-air Batteries.