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🔵 Call for papers: 25th Nov 2025 - 31st July 2026 | 🟢 Announcement of acceptance: 31st Aug 2026 | 🟣 Early bird registration: 25th Nov to 31st May 2026 | 🟡 Regular registration: 1st Jun- 31st July 2026
Organising Committee
Meet the team behind ICEAN 2026
CONFERENCE CHAIR
Laureate Professor and Director
Prof. Vinu is the Laureate Professor and Founding Director of the Global Innovative Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials (GICAN) at the University of Newcastle, a position he has held since October 2017.
CO-CHAIRS
Fudan University P.R. China
Prof. Liqiang Mai
Prof. Yohei Yamamoto
University of Tsukuba, Japan
Prof. Franklin Gregory
Institute of Plant Genetics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Prof Chung-Hwang Jeon
Pusan National University, South Korea
CONFERENCE SECRETARIES
Research Fellow
Dr. Gurwinder Singh is working as a Research Fellow at GICAN. He received his Ph.D. degree in Materials Science in 2018.
Research Fellow
Dr. Kavitha Ramadass held a Research Fellow position at GICAN, and her research interests
focus on the design of multifunctional nanoporous materials for energy and environmental
applications.
ORGANISING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Prof. Thava Palanisami
GICAN, University of Newcastle, Australia
Prof. Ramaswamy Murugavel
IIT, Mumbai, India
Prof. Antonio Tricoli
The University of Sydney, Australia
Prof. Vipul Bansal
RMIT University, Australia
Prof. Raman Singh
Monash University, Australia
Prof. Seong-Ju Hwang
Yonsei University, South Korea
Prof. Hideaki Yoshitake
Yokohama National University, Japan
Prof. John V Kennedy
GNS Science, New Zealand
Prof. Mohammad J A. Shiddiky
Southern Cross University, Australia
Prof. Andrews Nirmala Grace
Professor & Director, VIT University, India
Prof. Liming Dai
University of New South Wales, Australia
Dr. Jae-Hun Yang
GICAN, University of Newcastle, Australia
Dr. Sathish CI
GICAN, University of Newcastle, Australia
Dr. Muhammad Ibrar Ahmed
GICAN, University of Newcastle, Australia
Prof. Paul Dastoor
University of Newcastle, Australia
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