Juan Bisquert (pHD Universitat de València, 1991) is a Distinguished Research Professor at Instituto de Tecnología Química (Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas). He is Executive Editor for Europe of the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. He has been distinguished in the list of Highly Cited Researchers from 2014 to 2024. The research activity of Juan Bisquert has been focused on the application of measurement techniques and physical modeling in several areas of energy devices materials, using organic and hybrid semiconductors as halide perovskite solar cells. Currently the main research topic aims to create miniature devices that operate as neurons and synapses for bio-inspired neuromorphic computation related to data sensing and image processing. The work on this topic combines harnessing hysteresis and memory properties of ionic-electronic conducting devices as memristors and transistors towards computational networks. The work is supported by European Research Council Advanced Grant.

D. Sc. Jorge A. Calderón (220 word biography)

Full Professor of the Department of Materials at the University of Antioquia (Medellín, Colombia). He is also a researcher at the Center for Research, Innovation and Development of Materials (CIDEMAT) of the University of Antioquia. He obtained his PhD in Materials Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) in 2003. He has been a visiting scientist at the Laboratoire Interfases et Systemes Electrochimiques (LISE) of the Pierre et Marie Curie University ( Paris, France), at the Laboratório de Materiais Eletroativos of the Universidade de São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil), at the Laboratório de Ensaios Não Destrutivos, Corrosão e Soldagem (LNDC / COPPE) of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), at the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Physicochemical Research (INIFTA), Faculty of Exact Sciences, National University of La Plata (UNLP) Argentina and at the Institute of Materials Engineering of the Technical University of Dortmund (Germany) . Dr. Calderón's research has focused on several areas of electrochemistry and materials science. His current work focuses on electroactive materials and energy storage materials and devices for mobility applications. He is the author of more than 130 indexed publications and four book chapters. He has supervised 12 undergraduate dissertations, 10 master's dissertations, and 10 doctoral theses.

Filippo De Angelis is senior research scientist and a deputy director at the CNR Institute of Molecular Sciences and Technology, in Perugia, Italy. He is the founder and leader of the Computational Laboratory for Hybrid/Organic Photovoltaics. He earned a BS in Chemistry in 1996 and a PhD in Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry in 1999, both from the University of Perugia. He is an expert in the development and application of quantum mechanical methods to the study of hybrid/organic photovoltaics and materials for energy applications. He is Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences. He has published >270 papers with > 17000 citations.

Antonio Facchetti obtained his Laurea degree in Chemistry cum laude and a Ph.D in Chemical Sciences from the University of Milan. In 2002 he joined Northwestern University where he is currently an Adjunct Professor of Chemistry. He is a co-founder and currently the Chief Technology Officer of Flexterra Corporation. Dr. Facchetti has published more than 450 research articles, 12 book chapters, and holds more than 120 patents (H-index 93). He received the 2009 Italian Chemical Society Research Prize, the team IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe 2010 Award, the corporate 2011 Flextech Award. In 2010 was elected a Kavli Fellow, in 2012 a Fellow of the American Association for the Advanced of Science (AAAS), in 2013 Fellow of the Materials Research Society, in 2015 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and in 2016 a Fellow of the ACS Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering. In 2010 he was selected among the "TOP 100 MATERIALS SCIENTISTS OF THE PAST DECADE (2000-2010)" by Thomson Reuters and in 2015/2016/2017/2018 recognized as a Highly Cited Scientist. In 2016 he has been elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and was awarded the 2016 ACS Award for Creative Invention. In 2017 he was awarded the Giulio Natta Gold Medal from the Italian Chemical Society for his work on polymeric materials.

Sixto Giménez (M. Sc. Physics 1996, Ph. D. Physics 2002) is Associate Professor at Universitat Jaume I de Castelló (Spain). His professional career has been focused on the study of micro and nanostructured materials for different applications spanning from structural components to optoelectronic devices. During his PhD thesis at the University of Navarra, he studied the relationship between processing of metallic and ceramic powders, their sintering behavior and mechanical properties. He took a Post-Doc position at the Katholiek Universiteit Leuven where he focused on the development of non-destructive and in-situ characterization techniques of the sintering behavior of metallic porous materials.  In January 2008, he joined the Group of Photovoltaic and Optoelectronic Devices of University Jaume I where he is involved in the development of new concepts for photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical devices based on nanoscaled materials, particularly studying the optoelectronic and electrochemical responses of the devices by electrical impedance spectroscopy. He has co-authored more than 80 scientific papers in international journals and has received more than 5000 citations. His current h-index is 31. 

Maksym Kovalenko has been a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at ETH Zurich since July 2011 and Associate professor from January 2017. His group is also partially hosted by EMPA (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) to support his highly interdisciplinary research program. He completed graduate studies at Johannes Kepler University Linz (Austria, 2004-2007, with Prof. Wolfgang Heiss), followed by postdoctoral training at the University of Chicago (USA, 2008-2011, with Prof. Dmitri Talapin). His present scientific focus is on the development of new synthesis methods for inorganic nanomaterials, their surface chemistry engineering, and assembly into macroscopically large solids. His ultimate, practical goal is to provide novel inorganic materials for optoelectronics, rechargeable Li-ion batteries, post-Li-battery materials, and catalysis. He is the recipient of an ERC Consolidator Grant 2018, ERC Starting Grant 2012, Ruzicka Preis 2013 and Werner Prize 2016. He is also a Highly Cited Researcher 2018 (by Clarivate Analytics).

Prof. Mónica Lira-Cantú is Group Leader of the Nanostructured Materials for Photovoltaic Energy Group at the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (www.icn.cat located in Barcelona (Spain). She obtained a Bachelor in Chemistry at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, ITESM Mexico (1992), obtained a Master and PhD in Materials Science at the Materials Science Institute of Barcelona (ICMAB) & Autonoma University of Barcelona (1995/1997) and completed a postdoctoral work under a contract with the company Schneider Electric/ICMAB (1998). From 1999 to 2001 she worked as Senior Staff Chemist at ExxonMobil Research & Engineering (formerly Mobil Technology Co) in New Jersey (USA) initiating a laboratory on energy related applications (fuel cells and membranes). She moved back to ICMAB in Barcelona, Spain in 2002. She received different awards/fellowships as a visiting scientist to the following laboratories: University of Oslo, Norway (2003), Riso National Laboratory, Denmark (2004/2005) and the Center for Advanced Science and Innovation, Japan (2006). In parallel to her duties as Group Leader at ICN2 (Spain), she is currently visiting scientist at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, CH). Her research interests are the synthesis and application of nanostructured materials for Next-generation solar cells: Dye sensitized, hybrid, organic, all-oxide and perovskite solar cells. Monica Lira-Cantu has more than 85 published papers, 8 patents and 10 book chapters and 1 edited book (in preparation).

Luis Otero, Profesor de la Universidad nacional de Río Cuarto (UNRC) e Investigador Científico Independiente del Consejo Nacional de investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), es Doctor en Ciencias Químicas (1994) y Director del Grupo de Optoelectrónica Orgánica de la UNRC, compuesto por nueve investigadores y estudiantes de postgrado. Dirige en la actualidad tres proyectos financiados por la UNRC, el CONICET y la Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Técnica (ANPCYT) sobre la temática general: "Investigación y desarrollo de nuevos materiales con propiedades optoelectricas y bioactivas". Ha dirigido cinco tesis doctorales, estando otras tres en ejecución. Ha dirigido y codirigido 26 proyectos de investigación (8 de cooperación internacional con España, Japón y Alemania). Es autor de 54 trabajos científicos y árbitro revisor de 15 revistas científicas internacionales. El grupo ha desarrollado trabajos de investigación sobre la generación de efectos fotoeléctricos, a través del proceso de sensibilización espectral de electrodos semiconductores que involucraron una serie de moléculas orgánicas sintéticas. Por otra parte, se ha estudiado el comportamiento electroquímico de películas y dispositivos electrocrómicos formados por varios polímeros con el objetivo de construir dispositivos totalmente plásticos. Se ha demostrado que por medio de la ingeniería molecular se puede modular las propiedades optoelectrónicas de nuevos materiales. Todas estas características dan a los nuevos materiales una alta potencialidad para su aplicación en optoelectrónica orgánica.