Dr. Mojtaba Abdi-Jalebi (FIMMM, FHEA, UKYA, GYA) is an Associate Professor in Energy Materials at the Institute for Materials Discovery within the Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at University College London (UCL). He earned his BSc in Materials Science and Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in 2012 and completed his MSc in Materials Science and Engineering at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland in 2014. In 2018, Dr. Abdi-Jalebi received his PhD in Physics from the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, where he was honored with the 2018 Semiconductor Physics Thesis Prize by the Institute of Physics. From 2018 to 2020, he served as a Junior Research Fellow at Cambridge University and Wolfson College, Cambridge. During this time, he established a spin-out company focused on developing energy harvesting devices based on emerging semiconductors. In November 2019, Mojtaba established his research group at UCL, concentrating on the material and electronic properties of emerging semiconductors such as halide perovskites, small molecules, and organic semiconductors. The group's research is dedicated to optoelectronic and electrochemical devices for low-cost electronics applications, including solar photovoltaics and lighting, as well as energy systems supporting carbon capture and the production of solar fuels. Dr. Abdi-Jalebi's overarching research goal is to introduce new, cost-effective materials into energy devices, ultimately reshaping the energy landscape. His work aims to contribute to the transition to a net-zero future by reducing the cost of green energy production, consumption, and storage. Mojtaba is Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM), member of Global Young Academy (GYA), member of UK Young Academy (UKYA) and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

You can find my publications, media activities and details of ongoing projects on my research group webpage (https://www.mojtabaabdijalebi.com/) and my LinkedIn page (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mojtabaabdi/).

Dr Tariq Sajjad is a lecturer in Energy Engineering and Materials Devices in the School of Engineering at London South Bank University (LSBU), London and a member of the London Centre for Energy Engineering (LCEE) in the same School. He obtained his MSc in Nanotechnology and nanoelectronic devices and PhD in Photonics both from Advanced Technology Institute (ATI), University of Surrey, UK. He has extensive experience in optoelectronic materials and devices.  His recent work has been focused on the development of next-generation renewable energy sources (solar cells), light-emitting devices, sensors, transmitters and receivers for visible light communication and IoT devices. His strong track record is evidenced by high-quality publications (34 papers in last 5 years) in high impact peer-reviewed journals including Advanced Materials and Advanced Optical Materials, Materials Horizons, Nano Energy, ACS Applied Materials & Interface and Journal of Material Chemistry A. Recently, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has identified him as an emerging investigator in the field of solar cells and invited him to write an article for the 2020 emerging investigators theme issue in Journal of Materials Chemistry A (DOI: 10.1039/D0TA06017H ). He also holds the UK chair of the 5^th International Conference of Materials Science and Nanotechnology (MSNANO-21).