in 1992. Post-doctoral studies were undertaken at Newcastle University (1992-1994) and Karlsruhe University (1997-1998) as an Alexander Humboldt scholar. In 1994, Mandal became Assistant Professor in the Department of Ceramic Engineering at Anadolu University, receiving an Associate Professor status in 1996 and tenured professor status in 2001. With more than 140 publications, 75 in SCI journals, an h-index of 24, 1810 citations, and 6 international patents, Prof. Mandal holds various national and international awards, including the TÜBITAK Science Award. He is a member of TÜBA, World Academy of Ceramics, and Academia Europaea. Prof. Mandal was appointed as a member of the Council of Higher Education (CoHE) in March 2015, elected to the Executive Board of CoHE in April 2015, and the Deputy Chairman of CoHE in July 2016. Prof. Mandal served in these positions until January 2018 and as Deputy Rector of Sabancı University from January to February 2018. He was assigned as the President of TÜBITAK on February 22, 2018, appointed as a member of the Presidential Science, Technology and Innovation Policies Council on October 8, 2018, and elected as the acting president on November 1, 2018. He was elected as a board member of the Council of Higher Education in April 2019. The second term of Prof. Mandal as the President of TÜBİTAK through appointment commenced on February 21, 2022. The World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organizations (WAITRO) as an international organization founded under the auspices of the United Nations is also being presided by Prof. Mandal since 2023.

and Adjunct Research Professor at College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona. He received Ph.D. degree from Universite de Rennes 1, France. He was Co-founder and CTO of NP Photonics Inc.
Dr. Jiang holds 87 issued patents, edited 36 proceeding books, authored 150 publications, has H index of 46, and has served as chairs of 42 international technical conferences including OPTO at Photonics West for SPIE and Advanced Solid-State Laser Congress for Optica. He served as many award committees for Optica, SPIE and The America Ceramic Society (ACerS), and associate editors for 4 scientific journals. He was the chair for Glass and Optical Materials Division of ACerS in 2014. Currently is the chair of technical committee of optical fibers and photonics glasses of International Commission on Glass (ICG), and a member of board of directors of ACerS.
Dr. Jiang was awarded with the Gottardi Prize in 2005 from ICG, 2012 and 2014 R&D 100 Awards, and 2018 R&D 100 Award Finalist. He received the 2018 Corporate Technical Achievement Award and the Medal for Leadership in the Advancement of Ceramic Technology in 2021 and was named as The Global Ambassador in 2019 by the ACerS. Dr. Jiang is a Fellow of SPIE, ACerS, and Optica. He is elected as an academician of the World Academy of Ceramics in 2020.

Director of Ceramic Research Institute, holds the State Council Government Special Allowance Expert. Xiao received his Ph.D. degree from Hunan University in 1991, and studied in Japan from 1994 to 1995 for postdoctoral research. Xiao was promoted to professor in 1995. Currently, Xiao is a director of the Chinese Ceramic Society, deputy director of Materials Branch of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, deputy director of Electro-Ceramics Committee of the Chinese Electrotechnical Society, and deputy director of Hunan Ceramic Society, etc. Xiao serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Inorganic Materials, Journal of the Chinese Ceramic Society, Functional Materials, Refractories, Mechanical Engineering Materials, and Journal of Ceramics. The main research fields include: advanced structural ceramics, porous ceramics, and structural-functional integrated ceramics, etc. Xiao has presided over more than 30 national and provincial scientific research projects. The research achievements have won one second prize for national technological invention, one first prize and three second prizes for provincial and ministerial scientific and technological progress. Xiao has published more than 330 papers in academic journals at domestic and international level, one monograph on "High Performance Structural Ceramics and its Applications", and more than 30 authorized invention patents.

supervisor and the dean of Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Huang has been committed to new material design, key technologies, and major engineering applications of advanced structural ceramics. His research focused on ceramics for thermal management, carbon fiber reinforced silicon carbide composites (Cf/SiC), lightweight optical ceramics and composites, porous ceramics, nanocomposite ceramics and ceramic matrix composites. He has been conducting works on powder treatment, advanced forming and fabrication of complex shaped ceramic components, surface modification of advanced ceramics, ceramics joining, non-destructive testing of ceramic components, and additive manufacturing of optical ceramic composites. The developed lightweight optical components, thermal management ceramic components, key ceramic components for lithography machines, and silicon nitride ceramic substrates have been applied in a large-scale. He has published more than 410 journal papers, authorized 148 invention patents, and has more than 120 pending patents.

Director of Ceramic Research Yanfeng Gao is the group leader of light/thermal-management materials at Shanghai University. He got his PhD from Nagoya University in 2004. From 2004 to 2012 he worked at the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, CAS, Musashi Institute of Technology, and Nagoya University. Dr. Gao has published over 200 journal articles and filed over 100 patents. He is the recipient of the prestigious Changjiang Scholar and the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars awards. His research interest lies in the synthesis, surface modification, dispersion of nano/microparticle, chemical growth of films and coatings, dynamic smart window materials, phase change materials, and the industrial applications of the above mentioned.

specialized in photopolymerization and additive manufacturing (completion of PhD thesis on development of new resin systems for stereolithography at the Technical University of Vienna in 2012). He joined the then start-up Lithoz in 2012 and built up the R&D division there. The R&D group now comprises more than 35 researcher, engineers, and technicians and focuses mainly on the development of new processes, 3D printers, and ceramic suspensions. His current position is Chief Scientific Officer and R&D Coordinator at Lithoz.

synthesis theory and preparation technology of silicon-based ceramics and infrared ceramics, as well as the application research of new passive radiation cooling technology based on infrared ceramics. He has presided over the National Natural Science Foundation key project, the ITPA talent project of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the 863 key project, and the major scientific research instrument development project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has won the prize of Science and Technology of China Materials Research Society, the prize of Beijing Science and Technology Progress, the 8th Huo Yingdong Young Teachers Fund and Young Teachers Award of the Ministry of Education. He has published more than 200 academic papers, cooperated with 1 English monograph, and won more than 30 national invention patents.