and Engineering at KAIST as Professor and Distinguished Professor since 1980. He also served as President of the Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology ('15-'18), and the International Ceramic Federation ('21-'22).
Published over 290 papers on sintering and microstructural evolution, and the text "Sintering: Densification, Grain Growth and Microstructure" (2005). Since 2000, presented over 110 invited talks at international conferences. Developed the "Pore Filling Theory" of liquid phase sintering. Introduced the concept of mixed control mechanism of boundary migration and developed the mixed mechanism principle of microstructural evolution. Fellow of ACerS, honorary fellow of ECerS, and academician of WAC and Korean Academy of Science and Technology. Recipient of the Sosman Award from ACerS ('11), the Richard Brook Award from ECerS ('15), the Helmholtz International Fellow Award from the Helmholtz Gemeinschaft ('15), and the Korea Engineering Prize ('10).

Bratislava, Slovak Republic (since 2015), and simultaneously senior research scientistatthe Ceramic Department, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry SAS (since 1979).
Primarily his research is focused on the research and development of oxide and non-oxide high performance ceramics. Main interest of his research is the relationship between microstructure and mechanical properties of these materials. He is the author of more than 200 scientific papers, co-editor of 8 proceedings, guest editor of 5 special issues of the professional journals, co-author of 5 monographs. He is the member of the European, American and Japan Ceramic Societies, the president of the Slovak Silicate Society, the member elect of the World Academy of Ceramics and the American Ceramic Society. In 2015-2018 he was the president of ECerS.

Transparent Ceramics, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, CAS (SICCAS). He received his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from SICCAS in 2005, and then worked as a research associate over there. From 2007 to 2012, he worked as postdoc in University of Leeds in UK and then Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. His current research interests focused on processing science and technology for transparent ceramics, and exploring their optical and photonic applications such as laser gain media, optical windows, transparent armors, scintillators and etc. In the above area, he and his team has published ~220 journal papers, 1 book and delivered ~50 invited/oral presentations for international and domestic conferences. He co-chaired the 7th(Singapore, 2011) and 11th(China, 2015) Laser Ceramics Symposium.

Materials Science (NIMS), Japan. He received his Ph.D. degree from Osaka University in 2007. During years 2007-2013, he worked as a researcher in Institute for Laser Technology (Japan) and developed high average power ceramic laser sources. He was an assistant professor in Kitami Institute of Technology (Japan) from 2013-2018, and was an Associate Professor from 2018-2022. He moved to NIMS in 2023. His research interests are currently focused on non-cubic transparent ceramics, bonding technique for laser optics, and their laser applications.

Information Sciences at Yokohama National University, Japan. He received a B.E., M.E. and Ph.D. in science and engineering of ceramics from Tokyo Institute of Technology. After he held the fellowship of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science at Tokyo Institute of Technology, he joined Yokohama National University in 1997 as a research associate, and he was promoted to a full professor in 2012. His research activities have focused on two areas of structural ceramics: (a) powder processing to "create" new reliable ceramics and (b) elucidating the nature of fracture to "understand" the origin of reliability. The developed materials and evaluation technique provide a great impact to not only academy but also industry, which have developed joint researches with companies. He has published more than 180 peer-reviewed papers, and 15 books. He is a Fellow of ACerS and the Ceramic Society of Japan (CerSJ), and an Academician of the World Academy of Ceramics. He has received many awards, including Richard M. Fulrath Award, the American Ceramic Society, Global Star Award, Engineering Ceramic Division of the American Ceramic Society, Ceramics Society of Japan Awards for Academic Achievement in Ceramic Science and Technology, JSPS Prize, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, the Young Scientists' Prize of The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan.

Dr. Jiujun Xu is a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Dalian Maritime University. He obtained his Master’s degree from Dalian University of Technology in 1992 and completed his Doctorate at Dalian Maritime University in 1996. After earning his PhD, he joined Dalian Maritime University as a lecturer and was promoted to associate professor after three years. From 2000 to 2004, he stayed at Mechanical Department of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University for 14 months. Since 2004, he has been serving as a Professor at Dalian Maritime University. Prof. Xu has engaged in several research fields, including High performance ceramics powder synthesis, Transparent/structure ceramics fabrication and Tribology associate high power density diesel engine, and has published more than 100 papers in international journal. He won the Award for the Second Prize of State Scientific and Technological Progress in 2016.

of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Energy, Lanzhou University. He received his BS degree in metallic materials and thermal processing in 1981 from Northeastern Institute of Technology (Shenyang), his Dipl.-Ing. in materials science in 1989 from University of Saarland (Germany), and his Ph.D. degree in condensed matter physics in 1997 from Lanzhou University. He joined Lanzhou University in 1991. He started nanomaterials studies in 1986 in Prof. H. Geliter’s institute at University of Saarland (Germany). His research interest includes nanocrystalline ceramics, nanoglasses, and nanocrystalline metals. His team at Lanzhou University solved the bottleneck problem in alumina nanomaterials research and successfully synthesized high purity, disperse, ultrafine, narrow size distribution, equiaxed alpha-alumina nanoparticles by several home-developed methods. His current research focuses on the preparation, structure, mechanical performances of ductile bulk ceramics and tough bulk glasses.