Eon Soo Lee

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Prof. Eon Soo Lee is an Associate Professor with tenure and the Principal Investigator of the Advanced Energy Systems and Microdevices Laboratory at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), USA. He joined NJIT in 2013, with extensive expertise in fuel cell catalyst materials and electrochemical energy systems since completing his Ph.D. at Stanford University in 2007 and the following research work at Samsung as a team leader. Dr. Lee&rsquo;s research focuses on the synthesis, characterization, and catalytic performance of advanced carbon-based nanomaterials, particularly nitrogen-doped graphene and metal&ndash;organic framework (MOF)&ndash;derived catalysts. Dr. Lee pioneered the development of nitrogen-doped graphene/metal&ndash;organic framework (N-G/MOF) nanocatalysts using a novel synthesis methodology known as the nanoscale high-energy wet (NHEW) ball milling process, enabling scalable production of efficient non-precious metal catalysts for electrochemical reactions. He&rsquo;s also pioneering in the application of the advanced nano catalyst materials, spanning from electrochemical energy systems to nano biosensing devices. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Since 2015, Dr. Lee&rsquo;s research group has maintained long-term collaboration with the Center for Functional Nanomaterials at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, to conduct advanced nanomaterial characterization and catalytic studies. Dr. Lee has been an elected Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) since 2020 and listed in Vanguard Leaders in Higher Education in NJ (2018), and a full member of Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Honor Society since 2017, among many other honors and recognitions.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Niladri Talukder has earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). In his doctoral research, Talukder extensively studied non-PGM graphene-based heterogeneous electrocatalysts for electrochemical systems. His research spans carbon-based nanomaterial synthesis, characterization, operational material degradation analysis, chemical changes analysis, and applications of carbon-based nanomaterials in electrochemical energy systems. Talukder is an expert in handling cutting-edge and highly sensitive experimental tools like SEM, HRTEM, EDS, UHV-XPS, XRD, FTIR, Raman spectroscopy, etc. His research findings were published in different reputed scientific journals and international conferences. As notable contributions in the field of carbon-based nanomaterials, he theoretically studied N-doped graphene (N-G)materials for electrochemical application with special emphasis on the chemical structure and materials' degradational aspects elucidating different debated issues on N-G material's electrocatalytic properties. </span></p>