Invited Speakers

MNC 2026 Invited Speakers List
2-3: Nanofabrication
Prof. Yong He, Chongqing University, China Paper Title Post-Transition Metal Selenide-Based Gas Sensors: From Rational Material Engineering to Artificial Olfaction Short Biography Yong He received the Ph.D. degree in material physics and chemistry from Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China, in 2011. He was a specially appointed researcher the Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Japan from 2011 to 2015. Since 2015, he has been with Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan, where he was a research fellow. In 2017, he joined the College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Chongqing University, China, as a Hundred Talents Researcher of Chongqing University.
Dr. Chia-Tsong Chen, AIST, Japan Paper Title Short Biography
2-5: Organic Nanomaterials
Prof. Kentaro Aoki, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan Paper Title Tailored Control of Ion Transport: From Molecular Design to Device Applications Short Biography Kentaro Aoki is currently an Assistant Professor in the Materials Chemistry Frontiers Research Area at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST). He received his Ph.D. in Science from Kyoto University in 2022, where he was also a JSPS Research Fellow from 2019 to 2022. He subsequently joined JAIST as an Assistant Professor. His research interests include the design of functional materials based on metal complexes and polymers, solid-state ionics, and their applications in energy devices.
4: BioMEMS, Lab on a Chip, and Nanobiotechnolog
Prof. Kaoru Tamada, Kyushu University, Japan PAPER TITLE Self-Assembled Nanomaterials:from Fundamentals to Applications Short Biography Kaoru Tamada is a senior vice president and distinguished professor in the Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering (IMCE), Kyushu University. She obtained her doctor of science in 1994 from the Nara Women's University after several years experiences in Japanese chemical industry and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After a postdoc at RIKEN, she joined the NIMC (reorganized to AIST) as a Senior Scientist, Tokyo Institute of Technology as an Associate Professor, and Tohoku University as a professor. She moved to Kyushu University in 2011. She had several years oversea research experiences in Australian National University (ANU), Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPIP) and the National University of Singapore (NUS). Her research focusses in nanoscience and nanointerface, especially, assembly of molecules and nanomaterials, surface plasmon resonances and metamaterials, and their bio and device applications. She received the surface science society of Japan award in 2018. She is also an Associated Editor in ACS Applied Nano Materials.
5: Microsystem Technology and MEMS
Prof. Harold Chong, Univ. of Southampton, UK Paper Title Short Biography