Advisory Board and Editors Electronic, Optical & Magnetic
Maria L. Calvo
Prof. Maria L. Calvo earned her degree in Physics from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM, Spain) in 1969. She began her career at Philips in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, working in quality control for glass fabrication, focusing on surface quality and stress analysis. She later became a research fellow at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris, where she continued studying the optical properties of glass and amorphous materials—specifically glass microhardness and Rayleigh light scattering—and earned a Doctorate Diploma from the University of Paris VI in 1971.
In 1972, she joined the Optics Department at UCM as an assistant professor under Prof. Armando Durán, initiating theoretical research on light scattering by defects in isotropic media. She earned her PhD with honors on this topic in 1977, became an associate professor in 1981, and was appointed Chair of Optics in 1999. From 2006 to 2010, she served as Head of the Department of Optics.
Prof. Calvo has held visiting positions at institutions including Bremen University, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Missouri–St. Louis, the National Research Council of Canada, and the Institute for Optics and Electronics (INAOE, Mexico). She has supervised or co-supervised ten PhD dissertations and has been deeply engaged in undergraduate and graduate teaching.
In 1983, she founded the Interdisciplinary Group for Biooptics at UCM, later evolving into the Interdisciplinary Group for Optical Computing (GICO-UCM). The group’s research spans optical and image processing, optical tweezers, microscopy, holography, and neutron optics. She has authored more than 200 scientific publications, books, and book chapters in both English and Spanish. Her work also extends to the history of optics, particularly the early use of lenses and mirrors in ancient civilizations, in collaboration with the late Prof. Jay M. Enoch. She authored Alhazen: The Pioneer of Light. Alhazen and His Book of Optics, exploring the contributions of the 11th-century Arab scientist.
Prof. Calvo has been a prominent figure in the International Commission for Optics (ICO), serving as Vice President (1999–2002), Secretary-General (2002–2008), President (2008–2011), and Past-President (2011–2014). She has collaborated with the European Union’s Directorate-General for Research and Technology in Brussels, the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP, Trieste, Italy), and Spain’s Ministry of Science and Innovation.
She is a Fellow of OPTICA (formerly OSA), SPIE, and the European Optical Society (EOS), as well as an Honorary Member of SEDOPTICA and the Portuguese Society for Optics and Photonics (SPOF). In 2011, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Russian-Armenian University.
Oluwaseun John Dada
Dr. Oluwaseun John Dada is Director of Research and Engineering within the NanoScale and Advanced Materials Lab at Signature EcoSystems Technologies.
He has worked over the past 8 years on NanoScale materials, electrochemistry, advanced materials manufacturing and applications, and over 10 years in Metallurgy and Aluminium Manufacturing.
Shanmuga Sundar Dhanabalan
Dr. Shanmuga Sundar Dhanabalan is an accomplished researcher with a proven track record in designing, developing, and translating micro- and nano-scale devices. CIA’s primary objective is to advance the field of medical and healthcare by creating next-generation products that enhance quality of life and well-being, making a significant contribution to society. He is currently leading a team developing ‘wearable and connected sensors’ at RMIT University, focusing on materials, flexible and stretchable devices, wearables, optics, and photonics. CIA graduated with a Ph.D. in flexible electronics in June 2017. He secured a competitive Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Chilean government from 2018 to 2021. In 2021, he joined as a Research Fellow at RMIT University in Melbourne. CIA studies have led to 38 publications in referred international journals, 1 provisional patent, 1 Indian patent, 10 book chapters, and 7 books in progress as editor. He has presented at 19 national and international conferences. Several outcomes have been highlighted by scientific websites (such as Photonics Media, USA). CIA's research work has led to securing grants from Australian government research schemes, such as the Cooperative Research Centres Projects, the ARC Research Hub for Connected Sensors for Health, Victorian Medical Research Acceleration Fund, and the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre's Commercialisation Fund.
Ahmad Elkhateb
Dr Ahmad Elkhateb is a Lecturer in Power Electronics at Queen's University Belfast.His research interests span several areas in Power Electronics, including microgrid, distributed energy generation, grid integration, and DC-to-DC converters for Electric Vehicles. Dr Elkhateb is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK, Senior Member of the IEEE, Full College Member of the EPSRC and Associate Editor for the IEEE Access, and the IET Power Electronics.
Marco Evangelisti
I am a CSIC scientist at the Institute of Nanoscience and Materials of Aragón (INMA). I am also affiliated with the Department of Condensed Matter Physics at the University of Zaragoza.
I earned my Laurea (Bachelor’s degree) from the University of Camerino in 1996 and completed a joint PhD degree from the Universities of Leiden and Zaragoza in 2001. My career includes positions at the University of Leiden from 2001 to 2004 and at CNR-NANO in Modena from 2004 to 2009. I then joined INMA as a `Ramón y Cajal´ Fellow. In 2010, I achieved tenure as a CSIC scientist and become a senior scientist in 2017.
As an experimental physicist, my interest lies in exploring caloric and quantum materials, along with developing cutting-edge instrumentation.
Junkuo Gao
Dr. Junkuo Gao is professor at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China. He obtained his PhD in Zhejiang University, China in 2010. Then, he worked at Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) and Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) as a postdoctor. In 2013, he joined the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University as Distinguished professor of Zhejiang Province, director of Institute of New Energy Fiber Materials. His research interest is metal-organic frameworks based nanomaterials for clean energy and green chemistry applications. He has published more than 150 articles in peer-reviewed journals such as J. Am. Chem. Soc., Small, Coord. Chem. Rev., J. Mater. Chem. A etc. with more than 8900 citations and a H-index of 49.
Alexey Kabalnov
Ph. D., Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 1985. Russian Academy of Sciences, 1986-1991. Senior Research Scientist, Hewlett Packard Company, 1998- current. Langmuir, Advisory Board Member, 2001- 2005. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, Advisory Board Member, 2001- 2005.
Mingda Li
Mingda completed his B.S. in Engineering Physics from Tsinghua University in 2009, and his Ph.D. in Nuclear Science and Engineering from MIT in 2015. Before joining the department as a faculty, he carried out research as a postdoc associate at Mechanical Engineering Department of MIT. His research is to study the quantum and functional properties of materials using spectroscopic methods and many-body theory, particularly interplay with materials defects.
Dilip K Maiti
Dilip K. Maiti was born September 09, 1970, in West Bengal, India. He received his BSc. in chemistry in 1991 and MSc. (organic chemistry major) in 1993, from the University of Calcutta, India. He achieved his Ph.D. on stereoselective synthesis, from Indian Institute of Chemical Biology in 1998. He carried out his postdoctoral research in the School of Medicine, Wayne State University, USA. In 2005, he joined as a Reader faculty at the University of Calcutta and became full Professor in 2011. His major research activity is focused on organic synthesis and fabrication of smart organic nanomaterials, sensors and devices.
Nicholas Marshall
BS, Chemistry/Mathematics, KSU, 2004. PhD, University of Georgia, 2010. (Locklin) NRC Postdoctoral Associate, NOAA, 2011-2013. Visiting Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, Berea College, 2013-2015. Currently Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, USC Aiken. Editor of RSC's ChemSpider Synthetic Pages. Our interdisciplinary research group develops new reactions and techniques for modifying materials, solving problems in energy, sensing, and consumer-facing products.
Artem Mishchenko
Artem Mishchenko is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Physics and Astronomy, the University of Manchester. His research interests are in the fields of condensed matter physics and nanotechnology, with the emphasis on quantum transport in van der Waals materials; in addition, he has strong expertise in electronics, nanoelectromechanical systems, and instrumentation development. The major contributions to these fields have been published in over 70 peer-referred papers, many in Science and Nature journals, leading to more than 12000 citations and h-index of 33. He is regularly invited to present his results on international conferences; he also leads the collaboration between Manchester and High Magnetic Field Facilities in Europe. He has initiated several new research directions, such as a tunnelling and capacitance spectroscopy of van der Waals heterostructures, and nanoelectromechanics in 2D materials; his works led to the development of many new functional devices, including nanoscale transistors and photovoltaic sensors. As a recognition of his achievements, he has received several prestigious awards including SNSF Fellowship, EPSRC Early Career Fellowship, and EMFL Prize 2018. He is also named in 2018 list of Highly Cited Researchers from Clarivate Analytics.
Antonio Pereira Gonçalves
Dr. António Pereira Gonçalves is a Coordinator Researcher of the Department of Engineering and Nuclear Sciences of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Lisbon University. He obtained his PhD in Chemistry in 1996 at IST, on intermetallic uranium compounds. His research interests are in the fields of Solid State Chemistry, Materials Science, Exploratory synthesis, Phase diagram studies, Crystal growth, Design of new materials, Nanostructured materials, Actinide and Rare Earth Intermetallics, Oxides, Pnictide and Chalcogenide compounds, Strongly Correlated Electronic Systems, Thermoelectric materials and Nuclear materials for peaceful applications. Currently, he is working on uranium compounds for fundamental and applied studies and on compounds and thermoelectric systems for waste heat recovery. Dr. António Pereira Gonçalves has authored or co-authored more than 250 publications in peer review journals, having more than 350 conference presentations (22 invited). Since 2017 he is the President of the Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies (C2TN), a Research Unit of IST.