Visiting Professors: USA, Malaysia, Thailand, and China at Faculty of Chemical Engineering in 2023 and 2024 – Lecturer Activities, Research, and Communication Social Responsibility

Prof. Ognjen Š. Miljanić is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Houston in the USA. He was born in Belgrade (then Yugoslavia) in 1978. Prof. Miljanić obtained his Diploma from the University of Belgrade in 2000 and a PhD (with Prof. K. Peter C. Vollhardt) from the University of California at Berkeley in 2005. Between 2005 and 2008, he performed postdoctoral research at UCLA with Prof. J. Fraser Stoddart, the 2016 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. He started his independent career at the University of Houston in 2008, and has since published 80 papers in various areas of supramolecular and materials chemistry. He has presented his work at more than 100 universities and conferences in 20 countries. Prof. Miljanić was honored with the NSF CAREER, Cottrell Scholar, and University of Houston teaching and research excellence awards, as well as Alexander von Humboldt and Max Kade research fellowships. He was a visiting professor at the New York University Abu Dhabi and the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg, Germany.

He is a full professor in School of materials science and Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; Chair professor of Thammasat University, Thailand, and Guest professor of Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He received his bachelor’s degree in Microelectronics and Solid-State Electronics from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2003. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2008 concerning the preparation and characterization of BNT based lead free piezoelectric thick films. He joined the Research Laboratory of Hydrothermal Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kochi University, Japan in 2008, and has been a postdoctoral researcher for two and a half years in Kochi University Japan. Zhang got a faculty position in School of Materials Science and Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2011. From 2012 to 2014, he worked as a Humboldt Research Fellow with Professor Jürgen Rödel in Institute of materials science at Technique University of Darmstadt, Germany. Since 2014 he works as a professor in School of materials science and Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan China. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed SCI research papers and had 20 Chinese patents. Zhang’s research interests include (i) lead-free piezo- and ferroelectrics materials, (ii) dielectric composite materials for energy storage, (iii) Precision molding technology of advanced ceramics.

He is currently Associate Professor at Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Thammasat University. Thailand. He received the B.Sc. in Industrial Chemistry from King Mongkut Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL). After that, he recieved the Master and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, from Kasetsart University. He was appointed lecturer in Department of Chemistry, Thammasat University in year 2006. He was vice dean in Student Affairs, Faculty of Science and Technology, Thammasat University, 2014-2017; assistant to the dean in Research Affairs, 2018 to 2019 respectively. He received the award of outstanding young researcher from Thammasat University in year 2010. His research interest is Pyrolysis, Heterogeneous Catalysis, Biomass Conversion, Electrochemical Catalysis, Supercapacitor. His publication is more than 85 papers in ISI. He has been served as editorial board member of S.N. Applied Science Journal and Current Catalysis Journal since 2018-now; Guest editor in topical collection of Biomass transformation to fine chemicals (SN Applied Science) and SI: “Catalytic deoxygenation for production of green biofuel” Molecular Catalysis (Elsevier). Scopus ID 26436343700

Sumaiya Zainal Abidin is an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University Malaysia Pahang. She begins her career as an academician in 2006 and has been serving the academic world for over 15 years. She obtained her PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from Loughborough University, United Kingdom in year 2012. Most of her research work focuses on the area of catalysis, reaction engineering, and renewable energy. Apart from that, she also studies on the re-utilization of waste to wealth products and is actively involved in the research related to minerals processing, particularly the rare earth elements. Over the academic years, she managed to secure more than 30 national and international grants worth more than USD 500,000. She has published more than 50 peer-reviewed journals in high-impact journals (i.e., Fuel, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Chemical Engineering Science, Minerals Processing, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering), 1 book, 7 book chapters (CRC Press, Elsevier, Taylor and Francis, Springer), and more than 30 conference proceedings. She and her research collaborators have also filed/patented more than 5 patents and won numbers of medals in national/international exhibitions. In terms of editorial work, she has served as the Guest Editor for Special Issue of Comptes Rendus Chimie, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering and SN Applied Sciences, Materials Today: Proceeding and Chemical Engineering Research and Design (Elsevier). She is also an active reviewer for many high-impact journals published by Elsevier, Wiley, Taylor & Francis and Springer. Through her involvement in professional bodies, she has become the associate member for few professional bodies, and in 2019, she was awarded with Chartered Chemical Engineer (CEng) from the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), United Kingdom and Professional Technologists (Ts) from Malaysian Board of Technologists. She is also actively involved in consultation projects and continues to contribute her knowledge to solve problems faced by the industries.

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