1st Guest Editor Club Singapore 2025
18 September 2025
Welcome Message
MDPI is pleased to invite all Guest Editors in Singapore to take part in the very first local MDPI Guest Editor Club. This event has been created as a space for our Guest Editors to come together, share their experiences, and reflect on their achievements in an open and engaging setting.
The Guest Editor Club will gather colleagues from different fields to exchange ideas and highlight the important work being done through MDPI’s Special Issues. It is also a chance to learn more about the editorial process, discuss best practices, and explore new ways of shaping impactful Special Issues.
We hope this forum will serve not only as an opportunity to connect with our fellow Guest Editors, but also as a platform to generate new ideas, foster collaboration, and support the growth of research in Singapore and beyond. With consent from the speakers, presentations will be recorded and later shared on our online database, along with short introductions and discussion threads to keep the conversation going.
We look forward to welcoming you to the 1st MDPI Guest Editor Club 2025. Please find the program and speaker list below.
Date: 18 September 2025 at 3:00 pm SGT | 9:00 am CEST
Webinar ID: 819 5111 4225
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Keynote Speakers
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Provost Chair Professor Manoj Gupta was a former Head of the Materials Division of the Mechanical Engineering Department. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine, USA (1992), and performed postdoctoral research at the University of Alberta, Canada (1992). He has worked for about 40 years in the area of metallic materials with a particular focus on metallic composites of different types. He has taken on multiple consultancy projects related to the failure of materials in addition to teaching many people in corporate sectors on the same topic. He is currently among the top 1% of researchers, per Stanford’ List, The Universal Scientific Education and Research Network and ResearchGate, and is ranked 1219 in the whole world. He has published over 730 peer-reviewed journal papers and owns two US patents and two Trade Secrets. His h-index is 89 (GS), he has over 30200+ citations (GS) and 178,809 reads (Research Gate). He has also co-authored eight books, published by John Wiley, Springer and MRF - USA. A multiple award winner, he actively collaborates with/visits Japan, Poland, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, China, USA and India as a visiting researcher, professor, and chair professor.
1. School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore
2. Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Dr. Ghasan Fahim Huseien is a distinguished research fellow in the Department of Building, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore and Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. He earned his PhD from the University of Technology Malaysia in 2017 and has extensive expertise in concrete technology, sustainable construction materials, geopolymers, nanomaterials, and self-healing cementitious composites. With over a decade of academic and applied Research and Development experience, he has authored more than 250 peer-reviewed publications, several books, and numerous book chapters, making significant contributions to low-carbon and eco-friendly construction solutions. In addition to his research, Dr. Huseien actively serves the academic community as a Guest Editor for multiple Special Issues in MDPI journals, where he advances knowledge dissemination in construction materials and sustainability. His full research profile is available on Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=M9DAhHkAAAAJ&hl=en).
Dr. Nicholas Cho is the Journal Relations Specialist for Section MS in MDPI’s Singapore Office. He received his PhD in Bioinformatics (Environmental Science) from Nanyang Technological University. He has studied in Singapore and the USA and has used and developed bioinformatics tools such as statistical modeling, R, and Linux to apply the results to conservation efforts. He conducts scholar outreach and author training within the Asia Pacific Region, and globally for online visits.
Registration
This is a FREE webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.
Certificates of attendance will be delivered to those who attend the live webinar.
Can’t attend? Register anyway and we’ll let you know when the recording is available to watch.
Program
|
Speaker |
Presentation Title |
Time in SGT |
Time in CEST |
|
Dr. Nicholas Cho |
MDPI Introduction |
3:00 - 3:10 pm |
9:00 - 9:10 am |
|
Prof. Dr. Manoj Gupta |
The Charm of Special Issues and its Launching Process |
3:10 - 3:30 pm |
9:10 - 9:30 am |
| Dr. Ghasan Fahim Huseien |
Practical Approaches to Promoting Special Issues in MDPI Journals |
3:30 - 3:50 pm |
9:30 - 9:50 am |
|
Dr. Nicholas Cho |
Special Issues - Set-Up, Editorial Process, Guest Editors and Editorial Office Responsibilities |
3:50 - 4:10 pm |
9:50 - 10:10 am |
|
Q&A |
4:10 - 4:25 pm |
10:10 - 10:25 am |
|
|
Dr. Nicholas Cho |
Closing of Webinar |
4:25 - 4:30 pm |
10:25 - 10:30 am |
Relevant Special Issues
“Additive Manufacturing for Novel and Advanced Materials: Characteristics, Challenges, and Applications”
Edited by Prof. Dr. Manoj Gupta, Dr. Edgar Moraru
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025
“Sustainable Construction Materials’ Contribution to a Zero-Waste Future”
Edited by Dr. Ghasan Fahim Hussein, Dr. Iman Faridmehr
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 October 2025
Sponsors and Partners
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