Faculty of Science, Charles University, Czech Republic;Dr. Manmatha Mahato is an Assistant Professor at Charles University and leads the Center for Multidimensional Materials. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Before joining Charles University in May 2026, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher and later a Research Associate Professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. His research focuses on multidimensional functional materials, MXenes, covalent organic and triazine frameworks, energy-storage electrodes, and electrochemical actuators. He received Young Scientist Awards from NANO KOREA in 2022 and the Korean Society for Composite Materials in 2024.

Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", University of Bologna, Italy;Dr. Shuangying Wei is an Assistant Professor at the University of Bologna. She received her Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences from the University of Ferrara. Before joining the University of Bologna in 2025, she worked at the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague as a Postdoctoral Researcher, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, and Research Fellow. Her research focuses on low-dimensional and two-dimensional functional materials, electrochemical energy storage, and reaction mechanisms. She was awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2022 and a €300,000 PNRR-MSCA Young Researchers grant as Principal Investigator in 2025. She currently serves as a Young Editorial Board Member of Energy Z.