Waste Valorization for Bioenergy and Bioproducts

Professor Hwai Chyuan Ong is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) registered with the Engineering Council, UK. He currently serves as a Distinguished Professor at Department of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Sunway University, Malaysia, and as an Adjunct Professor at Faculty of Engineering & IT, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. His research interests are energy & fuel, biomass energy, renewable energy, circular economy and waste management. With a prolific publication record, he has authored over 250 high-impact SCI journal papers and delivered numerous keynotes, plenary, and invited talks at international conferences.

He has successfully secured and completed several grants as a principal investigator from government, industry, and private entities both nationally and internationally. Recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher (Engineering) by Clarivate Analytics from 2019 to 2022, he was also named Australia’s top early career researcher in sustainable energy in 2021. In 2018 and 2017, he received Malaysia's Research Star Award (frontier researcher), and in 2016, he was honored with Malaysia's Rising Star Award (young researcher) by the Ministry of Higher Education and Clarivate Analytics. Currently, he serves as Associate Editor of Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, Alexandria Engineering Journal and e-Prime. Ong is also a Core Group Member of APRU Sustainable Waste Management (SWM) program.

Dr. IMR Fattah is a 'Highly Cited Researcher', ranked among the top 0.1% globally in the "Cross Field" category by Clarivate Analytics. He has received this prestigious recognition for two consecutive years: 2023 and 2022. Additionally, Elsevier BV and Stanford University have named him one of the "Top 2% of Scientists in the World" for an impressive four consecutive years, from 2020 to 2023.

Currently, Dr. Fattah holds a Research Fellow position at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) within the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. His research focuses on unlocking the potential of waste materials for sustainable energy applications. This passion stems from his PhD, completed in 2019 at the University of New South Wales (UNSW, Sydney), where he investigated methods to reduce emissions, particularly PM/soot, from diesel combustion. Prior to his doctoral studies, he earned a Master of Engineering Science from the University of Malaya (UM) in 2014 and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).

Dr. Fattah is an active contributor to his field, having published over 150 articles and garnering nearly 9500 citations for his work. He also serves as an Associate Editor for three esteemed journals: Frontiers in Energy Research, Frontiers in Catalysis, and the Journal of Energy and Power Technology.

Dr. IMR Fattah's unwavering commitment is to remain at the forefront of research in renewable and sustainable energy, continuously pushing the boundaries of knowledge and innovation.

Prof. T. M. Indra Mahlia is a Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Technology Sydney, in Australia. He is an internationally recognised authority in sustainable energy systems, techno-economic analysis, life cycle assessment (LCA), and energy–environment nexus research. He has secured more than $5 million in competitive research funding from government and industry and has authored several hundred peer-reviewed publications in leading Q1 journals. He has been consistently recognised as a Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering by Clarivate Analytics (2017–2022). His research directly informs energy policy, deployment of low-carbon technologies, and circular economy strategies, particularly in the Asia–Pacific region.