Eligible Field -
New Materials and New Energy
To meet the challenges of global energy demand and the need for new advanced materials for applications in the fields of energy, health and environment, this subcommittee will embrace nominations within the broad area of New Materials and New Energy, which includes but is not limited to the discovery of new organic/ organometallic molecular materials, inorganic/ solid-state materials, polymers/ macromolecules, nanomaterials, two-dimensional materials, quantum materials, colloids, hybrid/ composite materials, soft/ supramolecular materials, bio-/ bioinspired materials etc. with novel functional properties. Original innovative contributions that demonstrate novel ideas/ concepts/ conceptual advances on forefront, fundamental and impactful translational research at the interface of physics, chemistry, biology/ medicine, engineering, and materials science to achieve new functional materials and new sources of energy are welcome. These can include but are not limited to new synthetic strategies and designs, synthesis/ preparation methods, new phenomena/ mechanisms/ properties, new theories and methods, new energy conversion and storage mechanisms, and new devices to achieve efficient and clean utilization of energy.

Prof. Vivian Wing-Wah Yam
- Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Chair Professor of Chemistry, HKU
- Foreign Associate, US National Academy of Sciences
- Foreign Member, Academia Europaea
- Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
- Founding Member, The Hong Kong Academy of Sciences

Prof. Susumu Kitagawa
- Distinguished Professor and Executive Vice President (Research Promotion), Kyoto University
- Member, The Japan Academy
- Foreign Member, The Royal Society

Prof. Yi Cui
- Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
- Director, Precourt Institute for Energy
- Director, Sustainability Accelerator
- Member, National Academy of Sciences, U.S.
- FAAAS, FRSC, FMRS, FECS
- Member, European Academy of Engineering

Prof. Dongyuan Zhao
- Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Fellow, The World Academy of Science (TWAS)
- Dean, Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fudan University

Prof. Hongjie Dai
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Chair Professor, Joint Appointment with Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Chemistry, HKU
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J.G.Jackson-C.J. Wood Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus Stanford University