Professor Seeram Ramakrishna, FREng, Everest Chair is a world-renowned poly-disciplinary scholar at the National University of Singapore. He is named among the World’s Most Influential Minds (Thomson Reuters); Top 1% Highly Cited Researchers in material science as well as cross-field categories (Clarivate Analytics); and World Top 100 Scientists 2023. His publications to date have an H-index of 178 and over 158,265 citations. He is an elected Fellow of UK Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng); AAAS; ASM International; ASME; and AIMBE, USA. He is an Editorial board member of RSC Energy and Environmental Science journal, NPJ Urban Sustainability journal; eScience journal, and Advanced Fiber Materials journal.