Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman is Assoc. Professor at the Solar Energy Research Institute of The National University of Malaysia, where he leads the Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Solar Cells Unit of the Solar Photovoltaics group. Receiving hid BSc and MSc in Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from The University of Dhaka, he was awarded the Japanese Government’s Monbukagakusho Scholarship, joining the Institute for Molecular Science in Okazaki, where he obtained his PhD studying design and synthesis of new organic heterocyclic compounds for EL device application. His areas of expertise are the rational design of organic/inorganic semiconductors, Nano-materials for various applications, Dye-sensitized Solar cells, Perovskite thin film solar cell, Graphene/Quatum dots-based Hybrid solar cells , Bulk-heterojunction Solar cells, Light-Emitting Organic Field-effect Transistors, Organic Thin Film Transistors, Flexible Memory Devices, Nano-electronics and Electroluminescence devices. Dr Vidhya is currently serving as a postdoctoral researcher in Solar Energy Research Institute at National University of Malaysia. She received her Ph.D. degree in Polymer Chemistry from Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya in 2018. Her main research interests are on the chemical modification of natural polymers for application as quasi-solid electrolytes in dye/quantum dot-sensitized solar cells.
