Prof. Dr. Chan Yean Yean

Empowering Sustainability Through Sensor Innovation

Dr. Chan Yean Yean has been a Professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) since 2022. She is widely recognized for her expertise in diagnostics, molecular medical microbiology, and biosensors. With over 22 years of experience in research, teaching, and training both undergraduate and postgraduate students, she plays a significant role in advancing knowledge and nurturing the next generation of independent researchers.

Dr. Chan has secured and successfully completed 22 life science research grants awarded by prestigious institutions, including the university, the Ministry of Education Malaysia, industry partners, and the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation. She has supervised 17 Ph.D. and 18 M.Sc. students to graduation, and currently mentors 9 Ph.D. candidates.

Her scholarly contributions include 134 publications in high-impact international journals and a Scopus h-index of 28. She has delivered over 64 presentations at national and international conferences, received 27 awards from esteemed agencies, submitted 193 gene sequences to GenBank (NCBI), and contributed 780 SARS-CoV-2 whole genome sequences to GISAID. Dr. Chan also holds four granted patents and has successfully licensed and transferred three research products to industry partners.

Laser-Induced Graphene Electrodes: Enabling Sensors for a Sustainable Future

Prof. Dr. Warakorn Limbut has published over 135 peer-reviewed articles and one book chapter, making significant contributions to the fields of chemical sensors, biosensors, and electrochemistry. He also holds 13 Thai patents, which have been licensed by five different companies. Over the years, he has received 133 awards from both public and private sectors in Thailand, honoring his outstanding work in sensor technologies.

Flexible Nano-Thin-Film Electrode Development for Applications in Biosensing and Bio-Electronics

Prof. Chia-Ching Chang (張家靖) is a distinguished researcher and professor in the Department of Biological Science and Technology at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), Hsinchu, Taiwan. He also holds joint appointments as a Research Fellow at the Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, and as a Professor in both the Department of Electrophysics and the International College of Semiconductor Technology at NYCU. A Taiwanese national, Prof. Chang earned his Ph.D. in Life Sciences from National Tsing Hua University in 1998, where he had earlier completed his B.S. in Physics. He was a Pre-doctoral Fellow at The Johns Hopkins University from 1997 to 1998, and later served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Academia Sinica from 1998 to 2000.

Prof. Chang’s interdisciplinary research spans the development of surface-active nano-thin-film biosensors, conducting DNA devices, nano biomaterials, and studies on protein folding—including apolipoproteins, globular and intrinsically disordered proteins. His contributions have earned him numerous accolades, including the Outstanding Fellow Honor Award (2021–2025) from NYCU, the 2023 and 2020 National Innovation Awards for Clinical and Research Innovation, and international recognitions such as the Vebleo Fellow (USA) and IAAM Fellow and Scientist Award (Sweden) in 2022. He is also a member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society. 

AI-Driven Sensor Technologies for Advancing Health, Security, Productivity, and Autonomy

Associate Professor Dr. Augie Widyotriatmo is a leading academic in the field of robotics and autonomous systems at the Faculty of Industrial Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Indonesia. An Indonesian national, he earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Pusan National University, South Korea, and both his M.Eng. in Instrumentation and Control and B.Eng. in Engineering Physics from Institut Teknologi Bandung.

With a research portfolio spanning autonomous systems, robotics, mechatronics, instrumentation, control theory, sensor fusion, and cybersecurity, Dr. Augie has made notable contributions to both theoretical advancements and real-world applications. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and frequently invited as a keynote speaker at international conferences. Notably, in 2025, he will deliver a keynote address titled “Towards Robust Autonomous Systems: Managing Accuracy, Uncertainty, System Interoperability, and Cybersecurity” at the 9th International Conference on Instrumentation, Control, and Automation (ICA 2025) in Bandung. In 2021, he addressed global challenges in AI development for autonomous vehicles at the Autonomous Vehicles Summit in Slovakia.

Dr. Augie’s achievements include multiple best paper awards in conferences such as ICCAS 2018 and ROBIONETICS 2018, as well as innovation recognitions from ITB for his work on cockroach-inspired and wheelchair robots. He also played a key advisory role for Team Dagozilla ITB, who won the Wheeled Soccer Robot Championship in the 2019 Indonesian Robot Contest. His commitment to advancing Indonesia’s robotics landscape continues to shape future generations of engineers and innovators.