Setsuhisa Tanabe is a Professor of Material Chemistry at Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Japan. He is the author of >300 original papers, >25 book chapters, and >40 review papers on rare-earth doped luminescent materials for upconversion lasers, optical fiber amplifier for telecommunication, LED phosphors and persistent phosphors. He has served as a plenary, keynote or invited speaker at >140 international conferences and at >200 domestic meetings & seminars. Based on his scientific contributions on photonic glasses, he was awarded W.E.S. Turner Award from ICG in 2012, Varshneya Frontier of Glass Science Award from The American Ceramic Society, ACerS in 2018 and Otto Schott Research Award in 2024 from E. Abbe Fond as well as several academic awards from Ceramic Society of Japan, Chemical Society of Japan, Rare-Earth Society of Japan and so on. He is a Fellow of SPIE, ACerS, SGT and CerSJ. He now serves as a Main Editor of Journal of Luminescence and the Chair of Japanese committee of UN International Year of Glass 2022.
Transparent garnet ceramics for PSL, LED and persistent phosphors
Dr. Gede Adi Wiguna Sudiartha is an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Engineering Study Program, Faculty of Engineering, Udayana University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Yamaguchi University, Japan, following his B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees in Environmental Engineering from Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia. His research focuses on wastewater treatment, waste-to-energy conversion, anaerobic digestion, microbial ecology, metagenomics, and bioinformatics. Dr. Sudiartha has made several contributions to advancing knowledge in microbial interactions and their role in enhancing biogas production. His publications include articles in leading international journals such as Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Fermentation, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio). Among his notable works are studies on microbial syntrophy and methane production during temperature transitions in anaerobic digestion systems. Dr. Sudiartha has received several prestigious awards such as the Best Paper Award from MDPI Fermentation in 2025, as well as Best Presenter Awards at ICOSEID 2022 and INCRID 2021. He also served as a Visiting Researcher at Khon Kaen University in Thailand in 2023, expanding his international collaboration network.
Syntrophic Microbial Adaptation Enhances Biogas Production during Temperature Transition to 45°C with Moderate Glucose Supplementation