Abdelaali Fargi is a PhD student in the Laboratory of Automatic and Electrical Systems and Environment at National School of Engineers of Monastir (University of Monastir). His research is focused on optimisation of performances of DC-DC power converters for Electrical Vehicles by using intelligent techniques and machine learning.

Albert Škegro (Chalmers University of Technology) is a PhD student in the Automatic Control research unit at Chalmers University of Technology. He conducts research on dynamically reconfigurable battery systems, a next-generation battery technology aimed at extending battery lifetime and improving efficiency, particularly for larger electric vehicles such as trucks and buses. His research has been funded by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research and the Swedish Energy Agency, involving collaboration with industrial partners Scania and Swedish Electromagnet Invest.

Amey Gupta is a PhD Researcher at the University of Bristol. His research focuses on why battery models fail to capture the effects of battery pack architecture. He aims to account for error propogation cause by physical effects.

Anuja Kumar has a master’s degree in Renewable Energy Engineering from Edinburgh Napier University. She completed the MSc dissertation project in electrochemical energy storage (EES) device fabrication. She has developed a high-energy storage material for EES on flexible substrates. Currently, she is focusing on developing multi-sensing smart devices.

Arman Oshnoei received the Ph. D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran, in 2021. From November 2020 to May 2021, he was a Visiting Ph.D. Scholar at the Department of Energy (AAU Energy), Aalborg University, Denmark. He later joined AAU Energy as a Research Assistant (2021–2022) and subsequently as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2022–2023). He is currently an Assistant Professor at AAU Energy. His research focuses on battery management systems (BMS), energy storage integration, and intelligent control and optimization for grid and e-mobility applications. Dr. Oshnoei currently serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Access, Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy, and Circuit World, and is the Vice Leader of the EMI/EMC in Power Electronics research group at AAU Energy.

Aya Rageh (University of Bristol) is a PhD student in the Electrical Energy Management Group at the University of Bristol. Her research is focused on estimating the state of health of lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries under different temperatures as well as conducting a life cycle assessment for the batteries from cradle to grave. Aya is part of cohort 6 of the Faraday Institution PhD Enrichment Scheme and she is mostly aligned with the ‘Degradation’ project

Benedick Allan Strugnell – Lees is a PhD student in the Automatic Control research unit at Chalmers University of Technology. His research is focused on optimal usage and properties of battery storage units using 2nd life batteries. The project is part of the Swedish Electricity Storage and Balancing Centre and represents a collaboration between Chalmers, Volvo Trucks, Volvo Energy, and BatteryLoop Technologies.

Diane Bonkoungou received the Engineering degree in Applied Physics from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse, France, in 2023. She is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in the modeling of drift parameters of SiC MOSFETs for the predictive maintenance of power converters with the CEA-LETI System Department in Grenoble, France, in collaboration with the SATIE Laboratory at Gustave Eiffel University, Versailles, France. From January to July 2026 (ongoing), she is a visiting Ph.D. researcher at Aalborg University, Denmark. Her experience includes wide-bandgap semiconductor device characterization and modeling. Her current research interests include ageing modeling and reliability evaluation of power semiconductor devices.

Chadha Jenzeri ,  is PhD student with the Electrical Engineering Department at the National Engineering School of Monastir. Chadha received her Electrical Engineering diploma in 2022 from ENIM, Tunisia. Her research focused on intelligent control of five phase permanent magnet synchronous machines for ships propulsion system.

Francesco Popolizio (Chalmers University of Technology) is a PhD student in the Automatic Control research unit at Chalmers University of Technology. His research focuses on energy management for electric vehicles, with a special emphasis on bidirectional charging strategies such as vehicle-to-grid and vehicle-to-home. He works on optimization and control methods to coordinate energy flows between EVs, homes, photovoltaic systems, and the grid, while accounting for battery degradation. His research has been funded by the Swedish Energy Agency, in collaboration with the industrial partner Polestar AB.

Godwin K. Peprah ( Chalmers University of Technology ) is a PhD student in the Automatic Control research unit at Chalmers University of Technology. His research focuses on the thermal management and fault prognosis of Li-ion batteries, aiming to develop an intelligent thermal control system that enhances battery performance, mitigates ageing and enables battery operation in all climates. His work has received funding from the Swedish Electromobility Centre and the Swedish Energy Agency, with collaborative support from industrial partners Volvo AB and Scania AB.

Hanna Hoch is a doct researcher at RWTH Aachen University and a member of the junior research group “Artificial Intelligence for Batteries.” Her research focuses on the fast characterization of battery performance using robotics and machine learning. By developing automated and data-driven methods, she aims to accelerate the evaluation, parameter extraction for modeling, and optimization of battery manufacturing processes.

Hossein Seyed Aleyasin ( Politecnico di Torino ) is a PhD student in Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering at Politecnico di Torino. His research is focused on reliability of traction inverters, their real-time diagnostic techniques and predictive maintenance.

İbrahim Arif (ERARGE) is a Senior R&D Software Engineer at ERARGE since 2018. He received his B.SC from Marmara University Computer Engineering Department in 2017. His work is focused on Semantic Web, Back-end Development, Cloud Integration, and 2D/3D Visualization. He has a distinguished expertise in developing a cloud-integrated semantic framework that considers relations between different ontologies such as PdM, SSN/SOSA, CityGML, IFC, and ENISA. This framework aims to provide advanced inferences via complex queries, with results presented using 2D and 3D visualization techniques. İbrahim has been involved in national and international projects, i.e., Critical-Chains, Safety4Rails, Valu3s in Horizon 2020, ESCALATE, OPEVA, TEAMING in Horizon Europe, TioCPS, BIMy, C3PO in EUREKA-ITEA. He has published 8 papers in smart and secure cyber-physical system and their applications in various fields of smart cities, automotive, smart buildings and Industry 4.0.

Ilya Kuangaliyev is a PhD student in the Automatic Control research unit at Chalmers University of Technology. He conducts research on deep battery discharging before recycling, where the goal is to deep discharge the battery until its voltage drops below the level safe for recycling. His task is to make this process quick enough to fulfill the rapidly growing demand in the battery recycling industry, while keeping it safe and convenient, by making the approach suitable for complete battery modules and capable of being applied utilizing the EV’s battery management system.

Isac Borghed (Chalmers University of Technology) is a PhD student in the Automatic Control research unit at Chalmers University of Technology. He conducts research on expansion-based fast charging control of lithium-ion batteries, exploring the connection between phase information and safe charging. His research has been funded by the Swedish Energy Agency, and the project involves collaborations with the Surface and Microstructure Engineering research unit at Chalmers University of Technology, and industrial partners Volvo Cars and ConScience AB.

Jonas Rinner (RWTH Aachen University) is a PhD student at the Center for Ageing, Reliability and Lifetime Prediction of Electrochemical and Power Electronic Systems. His research focuses on modeling various aspects of hysteresis effects in lithium- and sodium-ion batteries, including their thermal and mechanical characteristics.

Khouloud Ben Hammouda , is currently a PhD student in electrical Engineering in LASEE laboratory in ENIM, Tunisia. (National Engineering School of Monastir) Her research is focused on investigation of series/parallel connected two five phases permanent magnet synchronous machine PMSM for ship propulsion system: topology, control, robust and optimal command of non-conventional machines with high reliability and techno-economic optimisation, fault detection, fault tolerance control. Khouloud received her mechatronic engineering diploma in 2015 from ENICarthage, Tunisia. She has been involved her research project in COSE team in LIS laboratory, France. She had an experience of 4 years as mechatronic engineer in Monasteam Alternative Energy specialised in Biomass energy applications.

Mariem Boujneh is a PhD student in the Laboratory of Automation, Electrical Systems and Environment at the National Engineering School of Monastir. Her research focused on the modeling of hybrid electric vehicles, energy management strategies implementation and optimization of control strategies using meta-heuristic algorithms. 

Dr. Mark Blyth ( University of Bristol ) is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bristol, funded by the Faraday Institution. His research investigates the spatial effects of charge and temperature gradients on batteries, and studies how coupled electrical and thermal models of cells can be simulated rapidly and accurately.

Niyazi Uğur (ERARGE) is a skilled embedded software engineer at a leading security company. He received his BSC in Computer Engineering in 2015 from İstanbul Commerce University. His expertise includes communication security, hardware security modules, cloud security, embedded software, and automotive security. He has significantly contributed to numerous projects, ensuring seamless software and hardware integration. His extensive experience in embedded systems and security technologies is crucial to the success of key projects. He has published 5 paper in related fields of blockchain, smart and secure cyber physical systems.

Qingbo Zhu (Chalmers University of Technology) is a PhD student in the Automatic Control research unit at Chalmers University of Technology. Her research is focused on vehicle-level energy modelling, prediction, and management using data-driven and machine learning techniques.

Dr. Ricardo Leote holds a PhD in Physics at the University of Bucharest, focusing on the synthesis, characterization, and application of advanced functional architectures for sensing devices. He has a strong background in charge transfer processes, electrode-electrolyte interfaces and charge separation processes at the electrode surfaces, and the characterization and unveiling of redox mechanisms of inorganic and organic compounds, which is essential for electrochemical energy storage and sensing devices.

Runyang Lian is a researcher at RWTH Aachen researching on the aging of batteries.

Sercan Tanrıseven ( ERARGE ) is a Senior Electronics Hardware Design Engineer at ERARGE. He received his bachelor’s degree in 2014 and his master’s degree in 2017, in Electronics Engineering both from Yıldız Technical University. Since 2016, he has been responsible for hardware development projects at ERARGE. For the past two years, he has specialized in developing automotive cybersecurity hardware and has been actively involved in projects related to ISO26262 and ISO21434 compliance and Common Criteria Evaluation. He ahs published 11 papers in top conferences in related fields of smart and cyber physical systems. He has actively participated in national and international projects of ERARGE, i.e., Critical-Chains, Safety4Rails, Valu3s in Horizon 2020, ESCALATE, OPEVA, TEAMING in Horizon Europe, TioCPS in Eureka-ITEA and TUBITAK-TEYDEB national projects.