Victor Manuel de la Prida Pidal Editor

It-Meng Low is currently an adjunct professor of applied physics at Curtin University, Australia. He earned his PhD in materials engineering from Monash University, Australia. After completing his postdoctoral fellowship in mechanical engineering from the University of Sydney, Australia, he became a lecturer of chemical and materials engineering at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He then moved to Curtin University as a lecturer of materials engineering and was promoted to senior lecturer, associate professor, and then full professor. He has authored or coauthored nearly 20 books and more than 190 articles in international peer-reviewed journals.

Hani Manssor Albetran is an assistant professor at the Department of Basic Sciences, College of Education, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (formerly known as University of Dammam), Saudi Arabia. He received his BSc from King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He earned his MSc and PhD from Curtin University, Australia. He has also been a teacher with the Ministry of Education, a teaching assistant at King Faisal University, and a lecturer at the University of Dammam. He has authored or coauthored 27 research papers in international peer-reviewed journals.

Victor Manuel de la Prida Pidal is a full professor of applied physics at the University of Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. He had earned his PhD from the same university. He has authored or coauthored 1 book, around 10 book chapters, and more than 160 research papers in journals of international repute. He has presented over 250 scientific communications in national and international conferences and has been the leading scientist in around 19 of the 25 international, national, and regional research.

Fong Kwong Yam is an associate professor and chairperson of Engineering Physics program (from Jan 2017 till now) at the School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang, Malaysia. He received his BSc (Hons) in physics (1992) and MSc in materials science and engineering (1999) from USM and the National University of Singapore (NUS), respectively. He obtained his PhD from USM in 2007, and has been working there since then. He has authored or co-authored 1 book, 2 book chapters, and more than 250 articles in international peer-reviewed journals.