Prof Malik Maaza iThemba Labs, South Africa Prof Wole Soboyejo Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA Prof Sossina Haile Northwestern University, USA Prof Maria Magdalena Titirici Imperial College London, UK Prof Malika Jeffries-EL Boston University, USA Dr Geraldine Richmond Science and Innovation at the Department of Energy, USA Prof. Mamadou Diallo National Science Foundation, USA Prof Gérard Mourou Nobel Laureate in Physics 2018