Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Malaysia

Mohd Farriz Basar is a distinguished renewable energy scholar and registered Professional Engineer with the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) and the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM). He earned his PhD in Renewable Energy from the Solar Energy Research Institute, The National University of Malaysia. With more than two decades of academic and research experience at the Faculty of Electrical Technology and Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), he has played a significant role in advancing sustainable energy technologies and community-driven energy solutions. He previously served as an Academic Visitor at the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.

Dr. Farriz’s work bridges engineering innovation with societal impact, focusing on renewable energy systems, sustainable design integration, and practical strategies to accelerate energy transition in developing communities. His commitment to humanistic and sustainable innovation has earned him international recognition, including the ASEAN Energy Award from the ASEAN Centre for Energy, the World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies Award (UK), the IEEE Malaysia Best Project Innovation Award, the IEM Young Engineer Award, and the Green Award from the ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology (AAET).

He continues to champion transformative research aligned with regional and global sustainability agendas.

Reza Shirmohammadi

University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Dr. Reza Shirmohammadi is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Green Technology and SDU Climate Cluster, University of Southern Denmark (SDU). His research focuses on advancing carbon-neutral energy systems through integrated approaches to CO2 capture, transport, utilization, and storage (CCUS), with an emphasis on supporting industrial decarbonization and the transition to net-zero economies.
He received his Ph.D. in Energy Systems Engineering from the University of Tehran in 2022. His doctoral research focused on the optimization, design, and life cycle assessment of solar-assisted CO2 capture and utilization systems integrated with ammonia and urea production plants. This work was conducted in collaboration with researchers at the University of Zaragoza and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, resulting in several publications in leading international journals.
Dr. Shirmohammadi has been awarded prestigious and highly competitive international fellowships, including Spain’s Juan de la Cierva (JdC) Fellowship, the country's most distinguished postdoctoral funding programs for junior researchers, and the MSCA funded by the European Union. He currently leads the MSCA-funded project “CO2Brain: The Role of CO2 Backbone in Carbon-Neutral Energy Systems”, part of the GAIA Project, which investigates the development of CO2 transport infrastructure as a key enabler of large-scale carbon management, industrial decarbonization, and climate neutrality. His current research combines techno-economic assessment, life cycle assessment, energy system flexibility analysis, and the evaluation of emerging carbon dioxide removal pathways.
His expertise spans CO2 Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS), Carbon Management, Smart Energy Systems, Industrial Decarbonization, Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA), Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Waste-to-Energy (WtE), Polygeneration Systems, and Sustainable Energy Transitions.