Tiejun Chun received his B.E (Minerals Processing) from Central South University, China in 2007, and Ph.D (Metallurgical Engineering) also from Central South University, China in 2014. Then he joined Anhui University of Technology, China and completed his postdoctoral research at Liuzhou Iron and Steel Group, China in 2019-2021. Dr. Chun’s research activity and interests includes iron ore sintering, pelletizing, cold-bonded briquetting, hydrogen metallurgy and the utilization of solid wastes. He has been completed research projects from National Natural Science Foundation of China and also from the industries, such as VALE, FMG, Anglo American, Sino-steel, Baowu steel, Liuzhou Steel, Xiangtan Steel, et al. He has about 60 journal publications and 18 patents.

Dr Aladejebi is a Metallurgical and Materials Engineer. He works at the CSIRO Pullenvale site, contributing his expertise to the Sintering and Pelleting Team within the Mineral Resources Business Unit.

Suneeti Purohit is a research scientist at CSIRO Mineral Resources, specialising in iron ore processing, agglomeration, and low-carbon ironmaking technologies. Her work focuses on developing innovative pathways such as the Lime Magnetite Pellet (LMP) process to enable the utilisation of Australia's vastly underutilised magnetite reserve as well as low-grade goethitic iron ores. She has extensive experience in iron ore agglomeration, metallurgical testing, material characterisation, pilot-scale validation and emission modelling.

Chong Liang(2000.3-), Loudi Hunan,China, PHD in Central South University.

Dr. Shabnam Sabah is a Postdoctoral Research Engineer at Swinburne University of Technology. She is currently involved in HILT CRC funded projects focused on the prevention of sticking in H2 fluidised bed DRI production and de-risking of electric smelting furnaces for Australian ores. She is also leading the project on de-risking flash reduction of Australian iron ore. She has previously worked in projects focusing on the impact of hydrogen DRI on melting in an electric furnace and hydrogen Ironmaking. She has expertise in steelmaking, ironmaking, fluid mechanics and pyro-metallurgy. She earned her PhD from Swinburne University, where she investigated splashing behaviour in the Basic Oxygen Furnace. Dr. Sabah also holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and has prior professional experience in the process industries.