Ashok Santra is a Sr. Research Science Consultant at the Drilling Technology group of Aramco Americas, Houston. Ashok's over 30 years of research experience in new product/processes development for Oilwell Drilling and Cementing includes working for Halliburton, Weatherford and Lubrizol. Dr. Santra graduated from IIT, IISc and worked as a researcher at Cambridge (UK), Cardiff (UK) and Texas A&M Universities. Ashok has co-authored 150+ patents and 100+ scientific publications with an h-index of 40. He is currently Associate Editor of SPE Journal.

Jeffrey R. Bailey, SPE, retired as principal drilling mechanics engineer after 32 years at ExxonMobil, specializing in bottomhole assembly design, drill string vibration modeling, and fracture mapping analysis. He is now a wells advisor at Raise Group and is the Chair of the SPE Research and Development Technical Section. Jeff is an SPE Life Member, currently serves on the JPT Editorial Review Board, and was an SPE Distinguished Lecturer in 2020–21. Dr. Bailey holds undergraduate degrees in physics and economics from Stanford University and graduate degrees in mechanical engineering and technology policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has authored or co-authored more than 30 SPE papers and 32 US patents.

Dr. Mo is the Moores Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Houston (UH) and an internationally recognized authority in concrete materials and structural engineering. He previously served as Director of the prestigious Hsu Structural Research Laboratory from 2003 to 2016. His research expertise spans constitutive modeling, nonlinear finite element analysis, simulation-based structural design, smart concrete sensing technologies, and the development and application of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC).

Dr. Mo's recent research addresses high-impact challenges at the intersection of civil and nuclear engineering, including metamaterials-based seismic isolation of small modular reactors and physics-informed deep learning frameworks for nuclear power plants. A highly prolific scholar, Dr. Mo has authored more than 500 research publications, including 285 peer-reviewed journal articles. His work has been cited over 12,800 times on Google Scholar, with an h-index of 62 and an i10-index of 196.

Gaurav is a Professor and the Pritzker Endowed Chair in Sustainability at the Samueli School of Engineering at UCLA. He is the Director of UCLA's Institute for Carbon Management (ICM). Gaurav has published over 225 peer-reviewed journal publications and has an h-index of 66.

He is the CTO/Co-Founder of Equatic Inc. (Grand Prize Winner of the Temasek Foundation's 2021 Liveability Challenge), Co-Founder of Concrete-AI Inc., Co-Founder of Nextli Technologies Inc., and Founder of CarbonBuilt Inc. (Grand Prize Winner of the 2021 NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE). Gaurav has provided testimony to the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, and the California State Senate, and has provided strategic consulting and R&D support to Fortune 500 corporations and government agencies globally. Gaurav earned his B.S. (2006), M.S. (2007), and Ph.D. (2009) from Purdue University. He is a Fellow of the American Concrete Institute, the American Ceramic Society, and the U.S. National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

Dr. Thomas J. (TJ) Pisklak is a Senior Scientific Advisor for the Cementing Applied Sciences and Processes (CASP) group at Halliburton, where he leads innovation in low carbon cement systems, pozzolanic materials, and advanced cement chemistry. His work focuses on developing next-generation cement technologies that enhance well integrity, improve environmental performance, and support the industry's transition toward lower carbon construction materials.

Dr. Pisklak holds a PhD and MS in Chemistry from the University of Texas at Dallas and a BS in Chemistry from Texas A&M University. He is an accomplished inventor with more than 120 U.S. and international patents spanning supplementary cementitious materials, graphene-enhanced cement systems, geopolymer formulations, pozzolan reactivity, and cement performance optimization. His innovations have contributed to Halliburton's position as a global leader in sustainable cementing solutions.

Deepak Khatri is the Vice President of Cementing at ProPetro Services, bringing over three decades of global oilfield experience across the Middle East, India, Europe, Africa, and North America. His career has been deeply rooted in cementing, complemented by broad expertise in strategic operations management, technical support, technology portfolio management, training, and business development.

Deepak holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Bombay University and an MBA from Oklahoma State University. Throughout his career, he has co-authored SPE papers, served on the AADE Technical Committee, and presented at several leading industry forums. Prior to joining ProPetro, Deepak served as Global Product Line Director for both Baker Hughes and Expro, where he led worldwide cementing product line strategy and execution.

Dimitrios Kalliontzis is an Assistant Professor at the University of Houston. His research focuses on reinforced concrete, masonry structures, and multiphysics engineering. He is a voting member of ACI (American Concrete Institute) 239-C UHPC Structural Design Subcommittee and the Reinforcement & Connectors Subcommittee at TMS (The Masonry Society), and chairs the ACI 550 PRESS Frame Subcommittee.

His group also develops computational methods for fluid-structure interactions pertaining to structural performance during natural hazards, marine energy conversion systems, and the flow behavior of fresh concrete. Prior to joining the University of Houston, Dimitrios was a postdoctoral researcher at UC San Diego and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. He holds an MSc from Iowa State University (Research Excellence Award) and a Diploma Degree in Civil Engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Dr. Nancy Soliman is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC). Her research focuses on the development of high-performance and sustainable cementitious materials for extreme, coastal, and offshore environments. She established a ~$1M laboratory facility at TAMU-CC to support experimental research on advanced concrete materials.

Her work integrates multiscale experimental mechanics, low-carbon binders and aggregates derived from waste streams (including recycled glass and mine tailings), multifunctional cement-based composites such as electrically conductive materials for self-heating and energy storage, and advanced durability performance. Dr. Soliman has two patents on eco-friendly ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) and is principal investigator on multiple externally funded projects including an NSF award for sustainable UHPC using waste mine tailings. Prior to joining TAMU-CC, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub. She is an active member of ACI and RILEM technical committees related to UHPC.

Dr. Haoming Ma is a staff scientist and principal investigator at the Hydrogen Energy Research Center in the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources. Prior to that, he was a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Energy & Environmental Systems Analysis at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Ma received his Ph.D. from the University of Calgary in 2023.

He holds an M.Sc. in Computer and Information Technology from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.Sc. in Energy Policy and Management from Penn State University, where he also earned a B.Sc. in Energy Engineering with minors in Energy Business & Finance and Environmental Engineering. Dr. Ma's research focuses on Geo-Energy System Modeling and Analysis powered by machine learning and multiscale remote sensing data, addressing the technological, economic, and environmental trade-offs within geo-energy systems to advance a secure, affordable, and sustainable energy future.

Dr. Muhammad is a Senior Scientist in Aramco's Energy Sustainability Analysis Group, leveraging 15+ years of expertise in ESG, reservoir engineering, and EOR gained across national and international oil operation companies. His current focus is global LNG supply chain carbon emissions modeling. Previously, he co-developed global techno-economic (TEA) and life cycle assessment (LCA) benchmarking tools for CCUS.

Before Aramco, he worked as a Senior Reservoir Engineer at Cenovus Energy (Calgary), ADNOC Offshore, and TOTAL in Abu Dhabi. Dr. Muhammad holds an MSc from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) and a PhD from the University of Calgary. He also serves as the Deputy Chair for the Sustainability and Materials Section for SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) for the term 2025–2028.

Gaurav Agrawal is a Committee Member of the Low Carbon Cement Symposium. Further biographical details to be confirmed.