Academician Seeram Ramakrishna, FREng, Everest Chair is a world-renowned professor of materials and cross-fields at the National University of Singapore, which is ranked among the top eight universities in the world. He is named among the World’s Most Influential Minds (Thomson Reuters); Top 1% Highly Cited Researchers in material science as well as cross-field categories (Clarivate Analytics); and World Top 100 Scientists 2023. His publications to date have an H-index of 184 and 166,723 citations. He is an elected Fellow of ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology; Singapore Academy of Engineering; Indian National Academy of Engineering; UK Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng); AAAS; ASM International; ASME; and AIMBE, USA. He is an Editorial board member of NPJ Urban Sustainability journal; Materials Circular Economy, Circular Economy; Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering, eScience journal, and Advanced Fiber Materials journal.