Prof. Dr. Horst Hahn is the Executive Director of the Institute of Nanotechnology (INT) and Spokesperson of the Science and Technology of Nanosystems Program at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). He also holds the title of distinguished Professor at IIT Madras, Chennai, India and a professorship at Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanosciences at Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, P.R.China. His areas of expertise include: synthesis of nanomaterials, tailored and tunable nanomaterials, nanoglasses, nanomagnetism, characterization methods, mechanical properties, printed electronics, ceramics, battery materials, and electro-chemical energy storage.