Zhen Cong | Sustainable Development | Best Researcher Award

Dr. Zhen Cong | Sustainable Development | Best Researcher Award

Dalian University of Technology | China

Dr. Zhen Cong is an emerging scholar whose research bridges innovation management, system dynamics, and sustainable development. His academic contributions focus on enterprise innovation ecosystems, global value chain dynamics, and low-carbon economic transitions. His recent work, The Impact of Global Value Chain Embeddedness on Decarbonization in Sunset Industries, published in the International Journal of Production Economics, highlights his growing influence in sustainability and industrial transformation research. Dr. Zhen Cong has authored and co-authored several high-impact papers recognized by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), addressing topics such as startup innovation, knowledge transfer, and institutional dynamics in multinational firms. His ongoing projects and working papers further extend into environmental management, moral disengagement in corporate ethics, supply network resilience under external shocks, and multi-objective low-carbon supply chain optimization. Leveraging advanced methodologies including system dynamics modeling, text mining, and multivariate analysis

Profile: Google Scholar

Featured Publications

  • Cong, Z. Problemistic search and new product innovation performance of startups: Evidence from the Apple App Store application platform

  • Cong, Z. The impact of internal and external differentiation strategies under problemistic search on new product performance of startups: Evidence from the Apple App Store application platform

  • Cong, Z.  System dynamics study on the tacit knowledge sharing between employees and customers of knowledge service enterprise

  • Cong, Z. System dynamics analysis of enhancing enterprise innovation ability based on the perspective of knowledge acquisition

  • Cong, Z.  The system dynamics research of the effect of institutional gap on reverse knowledge transfer of multinational company: The logic of legitimacy and efficiency.

Aram Sahakyan | Renewable Energy | Best Researcher Award

Dr. Aram Sahakyan | Renewable Energy | Best Researcher Award

Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory | Armenia

Dr. Aram Sahakyan is a distinguished physicist specializing in condensed matter radiation physics and superconductor studies, with a career spanning over five decades. He graduated from Yerevan State University in 1968, earned his Ph.D. on surface states in irradiated MIS structures in 1985, and received his Doctor of Physics and Materials Science in 2013, focusing on radiation-induced effects in semiconductors and high-temperature superconductors. Dr. Sahakyan serves as a Leading Scientist at the Alikhanyan National Scientific Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute) and Associate Professor at the National Polytechnic University of Armenia. His research emphasizes experimental investigation of magnetic flux dynamics in high-temperature superconductors, radiation effects in solar cells, and materials behavior under near-Earth space conditions. He has authored over 100 publications, one book, and an educational monograph, with 50 presentations at scientific meetings. His international experience includes visiting positions in Germany, France, and Greece, while his project portfolio spans multiple ISTC and INCO-COPERNICUS initiatives. With 141 citations and an h-index of 6, his contributions reflect enduring impact and leadership in physics research.

Profile: Scopus

Featured Publications

  • Sahakyan, (2023). Rates of electrically active radiation defects in proton irradiated n-type and p-type Si monocrystals. Journal of Electronic Materials.

  • Sahakyan,  (2023). New energy electron and proton irradiation effects in semiconductor materials for space applications. Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters.