Jiecai Han
Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Dr. Han is a professor in the Center for Composite Materials and Structures at Harbin Institute of Technology. He is an elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and now serves as the president of Harbin Institute of Technology which is world-renowned for its leading academic reputations in engineering disciplines. His research is centered on high-temperature composites, optical crystals and renewable energy. He is best known internationally for his highly-insightful research on the strength and toughness of ultra-high-temperature composite materials and carbon-based optical crystals. His project titled "Materials technology for new-generation lightweight heat-resistant composites" was selected into the "Top Ten Scientific and Technological Progress of Chinese Universities" in 2020. In particular, he also leads a research group that is increasingly active in energy storage and fuel cells. As a principal investigator, he has won one second-class National Natural Science Award, two second-class National Technological Invention Awards, and one second-class National Science and Technology Progress Award. He has 70 national invention patents, and has published 4 academic monographs and over 400 articles in Science, Advanced Materials and Energy & Environmental Science among other international journals.
Wei Huang
Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Professor Wei Huang is an elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Engineering, a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, an Academician of the Asia Pacific Academy of Materials, a Foreign Fellow of the ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology Sciences, a Foreign Fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences, and an Academician of the Eurasian Academy of Sciences. He has been recognized with numerous awards, including the second prize of the National Natural Science Award, the first prize of the Higher Education Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Award (Science and Technology), the first prize of the Science and Technology Award of Jiangsu Province, the Scientific and Technological Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation, and the first prize of the Natural Science Award of the Chinese Institute of Electronics. Professor Huang is an eminent scientist in the areas of organic optoelectronics and flexible electronics. His research interests involve organic/plastic/flexible electronics, bioelectronics, nanomaterials, nanoelectronics, and polymer chemistry. Professor Huang has contributed as the lead author to over 900 peer-reviewed papers that have appeared in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature, Nature Energy, Nature Electronics, Nature Materials, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Photonics, Nature Communications, Research, npj Flexible Electronics, Advanced Materials, and Journal of the American Chemical Society. Professor Huang is a Highly Cited Researcher recognized by Clarivate in the fields of materials science, chemistry, and physics with over 120,000 citations and an H-index of 180.
Shu-hong Yu
University of Science and Technology of China, China
Professor Shu-hong Yu is an elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He currently holds the position of the Chair Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Science and Technology of China, and also serves as the Director of the Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale. He has received a number of awards and honors, including the second prize of the National Natural Science Award in both 2010 and 2016, the Roy-Somiya Medal of the International Solvothermal and Hydrothermal Association (ISHA) in 2010, the Chem. Soc. Rev Emerging Investigator Award in 2010, the second National Medal for Innovation in 2020, and the Outstanding Scientific and Technological Achievement Award of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2021. His research interests include bio-inspired synthesis of nanostructures, assemblies of nanoscale building blocks, and their related properties and applications. He has authored more than 550 peer-reviewed journal articles, one monograph, and 18 invited book chapters, many of which have been highlighted in high-impact journals like Nature, Science, Scientific American, and C&ENs. With an H-index of 151 and more than 74,000 citations, Professor Yu has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate since 2014. In addition to his research and academic duties, he serves on the editorial advisory board or advisory board for more than 20 renowned international journals, such as Mater. Chem. Front., Sci. China Mater., EnergyChem, and eScience.
Ning Gu
Nanjing University, China
Professor Ning Gu is an elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a Changjiang Scholar Professor, and a winner of NSFC Outstanding Young Investigator Fund at the School of Medical, Nanjing University. He was appointed as AIMBE Fellow in 2018 for his outstanding contribution to the development of magnetic nanomaterials for biomedical applications, as well as to the advancement of biomedical engineering and nanomedicine in China. Professor Gu has won numerous awards, including the second prize of National Natural Science Award, the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award, the first prize of Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education, the first prize of Science and Technology Award of Jiangsu Province, and the Gold Medal of the 46th “International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva”. As a prominent expert in biomedical nanomaterials, Professor Gu’s research interests lie in the areas of biomaterials, nanobiology, medical imaging, and advanced instrument development. He has published more than 600 academic papers, edited four books, and authorized over 100 invention patents. Additionally, he has made significant contributions to the formulation of a number of national standards. His research has been widely recognized and cited over 10,000 times, making him one of the most influential scientists in his field.
Sean Li
UNSW Sydney, Australia
Professor Sean Li is the Director of UNSW Materials and Manufacturing Futures Institute. He has made extensive and significant scientific contributions in the field of electroceramics and addressed many problems that challenged the research community for many years. His real-world research has closed the gaps between fundamental scientific research and industry applications to solve real-world problems. He has invented many game-changing technologies that have been licensed and implemented by industry. As an academic with expertise in electronic ceramics, Professor Li has an outstanding and unique publication record within his field. He has published his work in prestigious journals, including Nature, Science, Progress in Materials Science, Energy and Environmental Science, Advanced Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, ACS Energy Letters, Coord. Chem. Rev., Adv. Funct. Mater., Adv. Sci., ACS Nano, Nano Energy, JACS, and PRL. Professor Li’s laboratory is equipped with world-class research facilities with the depth and variety of these facilities establishing UNSW as a preeminent facility in the area of fabrication of advanced multifunctional materials. Professor Li has published 6 books, 52 book chapters, and more than 440 scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals. With an H-index of 72 and over 20,000 citations for his work, he is one of the most recognized scholars in his profession. He received the Global Star Award from the American Ceramic Society in 2013, the Knowledge Commercialization Australasia Award - Best Commercial Innovation in 2016, and the UNSW -Innovation of the Year Award in 2016.
Hyunjoon Song
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
Prof. Hyunjoon Song is the Head of Department of Chemistry at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, where he received his PhD. He has won numerous awards, including the Excellence Prize of The Soo-Young Lee Teaching Innovation Award, Excellent Research Award in Inorganic Chemistry Division, and Outstanding Research Award in the Fifth International Conference on Analytical Science and Technology. Prof. Song has published more than 150 peer-reviewed papers citied over 12000 times, many of which were in major materials and chemistry journals including Angewandte Chemie, Advanced Materials, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Communications, etc. His research is to develop nanocatalysts for energy production from fundamental study of synthesis, morphology control, and property characterization to energy-related applications. His research interests include basic study of structure-property relationship in nano-objects and applications for energy generation nanocatalysts. He seeks to establish basic design principles of nanostructures for energy and environment-related reactions to Make the Earth Green Again (MEGA).
Robert Palgrave
University College London, United Kingdom
Professor Robert Palgrave is a highly respected academic in the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Maths & Physical Sciences at University College London (UCL). He earned his Ph.D. from the Department of Chemistry at UCL, conducting pioneering research in chemical vapor deposition of gold nanoparticle thin films. Following his Ph.D., he continued his academic journey as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, where he worked on molecular beam epitaxy and photoemission spectroscopy. Later on, he moved to the University of Liverpool, where he worked on pulsed laser deposition.
Professor Palgrave joined UCL Chemistry as a Lecturer, and he was quickly promoted to Reader and Professor, reflecting his dedication and expertise in the field of solid-state materials chemistry. His research group’s work is focused on the development and application of solid-state materials for renewable energy generation and storage. He has published over 130 papers including many in Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Nature Communications, and Nature Materials.
In addition to his research, Professor Palgrave is Co-Director of the EPSRC National XPS Facility, HarwellXPS, a highly regarded service that provides UK scientists with access to XPS instrumentation and training. He is also a member of UCL Chemistry’s outreach committee and has worked with various charities to promote wider participation in higher education, including the Institute for Research in Schools, the Tutorfair Foundation, and Generating Genius. Professor Palgrave is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, recognizing his contributions to the advancement of the field of chemistry.
Chenglin Yan
Changzhou University, China
Professor Chenglin Yan is the Vice President of Changzhou University, and served formerly as the Dean of the College of Energy at Soochow University and the Director of the Zhangjiagang Institute of Industrial Technologies. He is also the Chairman of the Jiangsu Lithium Battery Material Industry Innovation Alliance, Vice Chairman of the Jiangsu Renewable Energy Society, and Vice Chairman of the Expert Committee of the Jiangsu Energy Storage Industry Association. He spent the years from 2011 to 2014 working as an independent principal investigator at the IFW-Dresden Institute. His research focuses on developing novel energy materials for high-capacity, high-power, long-life, and low-temperature lithium battery applications. He has published over 240 papers including many in Nature Catalysis, National Science Review, and Nature Communications. As a principal investigator, he has received more than 20 funding projects from the Key R&D Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Joint Funds of the National Science Foundation of China, the National Lithium Testing Center, and the Shenzhen Zhongjin Lingnan Co. He has delivered more than 60 invited and academic talks at domestic and international conferences, and has frequently served as the chairman of domestic and international conference committees. He has won numerous awards and commendations, including the Outstanding Research Award of IFW-Dresden Institute in Germany, the Humboldt Scholar in Germany, the FQRNT Award of Canada as the first prize in Quebec, the Award of China's Top 100 Most Influential International Academic Papers. His research has been featured in various media sources, publications, and websites such as Science, Science Newsline, Science Daily, and Science Seeker. He has also served as an editor, editorial board member, or guest editor for a number of international academic journals.
Hyeok Kim
University of Seoul, Republic of Korea
Hyeok Kim is an associate professor at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Seoul (UoS). He performed research focused on organic electronic devices, such as field-effect transistors and diodes, during his Ph.D. from the University of Paris 7 with Professor Gilles Horowitz. Afterward, he joined the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) and then led the sensor research team at the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH). Prior to joining UoS, he was with the Department of Electrical Engineering at Gyeongsang National University in Jinju, Korea. His research interests include flexible optoelectronic devices and nanogenerators. Since 2021, Prof. Hyeok Kim is the director of center for smart sensor system of Seoul(CS4) while serving as a vice-provost of academic affairs from 2023. He has more than 140 publications and has received best paper awards 28 times.
John B. Goodenough was one of the founding members of the Editorial Board of Electron. He was a renowned engineer and Nobel Prize laureate whose revolutionary contributions in the field of lithium-ion battery development have had a profound impact on the world. Professor Goodenough passed away on the 25th June 2023. In Memoriam: John B. Goodenough (1922-2023)
Weidong He
Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Dr. He is a Longjiang Distinguished Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology, and the director of the Research Center for Hydrogen Energy Key Materials of Chongqing Research Institute of Harbin Institute of Technology. He received his PhD from Vanderbilt University and received his postdoc training at PNNL. He is an active scholar in composite materials with major focuses on clean energy and human-environment nexus. He has 45 patents and won the Gold Metal for Invention and Innovation of the China Invention Association in 2020. In the past 10 years, his patents have led to 2 companies with energy-conversion and environment-protection products that now become increasingly popular in the markets. He has published 2 monographs in Springer Publishing Group, and over 180 papers in international journals including Joule, Energy & Environmental Science, Advanced Materials, Nature Communications, Nano Letters, Advanced Energy Materials, etc. He has been invited to deliver lectures at international material academic conferences such as MRS and ACS, and he also serves as the editorial board member of several international journals including InfoMat, Chinese Chemical Letters, and Nanotechnology Reviews.
José Oliveira
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
José Oliveira obtained his B.Sc. (Hons) and Ph.D. at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Before joining Wiley in 2001, he worked at the University of Antwerp. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Small.
Guangchen Xu
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Guangchen Xu obtained his B.Sc. and Ph.D. (Hons) from the Beijing University of Technology. He spent a year at Michigan State University as a visiting scholar. Before joining the Wiley team in Beijing in 2011, he was an Assistant Professor at Beijing University of Technology.
Jing Zhu
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Jing Zhu completed her Ph.D. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2011, during this period, she studied and worked in Guelph Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada as a joint Ph.D. student for 2 years. Jing joined Wiley in July 2011 as a journal Editor and is based in Wiley’s Shanghai office.
Hanyi Xie
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Hanyi Xie obtained her BSc at Shandong University, followed by her PhD in a joint program at Peking University and the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology. She joined Wiley in 2021.