VALORIZATION OF LIVESTOCK WASTE AND CARBON NEUTRALITY

Dr. Zhidan Liu is a professor at Laboratory of Environment-Enhancing Energy, China Agricultural University. His research focuses on biowaste/wastewater management and environment-enhancing energy. He holds a PhD from Chinese Academy of Sciences. He spent 3 years as a visiting scholar in Lund University, Sweden. He was rated as 2020–2022 Chinese highly cited scholars via Elsevier, and elected as fellow of International Association of Advanced Materials. As principal investigator, he has conducted research projects supported via Gates Foundation, National Natural Science foundation of China, Ministry of Science and Technology and others. Dr. Liu was awarded Second Prize in Natural Science, Ministry of Education (MOE), and Youth Science and Technology Award of China Agricultural Association. He serves as guest editor/editorial board member for a couple of academic journals. He has published over 150 scientific papers, and contributed to 10 books and book chapters

Dr. Hongjian Lin is a professor in agricultural engineering at Zhejiang University, a ZJU100-Young Professor, and a specially-appointed expert of Zhejiang Province. He serves as a director of the Livestock Engineering Branch of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering, a member of National Engineering Research Center for Green Feed and Healthy Breeding, a member of Key Laboratory of Equipment and Informatization in Environment Controlled Agriculture of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, a member of the youth editorial board of Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering, chair of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Renewable Energy Committee, a member of Chinese Society for Agricultural Machinery, and a member of Poultry Science Association. His research has primarily focused on smart poultry farming technologies, precision poultry farming equipment, poultry health and waste management. Prof. Lin has led and participated in national research projects and enterprise cooperation projects. He has made important progress in digital modeling of poultry growth, intelligent sensing and management decision-making in poultry farming. He has published over 50 research papers and chapters of books, and co-authored China National Agricultural Machinery Industry Innovation & Development Report of the year 2020

Dr. Shuai Zhang is a professor and doctoral supervisor of the College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University. He is currently the head of Teaching and Research Department of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Feed Industry Center. He serves as a member of the National Animal Husbandry Standards Committee in China, executive director of the Feed Branch of China High-tech Industrialization Research Association, director of the Animal Nutrition Branch of the Chinese Society of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, director of the Intelligent Animal Husbandry Branch of the China Animal Husbandry Association, editorial board member of Chinese Journal of Animal Science. His main research interests include mathematical models to achieve precise and sustainable nutrition in pig production, and environmental impact evaluation of feeding strategies and systems in pig production. He has published more than 50 SCI papers over the past 5 years as the first or corresponding author. He has also hosted more than 10 projects as leader in the past 5 years. He also won the First Prize of the Shennong Chinese Agriculture Award in 2019

Prof. Shuqin Jin is currently the director of the Sustainable Development Research Division of Research Center for Rural Economy, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) and the chief expert of the green development team. He has over 10 years of professional experience in agricultural resource economy and environmental protection policies. He is member of several committee of MARA, including Technical Guidance Committee for the Resource Utilization of Livestock and Poultry Waste, Technical Committee for Standardization of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Committee for the Control of Agricultural Non-point Source Pollution in Key Watersheds, and others. He has presided over more than 30 projects such as the National Key R&D Plan and the National Social Science Fund Key Project. Prof. Jin has Published 5 monographs and over 130 papers in academic journals

Dr. Zhiping Zhu is a professor at the Institute of Environmental and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences; He obtained his PhD degree from China Agricultural University (2007). He has participated in studies on manure treatment and utilization from livestock, with research focusing on ammonia and greenhouse gas mitigation from livestock sector. He has published more than 80 refereed academic papers. Dr. Zhu is member of the Expert Steering Committee for Resource Utilization of Livestock and Poultry Manure, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in China

Prof. Jianjun Hu is the dean of the College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at Henan Agricultural University. He also serves as the deputy director of the Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy New Materials and Equipment under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Additionally, he holds the position of distinguished professor of Henan Province and chief science popularization expert of Agricultural Bio-environment and Energy Engineering in Henan Province. Prof. Hu has extensive experience in the field of biomass energy research and development, particularly in the treatment and utilization of agricultural waste, biomass energy utilization and biochar soil improvement. He is actively involved in various professional committees, including the Engineering Thermophysics Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Higher Education, the Chinese Society of Agricultural Machinery, the Youth Science and Technology Promotion Association of Henan Province and the Biomass Energy Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Renewable Energy. Prof. Hu has published over 100 research papers and holds 11 patents. He has hosted and participated in more than 30 national and provincial scientific research projects related to biomass. Relevant research results have won a number of Henan Science and Technology Awards, with significant economic, social and environmental benefits. Prof. Hu has been invited to deliver lectures and presentations at numerous international conferences and academic institutions. His expertise and contributions have established him as an expert in the field of biomass and have influenced the development and application of renewable energy technologies in agriculture

Prof. Yiqing Yao has research interests in energy conversion and resource utilization of biomass, and was selected as the expert of overseas High-level Talents Program in China and the expert of High-level Talents Program in Shaanxi Province. He received his PhD in bioenergy in Lanzhou University, China. He has postdoctoral research associate experience in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, USA. He is associate director of the Western Science Observation and Experimental Station of Rural Renewable Energy Development and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs associate director of Water and Fertilizer Integration Industry Alliance, an American Chemical Society member and an American Society for Microbiology member. He has reviewed for Energy Conversion and Management, Fuel, Energy & Fuel, and RSC Advances. He has completed 5 projects including International Cooperation in Science and Technology, National Natural Science Foundation of China, and other provincial and ministerial projects. He has published 21 peer-reviewed SCI papers in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Biotechnology for Biofuels, Journal of Cleaner Production, Bioresource Technology, and other prominent journals

Dr. Yong Sun is a professor and doctoral supervisor of North-east Agricultural University. Throughout his 25 years of employment focusing on the climate characteristics of cold regions and the endowment of agricultural waste resources, he has been committed to the research of agricultural waste resource utilization technology and supporting equipment. He is currently the chief expert of the Collaborative Innovation and Promotion System for Agricultural Waste Comprehensive Utilization Industry Technology in Heilongjiang Province, deputy director of the Energy and Power Branch of the China Agricultural Machinery Society, and a member of the Biomass Energy Professional Committee of the China Renewable Energy Society. Over his career, he has led 25 national and provincial level scientific research projects, and some of the achievements have been industrialized and promoted. He has published a total of 131 academic papers, published 2 monographs and textbooks, authorized 23 patents and formulated 3 standards, and has been invited to participate in more than 20 international academic conferences, as well as 15 specially invited reports and speeches

Dr. Shuiping Yan is a full professor of the College of Engineering, Huazhong Agricultural University. He obtained his PhD from Zhejiang University in 2009. His research interests focus on CO₂ capture from CO₂-rich gas streams including biogas and flue gas featured with the low cost by developing the renewable CO₂ absorbents, screening the novel CO₂ adsorbents and retrofitting the CO₂ capture process to recover the waste heat efficiently. Enhancement of CO₂ fixation into the agroecological system is also falls within the scope of his research. He is an author of over 60 papers in peer-reviewed articles, including Environmental Science & Technology, Applied Energy, Chemical Engineering Journal and Science of the Total Environment. He is leading or participating in carbon capture, utilization and storage related projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province and the National Key R&D Program of Ministry of Science and Technology

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