Current Applied Materials

Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman, Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Kings College, University of Cambridge (1968), has 1235 international publications in several fields of organic chemistry including, 349 books published largely by major U.S. and European presses. He was elected as Fellow of Royal Society (London) (2006) and won the prestigious UNESCO Science Prize (1999). Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman was conferred honorary D.Sc. degrees by many leading world universities including the University of Cambridge and appointed an Honorary Life Fellow of Kings College, University of Cambridge. The Austrian government honoured him with its high civil award (“Grosse Goldene Ehrenzeischen am Bande") (2007). He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Karachi, Pakistan. Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman was appointed Academician (Foreign Member) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2015). He won the “Friendship Award of China” (2014) and was conferred the highest scientific award of China, the International Science & Technology Cooperation Award, by President Xi Jinping (2020). He was bestowed with the International Scientific Corporation Award (2014) and the “Einstein Professorship” by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (2013). He was also elected as Foreign Member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology. Research Institutes have been established in his name in China, Malaysia and Pakistan.

Dr. Chen is currently appointed as a Full Professor, Head of Postgraduate Studies, at Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI) | ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES), Australian Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM), University of Wollongong (UOW). He completed his PhD degree at the School of Chemistry, UOW, Australia, in 2003. Professor Chen is a Chief Investigator of The ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES). His research interests include: Sustainable Energy Devices/Systems (including Fuel Cell, Battery, Supercapacitor, and Water Splitting), Electro-/Bio-Interfaces, Nano/Micro- Materials, 2D/3D Printing, and Design and Fabrication of Smart Wearable Electronic Devices.

Dr. Shulei Chou is a professor at the Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (ISEM), Innovation Campus, University of Wollongong(UOW), Australia. He completed his PhD in Materials Engineering from the University of Wollongong in 2010 and received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Nankai University, China in the years 2003 and 2007, respectively. Dr. Chou's research areas include energy storage systems and high energy batteries, novel nanostructured and composite materials. He has published more than 159 papers and 1 book chapter in journals like Science, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials and Nano Letters. His publications have been cited 6100 times. Dr. Chou has served as the first author/corresponding author in more than 90 of his publications, 11 of them have been ESI highly cited papers.

Prof. Zhou Li received his Ph.D. from Peking University in 2010, and a bachelor degree from Wuhan University in 2004. He studied at Georgia Institute of Technology from 2007 to 2009. Currently, he is a full Professor at Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences and School of Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Prof. Zhou Li’s research interest focuses on self-powered medical systems, nanogenerators, implantable energy harvesting devices, single cell mechanics and nano-biosensors.He has contributed his valuable publications in different scientific journals.

Dr. Zhongcheng Miao is a professor at the College of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, China. He received his Master's and PhD degrees in Applied Chemistry from Shaanxi University of Science and Technology in 2007 and 2010 respectively. He then joined Xijing University, China as a professor in 2012 and served until 2019.Dr. Miao also worked as a senior visiting scholar at the Institute of Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Australia from 2017-2018. His research involves preparation and characterization of liquid crystal and the electrocaloric effect, synthesis and characterization of novel liquid crystal molecules and Research of polymer liquid crystal film. He has authored various papers, published in reputed journals.

Dr. Peng is a full professor at the School of Chemistry, Sichuan University, China. He has received an award for the National Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars and New Century Excellent Talents Supporting Plan from the Ministry of Education. His research interests include organic/polymeric solar cells, electroluminescence, FET materials and devices, and carbon nanomaterials and devices. He also published two book chapters and is granted 10 patents. He has won many research awards such as the 2nd Class Award of the Natural Science Prize of Jiangxi Province, and the 2nd Class Award of the College Science and Technology Achievement Prize of Jiangxi Province. He has published more than 130 SCI indexed papers with total citations over 4000 times, 33 of his publications are in journals with an impact factor greater than 10. 10 papers were recognised as ESI Highly Cited Papers and 6 papers were the ESI Hot Papers. He is also an Editorial Board Member of Chin. Chem. Lett.

Dr. Qu is currently appointed as a Full Professor at Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University (Beijing, China). After he graduated from Tsinghua University with a PhD degree in Chemistry in 2004, he worked in University of Dayton in Ohio, USA as a research staff for 5 years, and then he joined Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) in 2009. Dr. Qu’s research interests mainly focus on materials chemistry, advanced functional materials, and energy-related devices and applications, including the synthesis, functionalization, and applications of conducting polymers and carbon nanomaterials. He has published more than 200 research papers in peer-reviewed journals such as Science, Nat. Rev. Mater., Nat. Nanotech., Nat. Commun., Angew. Chem., Adv. Mater., J. Am. Chem. Soc. and so on. Dr. Qu has an h-index of 74 with a citation number of over 25,000 times.

Dr. Bingyang Shi currently serves as a Professor and as the Executive Director at the Macquarie-Henan University Joint centre for Biomedical Innovation. He completed his Post-Doctoral in 2014 from ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics. His current area of interest is to address the major challenges in the treatment of brain dieases – which is the successful delivery of therapeutic agents across the Blood Brain Barrier (BBB). He has established a new toolbox of advanced delivery systems for targeted drug and gene delivery for brain cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and motor neuron disease and assessed their pre-clinical therapeutic potential. These research results have led to 65 peer-reviewed journal articles (15 first authored and 25 corresponding authored ones) in top-tier journals including Nature Nanotech., Adv. Materials, Angew. Chem. and Trends in Biotech and three book chapters.

Dr. Jiazhao Wang is a Professorial Fellow at the Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Australia. Her research activities are focused on electrochemical energy storage in batteries, including Li-ion batteries, Li-Air batteries, Li-S batteries, Na-ion batteries and Lead-acid and supercapacitors. She is currently a team leader of an ARC DP on Na-air batteries. She has published more than 220 papers in international journals. She has established significant research collaborations with more than 40 national and international universities and institutes. She is also a member of the AIIM Research and Training Committee and AIIM Academic Promotion Committee (Faculty Level).

Dr. Tierui Zhang is a full Professor at Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (TIPC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Director of Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, CAS. He received his B.S. in Chemistry in 1998, and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry in 2003 from Jilin University in China. After that, he did postdoctoral study in Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (2003-2004), University of Alberta (2004-2005), University of Arkansas (2005-2007) and University of California-Riverside (2007-2009), respectively. His research activity focuses on catalyst nanomaterials for energy conversion such as photocatalytic solar fuels and value-added chemicals. He has published more than 200 peer reviewed SCI journal articles in international famous journals such as Nat. Commun., Adv. Mater., Angew. Chem. and J. Am. Chem. Soc. These publications have earned him to date over 16000 citations with H-index 70. Dr. Zhang is the associate editor of Science Bulletin and also serves as an editorial board member for peer-reviewed journals including Advanced Energy Materials, Advanced Science, Scientific Reports, ChemPhysChem, Materials Chemistry Frontier, Solar RRL, Carbon Energy, Innovation and SmartMat.

Dr. Xizhong An received his Ph.D degree from the University of Science and Technology Beijing in 2002 and the postdoctoral fellowship in the University of New South Wales, Australia from 2003-2005. Currently he is the full professor and director of Institute of Particle Technology in Northeastern University. Prof. An’s research interests include powder packing/processing, granular matter, powder metallurgy, additive manufacturing, etc. In recent years, he has undertaken over 30 projects from overseas, Chinese government and enterprises. More than 140 papers have been published, including one book chapter and >100 peer reviewed SCI papers (2 ESI highly cited) in leading journals; 24 patents have been authorized. Many honors and awards were received. He is the director of several academic associations and the member of editorial board for many domestic and international journals.

Dr. Yanhui Chen received her PhD degree majoring in Materials Processing Engineering from Sichuan University in December 2013. She had ever taken part in the joint-training doctoral program at State University of New York at Stony Brook for two years (2011-2013). Since January 2014, she joined in Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science (Currently, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering), Northwestern Polytechnical University as an associate professor. In July 2017, she was promoted as a full professor. Dr. Chen was awarded the second batch of "Young Outstanding Talents Support Plan" of Shaanxi Universities in 2018, the Project of Young Talents of Science and Technology Association of Shaanxi Province in 2016. Currently, she has published about 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals including Macromolecules, Polymer, JPCB, etc. , with SCI citation of over 1000 times. She has applied 15 Chinese patents and 1 PCT patent.

Dr. Shuge Dai received his Ph.D degree in the Department of Applied Physics from Chongqing University(2017). He joined Prof. Meilin Liu's group as a visiting student at School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology in 2015. He is currently an associate professor at School of Physics, Zhengzhou University, China. His research interests mainly focus on the efficient energy storage and conversion, including supercapacitors, nanogenerators, sodium/potassium ion batteries. He has published more than 30 articles in peer- reviewed journals on synthesis of micro/nano materials for the applications of energy storage and conversion.

Prof. Duan’s primary research interests are in organic semiconductors and optoelectronics. He has more than 130 refereed papers, 10 issued patents, and 30 invited talks. His significant contribution to the organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) community includes the understanding of thin film encapsulation and atomic layer deposition technology (ALD); Since 2012, he has also engaged in water vapor transmission rate of electronics and achieved 8.7 ⅹ 10 -6 g/m 2 /day via ALD.

Zhixing Gan obtained his B.S. in Applied Physics in 2010 from Northeastern University, China, and then received his Ph.D. degree at Nanjing University in 2015. After that, he joined School of Physical Science and Technology, Nanjing Normal University as a principal investigator. His primary research interests include photothermal effect and photoluminescence of novel nanomaterials, such as carbon nanomaterials, graphene, 2D materials, and perovskites.

Prof. Changyang Gong received his Ph.D. degree in cell biology from Sichuan University in 2010. He is currently a Professor of pharmaceutics at State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China. His current research focuses on novel drug and gene delivery system for tumor therapy, nanomedicine, and immune adjuvant for tumor vaccine. He has published more than 90 peer-review scientific papers in Adv Mater, Adv Funct Mater, Adv Drug Deliv Rev, ACS Nano, Biomaterials, etc. He is Editorial Board of Chinese Chemical Letters and BioMed Research International.

Dr Zi (Sophia) Gu is a Senior Lecturer, Leader of Biomaterials and Nanomedicine Group at the School of Chemical Engineering of University of New South Wales. She obtained her PhD from ARC Centre of Excellence in Functional Nanomaterials at The University of Queensland and secured an NHMRC EC Fellowship prior to joining UNSW in 2016. Her group utilises interdisciplinary approaches that bring together material chemistry, biomedical engineering and nanotechnology to synthesise functional nanoparticles, optimise biomedical properties, and develop smart nanoparticles and advanced delivery strategies for disease diagnosis and treatment. She has published more than 50 research papers on Adv Mater, Adv Funct Mater, Biomaterials, etc. (until Nov 2020) and a provisional patent. She has been awarded several grants, fellowships and awards, and has been taking several leadership roles such as an Associate Editor for Journal of Nanobiotechnology.

Kama Huang received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in microwave theory and technology from the University of Electronic Science and Technology, Chengdu, China, in 1988 and 1991, respectively. He has been a Professor in College of Electronics and Information Engineering of Sichuan University, Sichuan, China, from 1994, and was the Director of the department from 1997 to 2017. In 1997, 1999, and 2001, he was a Visiting Scientist at the Institute of Biophysics CNR in Italy, Technical University Vienna in Austria, and Clemson University in the U.S., respectively. His research interest mainly lies in the interdiscipline of microwave and materials.

M. Zubair Iqbal received his PhD in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics from University of Science and Technology Beijing in 2013. Then he joined the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) as a postdoctoral fellow under the supervision of Prof. Aiguo Wu. He is currently working as an Associate Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University. His research focuses on the design and synthesis of nanomaterials for biomedical applications Such as molecular imaging contrast agents, targeting drug delivery systems, and phototherapy of cancers. He has published 90+ articles in international reputed journals.

Dr. Rencheng Jin is a Professor in applied chemistry at the School of Chemistry & Materials Engineering, Fuyang Normal University. He received his PHD in Chemical Engineering and Technology in Harbin Institute of Technology. His current research interests mainly focused on the synthesis and application of transition metal chalcogenides materials and carbon-based composite materials for electrochemical energy storage. He has published more than 60 papers on peer-reviewed journals, such as Nano Energy, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal of Power sources etc.

Dr. Yang Li received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from South China University of Technology in 2014 (under the supervision of Prof. Jianrong Qiu). He conducted his postdoctoral research at the Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology and University of Massachusetts Medical School. He joined Guangdong University of Technology in 2016 and then moved to Guangzhou Medical University in 2020 as a full professor and Program leader of the Program of Luminescent Materials for High-Resolution In-Vivo Imaging. Dr. Li’s research interests focus on perovskite nanomaterials, persistent luminescence materials and luminescence materials for high-resolution in-vivo imaging. Dr. Li has published over 60 articles in international journals and has been named inventor on over 20 patent families.

Xiaoqiang Li, is a professor, Ph.D., and doctoral supervisor. He is currently a deputy director of the key laboratory of highly efficient near-net-shape forming technology and equipments for metallic materials of the Ministry of Education of China, member of the Powder Metallurgy Branch of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, and member of the Subcommittee on Brazing and Special Bonding in China. He was selected as the New Century Excellent Talent of the Ministry of Education, and the one in“Thousand, Hundred and Ten scholars” of Guangdong Province. Mainly engaged in the design, preparation, forming and application of high performance metallic materials. In recent years, he has carried out more than 30 governmental research projects, including the national natural science foundation project, the national defense basic scientific research project, the equipment pre-research project, the Guangdong science and technology plan project, the Guangdong natural science foundation project, "863" plan, etc. He won the first prize of Guangdong science and technology and the second prize of national scientific and technical progress nominated by the Ministry of Education of China. He has 156 published papers to his credit, of which 135 papers are indexed by SCI and EI. He has appliedfor 45 invention patents, of which 31 are authorized.

Prof. Hui Li received his Ph.D. degree in Shandong University at 1999. Following postdoctoral positions at the Nanjing University and Trento University in Italy. He had worked at the Ocean University of China in 2004 as a professor in the school of Information Science and Engineering. Since 2007, he joined Shandong University as a professor at School of Materials Science and Engineering in 2007. His research included liquid structure of materials, solidification of liquid, surface and interface of materials, wetting and anti-wetting, nanowires and nanosheet, nanoelectronics, nanomechanics, energy materials, and computational materials. Up to now, he has published 160 papers and 8 book chapters. Dr. Li is a recipient of the Taishan scholars (2013), he is an expert with outstanding contributions in Shandong province (2013), Shandong Outstanding Youth Fund (2008, first session), Education Ministry's New Century Excellent Talents (2005), Natural Science Award from Ministry of Education (2009), and the Shandong Natural Science Award (2013). He is a member of China Foundry Society, and member of Chinese Chemical Materials Society.

Dr. Ningbo Liao is a full professor of Wenzhou University. His research interests include multi-scale computation for micro/nano structures & materials, MEMS design, gas sensor, anode materials for LIBs, evolutionary computation for optimization of materials. He has published over 80 papers in SCI journals including Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Applied Materials Today, Acta Materialia. He was lead guest editor of Advances in Mechanical Engineering and is currently editorial board member of International Journal of Computational and Theoretical Chemistry and Journal of Chemistry (SCIREA).

Wencai Liu received a doctor's degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2011. He has been engaged in the development and application technology research of high-Performance magnesium/aluminium alloys for a long time. As the project leader, he presided over more than 18 national and provincial scientific research projects. He was selected as a Young Star Scholar of Science and Technology in Shanghai and a Young Star Scholar of Morningstar in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and won one first prize of technology invention in Shanghai. He has published 105 academic papers, applied for 69 national invention patents, 36 of which have been authorized.

Dr. Yiyong Mai received his Ph.D. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in April 2007 under the supervision of Prof. Deyue Yan. He joined the group of Prof. Adi Eisenberg at McGill University as a Postdoctoral Fellow in September 2008, where he was promoted as a Research Associate in March 2012. He has been a Professor at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University since March 2013. He visited the group of Prof. Klaus Müllen at Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPIP) as a visiting scholar from May to October 2013. He was awarded “Distinguished Professor of Special Appointment at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning” in 2014/2018 and “Shanghai Academic Research Leader” in 2019, respectively. His present research interest involves polymer self-assembly and functional materials for optoelectronic and energy-related applications. He has published over 100 papers in international refereed journals.

Dr. Wei Ni received his B.E. in Polymer Materials Science and Engineering from Zhengzhou University in 2005, and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS) in 2011. After several research fellow experiences including at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), CAEP, and University of Oulu, he is now a research scientist at Panzhihua University and Chengdu University. He is a member of Chinese Chemical Society (CCS) and American Vacuum Society (AVS). He has coauthored some 50 SCI papers with over 1300 citations, 3 book chapters and several granted patents on functional nanostructured materials. His research interests include advanced nanomaterials for energy storage and conversion and environmental protection.

Hengchang NIE, PhD of Materials Physics and Chemistry from Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SICCAS). His research interest focuses on novel ferroelectric materials, including synthesis and characterization, fundamental physics, performance and application in electronic and energy storage fields. He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles in professional journals.

NOUNEH Khalid is a Professor in Ibn Tofail University Kenitra. He graduated and obtained his PhD in Physics at ELIAUS Perpignan and GES Montpellier II University (France) in December 2006. Then, he awarded in 2007, the prestigious JSPS Fellowship from the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science as Postdoctoral in the International Collaboration Center ICC of Kyoto University in Japan. He was also junior researcher of Inanotech-MAScIR (Moroccan Advanced Science Innovation and Research). Prof. NOUNEH has published over 44 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He coordinates and participated in 9 national and international cooperation projects related to energy and environment applications (IRESEN, PPR-37-2015, OCP-CNRST, Fp7: Eurosunmed 2013; PHC-Maghreb etc.). In addition, he is active member of Moroccan Association of the Advanced Materials (A2MA), la Société Marocaine d’Optique SMOP, et Renewable Energy University Network (REUNET).

Professor Ihab Obaidat is a faculty member of the Department of Physics at United Arab Emirates University. He earned his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Illinois in 1998. His research focuses on energy storage, magnetic nanoparticles, electric and magnetic properties of ferroelectric materials and of high-temperature superconductors. He published more than 130 papers in international journals and has more than 100 participations in international and local conferences and workshops. He received several research awards including the prestigious “Khalifa Award for Education for the Academic Year 2014-2015 and the prestigious “Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Young Arab Researchers in Physics and Geology for the Year 2010”. Prof. Obaidat serves as a member of the editorial board and a reviewer for several international journals.

Prof. Mohsen Ostad Shabani is currently working as Dean of Education and Graduate Studies at Iran University of Industries and Mines (IUIM). Prof. Shabani received his PhD from Materials Science, Materials and Energy Research Center (MERC). His research interests include, Nanomaterials, Metal matrix composite, Semi solids, Prediction of Mechanical properties, CFD simulation of mixing and separation, Microstructural and Mechanical Properties, Optimization of process conditions in casting and Artificial Intelligence in materials science. He has received 2 awards for the most cited articles from Elsevier Publishers and has published more than 100 papers.

Dr. Shen mainly focuses on the nanostructures strengthened advanced high strength steels, mechanical performances of high entropy alloys (HEAs) with complex structures, and heterogeneous microstructures strengthened metallic materials. He has more than 90 original journal publications (including top ranking journals such as Science,Acta Materials,Scientific Reports, Scripta Materials,Bioresource Technology, ,etc.). The awards include: 44th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva- Gold & Silver medals (2016); the first prize of Liaoning Province Natural Science (2014); the first prize of National Scientific and Technological Progress (2012); and the outstanding winner of Academic Achievement in Natural Sciences (2011).

Prof. Yusheng Shi is acting as the Huazhong Scholar Leading Chair Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST). He was the secretary of the CCP committee of School of Materials Science and Engineering, the deputy director of the State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology and the deputy dean of School of Materials Science and Engineering in HUST. He is performing several duties including Chief Scientist at Innovation Special Zone Expert Group of National Defense Sci. & Tech., Vice-Chairman of National Technical Committee of Additive Manufacturing Standardization, Dean of Additive Manufacturing Technology Specialized Committee of China Aerospace Sci. & Tech. Corporation, Director of National-Local United Engineering Laboratory (Hubei) Of Digital Materials Processing Technology and Equipment, Vice-Chairman of world 3D printing alliance, Chairman of Hubei provincial 3D printing alliance, etc. Besides, he has contributed his valuable publications in different scientific journals.

Dr. Wang is a professor in the College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou. She received her PhD degree in 2010 from Zhejiang University. She is focused on toxicology of nano-materials, and is good at the microbial toxicology. She has published more than 40 peer-reviewed papers and has won the Fok Yingdong Young Teacher award.

Professor Wang's research is mainly focused on flexible fiber-shaped materials for wearable energy storage devices. He has published about 90 peer-reviewed papers with several cover or back cover highlighted papers.

Dr. Dan Wang is a Professor at the State Key Laboratory of Organic- Inorganic Composites, College of Chemical Engineering in Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China. He received B.E. degree and Ph.D. degree from Zhejiang University in 2008 and 2013, respectively. His research interests focus on optical nanomaterials and devices. Dr. Wang was a visiting scholar at Harvard University (2019) and Case Western Reserve University (2013-2015). He has authored over 80 peer-reviewed articles and serves as the associate editor of Applied Nanoscience, editorial board member of Transactions of Tianjin University, etc.

Dr. Caiyun Wang is currently an Associate Professor at the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute / ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, University of Wollongong, Australia. Her research interests include conducting polymers and 2D materials for energy storage applications, especially for wearable and biodegradable type; nanostructured catalysts for electrochemical reduction of CO2; and asymmetric membranes for osmotic power generation.

Dr. Wang obtained his Ph.D. from Harbin Institute of Technology, China in 1989. He was a Post-doctoral fellow and an Associate Professor at Tsinghua University, China from 1989 to 1991. Then, he worked at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China as Professor/Deputy Director of the Division for Analysis and Prevention of Failure from 1991 to 1998. Dr. Wang worked at the University of Manitoba, Canada, from 1994 to 1995 as a Visiting Professor. He was a Guest Scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA from 1995 to 1998. Since 1998, he is a Senior Materials Engineer and a Project Manager at Inframat Corporation, USA, where he is responsible for R&D of two US Navy’s projects. Based on his invention, nanostructured ceramic coatings surpassed the US Navy’s standards and obtained the Navy’s application certificate. From 2001 to 2004, Dr. Wang worked at the University of Alberta, Canada as a Visiting Professor. Now, Dr. Wang is a Professor of Harbin Institute of Technology, China. His research activities are on Materials Tribology and Nano Surface Engineering. He has published more than 300 papers.

Prof. Wencan Wu is the Dean at the School of Ophthalmology and Optometry/Biomedical Engineering, and the Director of the Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, China. He was a Fellow at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (USA) and a Senior Visitor at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (Australia). His research focuses on the applications of bioactive materials in the area of ophthalmic diagnosis and therapy. He pioneered the fundamental research and clinic applications in the field of Eye-Nose Related Minimally Invasive Surgery. Dr. Wu has published more than 80 peer-reviewed papers (where he was the first/or corresponding author) in Top academic journals such as Small, Ophthalmology. He is the Lead Chief Investigator of the National Key R&D Program of China. Dr. Wu is an Associate Editor of Chinese Journal of Endoscopy, and Chinese Journal of Medical Engineering.

Dr. Shangfeng Yang is a Professor at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China. He received his Ph. D. in Chemistry from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2003. He then joined Leibniz‐Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW) Dresden, Germany as an Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellow and a Guest Scientist. In December 2007 he joined USTC as a full professor at Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale & Department of Materials Science and Engineering and has been appointed as Department Head since Oct. 2014. He was elected as Fellow of RSC (FRSC) and awarded the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. His major research field is nanocarbon materials and novel solar cells. He has published over 270 peer‐reviewed papers with total citations over 6500 times.

Meltem Yanilmaz is an associate professor in the Textile Engineering department in Istanbul Technical University. She got her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Textile Engieering from Istanbul Technical University. She received her Ph.D degree in Fiber and Polymer Science from North Carolina State University in 2015. She has more than 30 peer reviewed publications and over 1800 citations with h index 18. Her Research interests are nanofiber production and applications, nanocomposite materials, conductive polymers, electronic applications of nanofibers, nanostructured materials for energy storage and conversion.

Prof. JunQiu Zhang received his Ph.D. from Jilin University in 2011, and a bachelor's degree from Northeast Agriculture University in 2008. Currently, he is a full Professor at Jilin University. Dr. He is a founding member at International Society of Bionic Engineering. JunQiu Zhang’s research interest focuses on bionic functional materials, mechanical bionic, engineering bionic, functional bionic, bionic protective material. He has contributed his valuable publications in different scientific journals.

Dr. Xing Zhang received his Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of California, San Diego in 2007. He conducted his post-doctoral research work at the School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego (2008- 2011) and in the Bioengineering Department at Rice University (2011-2013). Dr. Zhang was appointed as a professor in Materials Science at the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2013. Dr Zhang’s research has been focused on biomaterials for bone defect, repair and heart valve replacement. He also serves as an associate editor for Experimental Techniques, and a guest editor for Materials Technology.

Prof. Peng Zhang received his PhD in Physical Chemistry from Northeast Normal University, China (2014). After postdoctoral research at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Germany, he joined the School of Materials Science and engineering as a Distinguished Professor at Zhengzhou University. His current research interests focus on micro-and nanotechnology including low dimensional carbon-based materials (Graphene, CNF, Carbon layer etc.) and their applications in the fields of environment remediation and energy storage. He has published more than 50 SCI papers in the above fields such as Adv. Mater., Adv. Func. Mater., Appl. Catal. B: Environ.. His work has been cited more than 3,600 times, H-index is 32.

Prof. Ming Zheng obtained his PhD degree from Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2015. He was awarded Japan Society for The Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship in 2018. In 2019, he was invited to join China University of Mining and Technology as a full professor. His current research interests include functional thin-film materials and devices. He has authored or co-authored 30 papers published in international reputed journals including NPG Asia Mater., Adv. Funct. Mater., Nano Energy, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (2), Appl. Phys. Lett. (8), Phys. Rev. Applied (2), Phys. Rev. B. He also served as the referee for well-known journals, such as ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, J. Mater. Chem. C, Adv. Electron. Mater., etc.

Dr. de Castro Graduated in Metallurgical Engineering from the Federal University of Ouro Preto (1993), obtained his masters degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the Fluminense Federal University (1996) and Ph.D. in engineering with an emphasis in process simulation from Tohoku University, Japan (2001). Currently serving as a Professor at Fluminense Federal University with experience in Materials and Metallurgy Engineering, with emphasis on Steel. He works mainly on topics such as computational simulation of Processes, high oven, Sintering, Environment.

Guodong Liu is an Associate Professor at School of Energy Science and Engineering of Harbin Institute of Technology. He graduated from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2004 and got PhD degree in 2010. He visited Colorado School of Mines during 2012-2013 and Princeton University during 2018-2019 as a visiting scholar. He is currently working on experimental and theoretical study of multiphase flows and design of novel heat transfer devices.

Dr. Şenay obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from the Institute of Science, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Turkey. Dr. Şenay also holds Masters Degree in Physics from the Eskişehir Osmangazi University. Currently Dr. Şenay is a Assoc. Prof. in Bayburt University, Turkey. His main scientific interest is nano-structured thin films manufactured by physical vapor deposition techniques. He published more than 50 peer reviewed scientific publications in international journals.

Lu Yan is an Associate Professor from Wenzhou Medical University after her graduation from South China University in 2010. She was a Visiting Scholar in Case Western Reserve University during 2013-2015. Her research area focuses on the development of novel nanomaterials for regeneration of nerve (tissues). Yan has published 20 peer-reviewed papers including ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces., J. Mater. Chem., and Brit. J. Pharmacol., and three granted patents. She has received the 1st Class Award of the Medical Health Science and Technology Prize, and the 3rd Class Award of the Natural Science Academic Prize of Zhejiang Province.

Dr. J.S. Yang received his Ph.D. degree in Engineering Mechanics from Harbin Institute of Technology, PR China in 2017. He is now an associate professor of College of Aerospace and Civil Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, China. Dr. Yang's current research interests are focused on design, fabrication and mechanical behavior of advanced fiber composite materials and structures. He has authored over 25 peer-reviewed scientific articles on mechanics of composite materials and structures.

Wanneng Ye received his PhD in material science from Qingdao University in 2014, and then he was appointed the faculty of Qingdao University. In 2017 he became a associate professor at Qingdao University. He has published more than 40 papers. His current research interests focus on synthesis and performance of environmental functional materials, catalysis, and transmission electron microscopy study of ferroelectric domains in ferroelectrics.

Dr. Wei Zhang is Executive Deputy Director of Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Water Resource and Environment, the Under-Secretary-General for Water Resources Professional Committee of Chinese Natural Resources Society, the Under-Secretary-General for the First High-Level Forum on "Yellow River Protection and Development", and a Committee Member for International Water Association China Youth Committee (IWA Youth Committee). His research covers preparation of adsorption materials and catalytic materials, recycling of WEEE, removal of heavy metal from polluted water or soil, and removal of Microplastics from natural water. As a first author or corresponding author, he has already published 10 SCI papers, 1 EI paper and 7 Chinese core papers. He has already published one monograph about environmental materials as second chief editor.