Prof. Ali Reza Kamali

University of Cambridge, UK

Biography: Ali Kamali is a Senior Researcher at the University of Cambridge, also a Double Hundred Distinguished Professor at the School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University (NEU), with a diverse research background spanning green materials synthesis, sustainability, electrochemistry, nanostructures and technology/knowledge transfer from academia to industry. As such, Ali conducts research mainly on developing green technologies for the sustainable production of advanced materials for energy and environmental applications, and has invented methods for green and low-cost production of materials such as graphene, nanodiamonds, silicon nanostructures, advanced metallic alloys, hydrogen, and clean technologies for converting waste plastic materials into nanostructured materials to be used in energy storage devices, and also water purification applications. He also serves as Director, Chief Scientist, or Consultant to a number of advanced materials companies. Ali has published more than 150 scientific articles and 50 patents, and received several awards, including the Khwarizmi International Award, National Expert Award, NSFC Excellent Young Scientist Award, and The Rose Award of Shenyang. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Prof. Yang Liu

Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Biography: Yang Liu is currently a professor of School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China. He received his PhD in Condensed Matter Physics from CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay in 2016. Prior to joining the faculty at Huazhong University of Science & Technology in 2021, he was a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Qing Wang at The Pennsylvania State University. He has published more than 30 first-author or corresponding author papers in Nature, Nature Materials(3), and Nature Communications. He has received MRS postdoc award, the runners-up of FECS APS March Meeting Mini Grants, the Postdoctoral Excellence in Research Award. He became a 2022 Fellow of IAAM. His current research interests lie in physics and engineering of dielectric and ferroelectric polymers and nanocomposites for electronic, electromechanical and energy devices.

Prof. Jiang Guo

Dalian University of Technology, China

Biography: Jiang Guo is currently a professor at Dalian University of Technology. He received his Ph.D. from The University of Tokyo in 2013. After graduation, he joined RIKEN as a researcher. In 2015, he became a scientist in A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research). He was selected for the National Overseas High-level Talent Introduction Program-Youth Project, and the young top-notch talents and the "LiaoNing Revitalization Talents". His research interests include ultra precision machining, polishing, mechatronics, additive forging. His research work was highlighted in A*STAR Research. Currently, he has presided over 20 national projects such as , National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program), National key research and development program, etc. He has won more than 20 domestic and international academic awards, presided over 6 achievements transformation projects, and participated in 2 achievements appraisal. He has published more than 80 journal papers in the top journals in mechanical engineering and holds more than 50 patents. He has been invited to give Plenary/Keynote speechs at domestic/international academic conferences for several times. He is currently a senior member of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, a member of the European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (EUSPEN), the American Society for Precision Engineering (ASPE) and Asian Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (ASPEN), etc. He is also the reviewer for over 50 SCI journals. He serves on the editorial board and youth editorial board of several international journals and as a reviewer for over 50 international journals.

Prof. Xinyong Li 

Dalian University of Technology, China

Biography: Xinyong Li, second-class professor, doctoral supervisor of Dalian University of Technology, winner of the second Prize of National Natural Science Award. Main research interests: environmental catalysis and materials; Industrial pollution control; Energy catalysis; Nanoscience and engineering. Selected as Mendeley Data's Top 2% of the World's Top Scientists during the 2017-2020 assessment period (2020); Selected as China's most Cited Scholar in the Field of Environmental Science by Elsevier for 7 consecutive years (2014-2020); International Association for Advanced Materials (IAAM) Fellow (2020); Innovation Leader of "Xingliao Talent Plan" in Liaoning Province (2019); Vice Chairman of Volatile Organic Matter Pollution Control Committee of Chinese Society of Environmental Sciences (2019-2022); Dalian Environmental Protection Industry Industry Expert Committee: Deputy Director of Waste Gas Pollution Control Committee (2021). Long-time Deputy editor of Current Catalysis, Nanoarchitectonics, Science Letters Journal, Nanomaterials, Sensors, Catalysts, Applied Science, Molecules, Energies,  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Research,  Editorial board members of International Journal of Molecules Sciences, Canadian Journal of Chemistry, NPM-5&PAOT-6, Member of academic committee of well-known international conferences or journals such as SPASEC-24 &AOTS-25; He has long been a top young talent in major projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology, International Cooperation Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology, RGC of the Hong Kong SAR Government, ESF EU Science and Technology Project, National Science and Technology Award, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Review Committee of the National Natural Science Foundation of Poland, Degree and Postgraduate Education Development Center of the Ministry of Education, Inner Mongolia Natural Science Foundation, Nanjing University of Science and Technology "Excellence Program" Selected and recruited experts from the Program, Shandong Province Natural Science Award and Dalian Haichuang Project.

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Prof. Shuang Ben 

Shenyang Ligong University, China

Biography: Shuang Ben is currently a professor in Shenyang Ligong University. She worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Beihang University from July, 2020 to July, 2023, and her co-supervisor was Prof. Mingjie Liu. And she as a Ph.D. student in Beihang University during 2014.09-2020.06, under the supervision of Prof. Kesong Liu. Her current scientific interests are focused on the design and fabrication of multifunctional integrated materials with special wettability and bioinspired flexible-response materials under the conditions of external stimuli. She has published 16 high-level SCI papers with a total impact factor of 217; 8 national invention patents have been authorized. And during her master's and doctoral studies, she received multiple awards and honors such as the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Scholarship, Beihang University President Scholarship, and Beihang University Outstanding Academic Paper. Furthermore, in recent years, she has presided over six projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Science Fund, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation General Project, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 15th Special Support, Beihang University Doctoral Student Excellence Academic Fund Project, Liaoning Provincial Department of Education Basic Research Project, and Shenyang University of Technology Introduction of High level Talents Project; Participate in national natural science foundation general projects, and joint funding projects of Beijing Natural Science Foundation and Beijing Institute of Science and Technology.

Prof. Xiao Lyu 

Shenyang Ligong University, China

Biography: XiaoLyu, professor in Shenyang Ligong University, member of the "Hundred, Thousand, and Ten Thousand Talents Project" in Liaoning Province, top young talent in the "Xingliao Talent Plan", middle-aged and young scientific and technological innovation talent in Shenyang City, the expert advisory committee member of the People's Procuratorate of Shenyang High tech Industrial Development Zone, and the "Campus Pioneer Demonstration Post" in universities in Liaoning Province; Long term commitment to research on new energy devices, leading one National Natural Science Foundation project and five provincial and ministerial level fund projects; Published over 30 papers in SCI journals and obtained 4 authorized national invention patents; Received multiple awards, including the second prize of Liaoning Provincial Natural Science Academic Achievement Award and Shenyang Municipal Natural Science Academic Achievement Award.

Prof. Zhaoxia Hou 

Shenyang University, China

Biography: Zhaoxia Hou, PhD, professor, doctoral supervisor, top hundred talent in liaoning province, leading talent in shenyang city, the director of the key laboratory of micro and nano materials research and development in liaoning province, visiting scholar at Georgia Institute of Technology. Mainly engaged in energy storage materials and micro-nano materials. Hosted the National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program, published 15 SCI papers and 1 monograph, authorized 15 patents.

Assoc. Prof. Mingyue Wen 

Shenyang Ligong University, China

Biography: Mingyue Wen is currently an associate professor and master's supervisor at Shenyang Ligong University. She obtained his Ph.D. from the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on the service performance of high-temperature alloys and their special processing and preparation technologies. He has published 6 SCI papers in authoritative journals such as Materials Characterization and Journal of Alloys and Compounds, and holds 2 authorized invention patents. She has led several provincial and ministerial-level vertical projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Project, the Natural Science Foundation Youth Project of the Liaoning Provincial Department of Education, and the General Program of the China Postdoctoral Fund. Additionally, she has signed multiple horizontal cooperation projects with the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and companies such as Liming Aircraft Engine Company.

Assoc. Prof. Yuhan Wu 

Shenyang University of Technology, China

Biography: Yuhan Wu received his PhD degree in material physics from Ilmenau University of Technology in 2021. Since 2022, he has been an associate professor at Shenyang University of Technology. His research focuses on novel electrochemical energy storage technologies, including Na/K/Ca-ion batteries, hybrid ion capacitors, and supercapacitors. He has published more than 20 peer-review papers as the first author/corresponding author (>1 k citations, h-index 21) and 2 chapters. He was selected as an Emerging Investigator of Mol. Syst. Des. Eng. (The Royal Society of Chemistry). He is a member of the young editorial board member of Chin. J. Struct. Chem., Tungsten, Carbon Neutralization, etc.

Dr. Qing Lan 

Shenyang University, China

Biography: Qing Lan, graduated from Northeastern University with Materials Processing Engineering Major in 2020, the main research content involves the solidification process of Aluminum alloys, including: (1) the microstructures and mechanical properties of Aluminum alloys, like Al-Si cast alloys and 6xxxx wrought aluminum alloys; (2) the microstructures, corrosion behaviors, and discharge performances of Al-Mg-Sn alloys in salt or alkaline solution. 17 SCI papers have been published in journals such as Journal of Crystal Growth, Materials Chemistry and Physics, Corrosion Science, Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, Materials & Design et al, as well as twice oral presentations at PRICM10 and ICM6 conferences.

Dr. Zihui Zhai 

Shenyang University, China

Biography: Dr. Zihui Zhai graduated from Dalian University of Technology and joined the School of Mechanical Engineering of Shenyang University in November 2020. Currently, She is a lecturer in metal materials. The research direction is energy electrochemical energy storage materials. Mainly focused on metal macrocyclic compounds and metal-organic frame materials and other electrocatalyst precursors, the preparation of metal-nitrogen-carbon non-precious metal electrocatalysts through molecular self-assembly and controlled pyrolysis. She has published a total of four papers and one book chapter, and authorized three Chinese invention patents.

Dr. Feng Liu 

Shenyang University of Technology, China

Biography: Dr. Feng Liu received his PhD degree in material science from Northeastern University in 2022, under the supervision of Prof. Xudong Sun. He was also a PhD student in University of Technology (Sep, 2019 to Jan 2021), Australia. Since 2023, he has been a lecture at Shenyang University of Technology. His research focuses on the synthesis and application on low-dimensional h-BN materials and nano layered ceramics. He has hosted 3 projects sourced from Liaoning province and enterprise, and has published more than 15 peer-review papers.