Prof. Faming Gao
College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China

Areas of Expertise: Electrocatalysis, nanocatalysis and superhard materials
Brief Introduction: Prof. Faming Gao, now is the Vice President of Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China, leader of Nanomaterials and Electrochemistry Technology Team. Professor Gao was elected as the 2012 Distinguished Professor of High-level Talents of the Ministry of Education, a national young and middle-aged expert with outstanding contributions, a national candidate for the "Millions of Talents Project", Special allowances expert of the State Council, and the first batch of "Program for New Century Excellent Talents" of the Ministry of Education. He is also a member of Institute of Energy Storage Engineering of the Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China and a member of the Chemical New Materials Committee of the Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China. He has long been engaged in research in the field of chemistry and chemical engineering, published more than 260 academic papers, authorized more than 20 invention patents, and one U.S. invention patent.

Prof. Sam Zhang
School of Aeronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Zhengzhou Research Institute, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Areas of Expertise: Preparation and characterization of hard and yet tough ceramic nanocomposite coatings, functional thin films, biological coatings, drug delivery for and coatings for clean energy.
Brief Introduction: Professor Sam Zhang received his Ph.D. degree in Ceramics in 1991 from The University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. In 2006 he was promoted to tenured full professor in Singapore Nanyang Technological University. In 2018 he established and served as Director of Centre for Advanced Thin Films and Devices in Southwest University, China. In 2023 he became Professor of Harbin Institute of Technology, China. He is a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, fellow of Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, UK and fellow of Thin Films Society, Singapore. Details of Professor Zhang’s research and publications are easily accessible at http://homepage.hit.edu.cn/samzhang.

Prof. Xin Chen
School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, China

Areas of Expertise: New energy materials; New nano materials and devices with advanced microscope technology
Brief Introduction: Prof. Chen was graduated from Department of Modern Applied Physics in 1991. 1991-1996, he worked in State’s Key Open Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1996 -2000, he studied in Department of Physics, University of Houston, USA, and received Ph.D. degree in 2000. From 2001 to 2008, he worked in Center for Advanced Materials, University of Houston, and he became Research Assistant Professor in 2006, and Visiting Professor in 2008. From November 2004 to January 2005, he was a Visiting Professor of Peking University. In 2008-2009, he was a Product Engineer in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. USA. In 2010 -2011, he was a Visiting Research Assistant Professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. Since July 2011，he became Professor in School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology. He has 7 issued US Patents, and he has been awarded Sigma Xi Research Achievement Award, and NASA Space Act Award, USA. In 2013, he was selected as a Council Member of Shanghai Micrology Society.

Prof. Kun Liang
Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Areas of Expertise: Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion
Brief Introduction: Prof. Liang is a professor at Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science (CAS). He received his Ph.D. degree in materials science and engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Then, he moved to the University of Central Florida and Tulane University for his postdoctoral research. In August 2021, he joined Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS. His research interests focus on the synthesis of two-dimensional transition metal carbides/nitrides and their applications.

Prof. Guohua Xie
Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE, Future Technologies), Xiamen University, China

Areas of Expertise: Organic optoelectronic materials and devices, organic semiconductors
Brief Introduction: Dr. Guohua Xie has been engaged in cross-disciplinary research on organic optoelectronic materials and devices, working on electroluminescent devices (OLEDs) and active display integration technologies at the School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University. After his PhD, he was funded by the German Humboldt Foundation to study the high temperature stability of OLEDs at the Technical University of Dresden and the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems in Germany, and from 2013 to 2015 he worked at the University of St Andrews in the UK to develop spatially coherent OLEDs for skin cancer treatment. In 2015, he was introduced to the School of Chemical and Molecular Sciences at Wuhan University for cross-disciplinary research. Since joining Wuhan University, he has focused on the development needs of China's organic optoelectronic information industry, focusing on new materials, new device structures and new processes, and published more than 60 papers in well-known academic journals such as Science Advances, Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and JACS, etc.