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Prof. Liang Li
Soochow University, China
Biography: Liang Li, Dean of School of Physical Science and Technology, Director of Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Frontier Material Physics and Devices, Soochow University, China. National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars. Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). Research directions are photoelectronic conversion devices. Published over 300 SCI papers with a citation of 26000 times and H-factor of 86. Authorized 25 invention patents and edited 1 English book. Served as Editors and Editorial Board of several international journals including Journal of Materials Science & Technology, APL Electronic Devices, et al. Group web: https://ecs.suda.edu.cn
Special Session Speakers (Listed in aphabetical order of family name)
Prof. Yang Bai
University of Science and Technology Beijing, China
Biography: Yang Bai, Professor, Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, National Natural Science Foundation of China for Distinguished Young Scholars. His main research interests are materials genetic engineering, metamaterials for multiple physical fields, ferroelectric ceramics, etc. He serves as PI for 1 project from National Key Research and Development Program of China and 8 projects from National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has published more than 200 SCI-indexed papers, published 5 academic monographs in English/Chinese, and obtained more than 10 national authorized patents. He won 1 first prize and 1 second prize of natural science of the Ministry of Education, and won the 13th Youth Science and Technology Award of the Chinese Ceramic Society. He is the executive director of the Chinese Society of Metamaterials, and a director of the Chinese Advanced Ceramics Society, etc. He also serves as the associate editor of Journal of Advanced Ceramics, and the editorial board of 4 English SCI journals and 2 Chinese journals.
Prof. Shimou Chen
Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China
Biography: Shimou Chen is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, he is mainly engaged in research on key materials and device integration for lithium-ion batteries, solid-state batteries, and zinc ion batteries, etc. Prof. Chen has published more than 160 SCI papers in J Am. Chem. Soc.; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.; Adv. Mater. and other SCI journals, authorized over 33 national invention patents. He was supported by the National Natural Science Funds for Excellent Youth Scientists in 2019, selected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) in 2023, and supported by the National Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Youth Scientists in 2024.
Prof. Shuyan Gao
Henan Normal University, China
Biography: Shuyan Gao, doctoral supervisor, currently serves as the dean of the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Henan Normal University, China. Her main research interest is on the design and construction of green energy nanomaterials, as well as the research work in the field of electrocatalytic electrode materials. She was rated as a selected for the National Major Talent Project and a candidate for the National Multi-Million Talent Project. She was awarded Outstanding Achievement for the Institution of Higher Education (Second Prize). Additionally, she holds the position of Special Professor at Hokkaido University in Japan. She also holds editorial board memberships for SCI source journals such as Science Bulletin and Nanoenergy Advances. In terms of research projects, she has successfully led 6 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation. She has published over 100 papers in international high-level SCI source journals like Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Adv. Mater., Energy Environ. Sci., etc., including 24 highly cited papers according to ESI, accumulating more than 10,000 citations overall. Furthermore, she was listed as a “Highly Cited Researchers” by Clarivate Analytics in 2022.
Prof. Zhiguo Xia
South China University of Technology, China
Biography: Zhiguo Xia is a professor at the state key laboratory of luminescent materials and devices, and academic board of South China University of Technology. He serves as commissioner in the Chinese Society of Rare Earths, and Secretary-General in the luminescent division of the Chinese Society of Particuology. Prof. Xia is also now an Associate Editor of J. Mater. Chem. C, and editor of J. Lumin.. and he is mainly engaged in research on inorganic luminescent materials. Prof. Xia has published more than 200 SCI papers in Nat. Photon., Nat. Commun. And Adv. Mater.. He was selected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate. He was supported by the National Natural Science Funds for Excellent Youth Scientists in 2017, and supported by the National Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Youth Scientists in 2024.
Prof. Ruizhi Yang
Soochow University, China
Biography: Prof. Ruizhi Yang is a full professor at College of Energy, Soochow University. She received her B.S. degree and M.S. degree in Materials Science from Hunan University and Ph.D. degree in Condensed Matter Physics from Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2005). She worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Dalhousie University, Canada, from 2005 to 2008. She then moved to USA, working as a research associate at Stanford University from 2008 to 2011, prior to joining Soochow University. Prof. Ruizhi Yang has published over 120 papers in peer-reviewed journals (H-index of 55). She contributed book chapters for book series “Nanostructured Materials for Next Generation Energy Storage and Conversion” by Springer-Nature, 2018. She received the Electrochemistry Award for Young Talent, China, in 2013. She is a board committee member of International Academy of Electrochemical Energy Science (IAOEES), a member of ECS. Her current research interests focus on designing materials at an atomic scale for electrochemical energy storage and conversion, including solid electrolytes and electrode materials for Li-ion batteries, fuel cells and electrolysis cells, and fundamental understanding of reaction mechanisms in electrochemical processes.
Prof. Yan Yu
University of Science and Technology of China, China
Biography: Yan Yu is
currently a distinguished professor of material science at
the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC).
She received her Ph.D. in material science from USTC in
2006. From 2007 to 2008, she worked as a postdoctoral
researcher at Florida International University.
Subsequently, she was awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship
and the Sofja Kovalevskaja Award from the Alexander von
Humboldt Foundation, working at the Max Planck Institute for
Solid-State Research in Stuttgart, Germany.
To date, she has published over 400 papers in prestigious
journals such as Science, Nature Energy, Advanced Materials,
and Materials Today, achieving an H-index of >120. Her
papers have been cited over 40,000 times. Prof. Yan Yu has
been recognized as a Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher
in the field of Materials Science. She has also received
several honors, including the Materials Today “Rising Star
Award,” Wiley’s “Outstanding Young Researcher Award” and
“Small Young Innovators,” the Nano Research “Young
Innovators Award in Nano Energy,” the National Science Fund
for Distinguished Young Scholars, the China Young Women
Scientists Award, and the China Youth Science and Technology
Award etc.. She was also selected as a Fellow of the Royal
Society of Chemistry.
Currently, her research focuses on inorganic non-metallic
materials, nanomaterials, energy storage materials, battery
devices, and capacitors, with a particular emphasis on
batteries and the fundamental science of energy storage
systems.