Prof. Chichun Hu
Director of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint
Laboratory on Transport Infrastructure Innovation
South China University of Technology, China
Biography:
Hu Chichun, director of GBA Transportation Infrastructure Joint Innovation Lab, professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology, serves as an evaluation expert of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, also an expert of the Academic Degree Center of the Ministry of Education, and the Development and Reform Commission of Guangdong Province. He has been selected for the China-European Talent Program funded by Chinese NSF and European Commission, and the Guangzhou Pear-River New Star Talent Program. He has presided over 3 projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2 projects of Chinese-German Joint Research center (jointly established by National Natural Science Foundation of China and German Research Federation), 4 offshore projects, and 1 joint major project of Guangdong and Hong Kong. He has published more than 60 SCI/EI papers, and has been granted more than 50 patents by the state. Simultaneously, his patented technologies are widely used in Macao, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, and Zhejiang, Tibet highway pavement maintenance project and municipal road pavement upgrading project.
Prof. Jun Liu
Global Highly Cited Scientist” by Clarivate Analytics
South China University of Technology, China
Biography:
Jun Liu, Professor/Doctoral Supervisor of School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Director of Guangdong Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, and Director of Advanced Energy Storage Technology Innovation R&D Center of Sino-Singapore International Joint Research Institute. He is mainly engaged in the research of energy storage materials and devices for lithium-ion batteries and solid-state batteries, and has published more than 200 papers in J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. and Adv. Mater. and other journals (25 ESI highly cited papers), with a total of more than 16,000 citations, an H-index of 70, and has been authorized with more than 26 national invention patents. He is the deputy director of the Specialized Committee of the Chinese Energy Society, a member of the Specialized Committee of the Instrumentation Functional Materials Branch of the Chinese Instrument Society, a director of the Youth Council of the Chinese Society for Materials, and a member of the Specialized Committee of the Chinese Society for Chemical Industry on Inorganic Acids and Alkalis. His achievements have been honored with the first prize of Science and Technology Award of Chinese Chemical Society, the first prize of Natural Science of Guangdong Province, and the first prize of Natural Science of Hunan Province. He has been selected as one of the National Overseas High-level Introduced Talents, High-level Introduced Talents of Zhujiang Talent Program of Guangdong Province, and Highly Cited Scientist of Corelli Security Sphere.
Pricipal Research Scientist Lan Zhang
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Biography:
Dr. Zhang Lan earned her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Shandong University in 2007. She joined the fuel cell team in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, as a researcher, focusing on developing sulfur-resistant, nickel-free electrode materials for solid oxide fuel cells. In 2010, she transitioned to the Energy Research Institute at NTU (ERIAN), where she contributed to projects on High-Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (HT-PEMFC) and on-site hydrogen generation. She was promoted to Senior Scientist in August 2015 and Principal Research Scientist in August 2021. Dr. Zhang has published over 65 articles in internationally renowned journals, with an H-index of 27. She holds four granted U.S. patents, with six more pending, in addition to six granted Chinese patents (with six more pending) and two granted Singapore patents (with six more pending). Several of these patents have been licensed to four companies for commercial use. Dr. Zhang's research primarily focuses on advancing self-supported metal oxide-based catalysts for methane and ammonia cracking, contributing to efficient hydrogen production and carbon-neutral energy solutions. Additionally, she is actively engaged in the application of nanocarbon materials, exploring their potential in catalysis, energy storage, and environmental sustainability. Her broader research expertise spans solid oxide fuel cells, high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells, flue gas purification, and on-site hydrogen generation.
Assoc. Prof. Yan Xu
The Director of Center for Power Engineering (CPE)
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Biography:
Dr Yan Xu obtained his B.E. and M.E. degrees from South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, and PhD degree from University of Newcastle, Australia, in 2008, 2011, and 2013, respectively. After his PhD graduation, he conducted postdoctoral research with the University of Sydney Postdoctoral Fellowship. After postdoctoral training, he joined Nanyang Technological University with the Nanyang Assistant Professorship. In 2021, he was promoted to Associate Professor (with tenure), and since 2024 he has been appointed as the Cham Tao Soon Professor in Engineering (an endowed Professorship named after the founding president of NTU). He is now serving as the Director of Center for Power Engineering (CPE), and the Co-Director of SingapowerPower – NTU Joint Lab. As the first/corresponding author, Dr Xu has published 3 books on his three focused research topics with IEEE-Wiley, IET, and CRC Press, respectively, along with 135 IEEE Transaction and 35 IET journal papers. He has 22 "Web-of-Science Highly Cited Papers” and received 10 IEEE/IET paper contest and conference best paper awards, the 2022 IET Premium Award (Best Paper), the 2021 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Outstanding Paper Award, the 2020 IET Energy Conversion & Economics Premium Paper Award, and the 2018 Applied Energy Highly Cited Paper Award. Dr Xu's professional service roles include Associate Editor for several international journals including IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, IEEE Trans. Power Systems, CSEE-JPES, MPCE, and IET ECE, Chairman of the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Singapore Chapter (2021 and 2022), General Co-Chair of the 11th IEEE ISGT-Asia Conference in Nov. 2022. Dr Xu is the recipient of the Nanyang Research Award (Young Investigator) by NTU, and the Outstanding Engineer Award by IEEE PES Singapore Chapter.
Assoc. Prof. Yaolin Yi
The Secretary of ISSMGE Technical Committee 'Sustainability
in Geotechnical Engineering (TC307)'
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Biography:
Dr. Yaolin Yi is an Associate Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), and was the Deputy Co-Director of Surbana Jurong-NTU Corporate Laboratory, Singapore. Dr. Yi’s current research focuses on (1) sustainable stabilization of problematic soils using industry by-products/wastes, (2) durability of stabilized soils in marine environment, and (3) carbonation of solid wastes for CO2 sequestration and heavy metal immobilization. Dr. Yi is the Secretary of ISSMGE technical committee ‘Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering (TC307)’ and ASCE Geo-Institute Soil Improvement Committee. He serves Associate Editor for ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering and Editorial Member for ICE Geotechnical Engineering and Ground Improvement journals.