Professor Li’s research areas include waste resource utilization, green and low-carbon technologies, and new pollutant control. She has obtained funds from the National Natural Science Foundation, National Key R&D Program, and Beijing Natural Science Foundation, and published over 70 papers. She was selected as a National High-Level Talent, and Outstanding Agricultural Research Talent of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. She also serves as a member of the Chinese Society of Microbiology, a director of the Beijing Society of Microbiology, and a member of the national ecological farm expert group of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

Goran Strbac is a Professor of Energy Systems, with extensive experience in advanced modelling and analysis of operation, planning, security and economics of multi-energy systems. He led the development of novel advanced analysis approaches and methodologies that have been extensively used to inform industry, governments and regulatory bodies about the role and value of emerging new technologies and systems in supporting cost effective evolution to smart low carbon energy future. He is currently Director of the joint Imperial-Tsinghua Research Centre on Intelligent Power and Energy Systems, Member of OFGEM Climate Resilience Expert Panel, Member of the UK Smart System Forum, Member of the European Technology and Innovation Platform for Smart Networks for the Energy Transition, and Member of the Joint EU Programme in Energy Systems Integration of the European Energy Research Alliance. He co-authored 4 books and published over 500 technical papers.

M.F. Montemor is Full Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, Department of Chemical Engineering. Her scientific activity focusses on new functional coatings for surface protection and forenergy storage. She is co-author of 20 book chapters and above 350 scientific papers. Her h index is 76.She has been awarded with the EFC medal and has received a Doctor Honoris Causa Degree by University of Mons. Leading a scientific team of approximately 20 researchers, including PhD students, pos-docs and young researchers, she fosters a creative research environment conducive to cutting-edge research and innovation that addresses synergies between materials engineering research and industry needs.She is co-founder of the company “Charge2C-NewCap” that fabricates supercapacitors.

Jun-Ki Choi, Ph.D. is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Dayton and Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Industrial Training and Assessment Center (ITAC). His research focuses on industrial decarbonization, renewable energy systems, life cycle assessment, circular economy, and multiscale energy and environmental modeling that connects engineering design with policy and societal impacts. Dr. Choi has led more than $9 million in externally funded research and published over 60 peer-reviewed journal articles addressing energy efficiency, renewable manufacturing, and sustainability transitions. Through the DOE IAC program, he has conducted and overseen more than 1,100 industrial energy assessments, helping manufacturers reduce energy use, costs, and carbon emissions while training the next generation of clean energy engineers. Internationally, Dr. Choi has held visiting and teaching appointments at institutions including KAIST, Seoul National University, the University of Bologna, and CUNY. He has delivered over 40 invited talks worldwide on system thinking for industrial decarbonization. He holds a Ph.D. from Purdue University and an M.S. from the University of Michigan, and currently serves as the Anderson Endowed Chair in Engineering Innovation.