Dong Jiran ；South China University of Technology

Hui Pei Xi'an University of Technology

Zhong Chunyan

Rosenau Thomas University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU) Thomas Rosenau has studied Chemistry at Dresden University of Technology. After PhD and postdoc time there and at NC State University in Raleigh, USA, he did his habilitation in organic chemistry at BOKU University Vienna, where he is currently full professor at the Department of Chemistry. He heads the Institute of Chemistry of Renewable Resources, and the Austrian Biorefinery Center Tulln (ABCT), and is also Adjunct Professor of Fiber Chemistry at Shinshu University, Japan and Adjunct Professor at the Johan Gadolin Process Chemistry Center, Abo Academy, Turku, Finland. Thomas conducts research in Organic Chemistry, Green Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry, mainly focusing on the two biopolymers cellulose and lignin as well as on plant extractives and antioxidants. He has received several major international scientific awards, is honorary fellow of several scientific organizations, and has published more than 430 SCI papers.  
 

Berglund Lars KTH Royal Inst of Techn Lars Berglund is professor of Wood and Wood Composites at KTH Royal Inst of Technology in Stockholm. He has been a visiting researcher at Stanford University, Cornell University and Kyoto University. His research interest is in nanostructured composite materials; primarily those based on cellulose. An important challenge is transparent cellulosic nanomaterials, which also can serve as load-bearing engineering materials. Professor Berglund has published more than 300 journal papers, obtained around 10 patents, examined more than 20 PhD’s and is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. He holds an ERC Advanced Grant on Wood Nanotechnologies. He has been a “highly cited” author on Web of Science, has more than 20.000 citations and an H-index of 69.

Feng Xu Beijing Forestry University Professor in College of Materials Science and Technology of Beijing Forestry University. Expert of the Special Government Allowance of the State Council. Fellow of the International Academy of Wood Sciences. Member of the Institute of Chemical Industry of forest products of the Chinese Academy of Forestry. Member of the Technical Committee of the China Cellulose Industry Association. Associate editor of "Journal of Beijing Forestry University". Editorial board member of 4 international SCI journals as well as "Biomass Chemical Engineering" and "Journal of Forestry Engineering". Focus on the research of efficient utilization of biomass resources. Granted a number of funds, such as the 13th Five-Year Plan National Key R&D Initiative Project, the 12th Five-Year Science and Technology Support Plan, and the National Outstanding Youth Foundation. Innovative results have been achieved in the separation of the main components of biomass and the preparation of chemicals and materials. Published more than 200 academic papers, 15 national invention patents of China. Awarded 1 Second Prize of Nature of the Ministry of Education, and 1 First Prize of Invention of the Society of both Light Industry and Forestry.

Wei Hu Northeast Normal University

Jing Huang Southwest University Mr. Jin Huang obtained Ph.D degree in Wuhan University, and serves as the full-professor in Southwest University (China) and as the director of “Chongqing Key Laboratory of Soft-Matter Material Chemistry and Function Manufacturing”. He carried out scientific research at Institute of Chemistry (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Wuhan University of Technology, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, etc. His research focuses on "Polymer-Centered Soft-Matter Materials", "Sustainable Chemistry and Materials", "Flexible Materials and Devices", "Advanced Materials Manufacturing", etc.  The research on "cellulose nanocrystals-based materials" has achieved great progress. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers, and edited 3 monographs and wrote 8 book chapters.

Xiao Feng South China University of Technology

Dagang Liu Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology Professor Dagang Liu was awarded his Ph.D in Polymer Physics & Chemistry in 2007 from Wuhan University of China. He then worked as a postdoctor in Louisiana State University in 2008-2010. He was appointed as a full professor at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology since 2011. He has a specific interest in the field of biomass resources and environment and focuses on the development of biomass based nanomaterials and their applications for environmental treatment or wastewater/air purification. Dr. Liu is an author of more than 80 peer-reviewed publications.
 

Xiaoying Wang South China University of Technology Xiaoying Wang is a full Professor of South China University of Technology. She received Ph.D. from Wuhan University in July, 2008. Her doctoral dissertation was elected as “The National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Nomination Papers” in 2010. She joined the Key Laboratory of Paper and Pulp Engineering in the South China University of Science and Technology in 2008. She was selected as “Youth Yangtze Scholar” in 2015, National Outstanding Youth Science Foundation in 2016, Young and middle-aged scientific and technological innovation leaders in the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2018 and "Ten Thousands Plan" Leading Talents of Science and Technology Innovation in 2019.
Her research interests include polysaccharide-based nanocomposite for food and medicine applications. She had led all kinds of programs involving the general program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, program for New Century Excellent Talents in University in China and so on, altogether 15 projects. 
She has published 134 SCI papers, which of first-authorized/corresponding author are 78, a book titled “Nanocomposites: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications” as only editor, and two books as the author. She has also declared 45 national invention patents, 32 of which have been authorized (one is US patent).

Chunyu Chang Wuhan University