Wei Liu Tianjin University of Science and Technology Wei Liu, PhD, Distinguished professor at Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China, and visiting scholar at University of New Brunswick, Canada. He has been mainly focusing on the research topics of high yield pulping and biorefinery, and fabrication and application of nanocellulose based materials. He has published more than 50 papers, and 11 authorized patents.

Yan Ning Universiy of Toronto

Hu Jinguang University of Calgary

Wang Linge South China University of Technology Professor Linge Wang of South China University of Technology (SCUT) is currently the Associate Dean of South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, and the Associate Dean of School of Molecular Science and Engineering. He received his PhD in Chemistry from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) in 2003. He had worked at the Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry, CAS as an Assistant Professor (till 2004), Associate Professor (till 2008), and then worked at the University of Sheffield (till 2012) as a Postdoc Research Associate. He was pointed as a full professor at SCUT since Sep 2012. His research focuses on Soft Matter, particularly on polymer nanofibres, polymer vesicles, polymeric optical film, tissue engineering, cell therapy, drug delivery. He has received more than RMB 10 million in research funding as a PI. His research has been published in leading journals in a variety of materials and polymers, such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Macromolecules, Applied Energy, Soft Matter; has been invited to write 3 book chapters and has published 14 patents. Professor Wang is a senior member of Chinese Chemical Society, a member of Chinese Society of Cellulose and Renewable Materials, and also a member of the China Spallation Neutron Source Science and Technology Committee.

Ni Yonghao University of New Brunswick Dr. Ni is Director of the Limerick Pulp and Paper Centre and Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of New Brunswick (UNB). He started his career at UNB in 1991, was promoted to Associate Professor in 1996 and to Professor in 2000, awarded a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in 2002. Dr. Ni’s research covers pulp and paper manufacturing, wood chemistry, integrated forest biorefinery, and lignocellulosic material. He has co-authored 500- plus refereed scientific papers, and 25 patents/ patent applications, supervised more than 100 Master’s, and Ph D students, numerous post-doctoral fellows/ visiting scholars. Dr. Ni is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE), the Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada, and the International Academy of Wood Science.

Jiang Xingyu Southern University of Science and Technology

Wang Hao Maryland, USA

Pan Chen Beijing Institute of Technology

Chen Wenshuai Northeast Forestry University, China Wenshuai Chen is a professor in the College of Materials Science and Engineering at Northeast Forestry University. He received his B.S. degree (2008) and Ph.D. degree (2013) in Wood Science and Technology from Northeast Forestry University. During 2011~2013, he has pursued his study at Washington University in St. Louis, Georgia Institute of Technology and Kyoto University, as a visiting Ph.D. student. His recent research interests include wood physics, bionanocomposites, nanocellulose, aerogels, and the development of wood-based nanomaterials and functional systems for energy and environmental sciences. He has authored more than 60 refereed journal publications and 3 invited book chapters

Guangrui Ma Qilu University of Technology

Li Weidong Qilu University of Technology

Xijun Wang Guangxi university