Speakers

Kui Chen

Southwest Jiaotong University, China

Profile: Chen Kui is a professor and doctoral supervisor of Southwest Jiaotong University, member of CIGRE B3 China Special Committee, member of IEEE PES Electric Vehicle Committee, and member of Energy Storage System and Equipment Professional Committee of China Electrotechnical Society. He has played a principal role in over 10 research projects, including: the National Overseas High-level Talents Program, and the French National Research Agency. He researches centers on battery health management systems, energy management, big data artificial intelligence. He is the youth editorial board member of Green Energy and Intelligent Transportation, and Energy Storage Science and Technology.

Zhun Hu

Xi'an Jiaotong University

Profile: Zhun Hu is an associate professor and doctoral supervisor at Xi’an Jiaotong University. His research focuses on environmental catalysis, nano-engineering of heterogeneous catalysts, and mechanistic studies. In recent years, his group have employed kinetic analyses, in-situ infrared spectroscopy, and transient techniques to elucidate heterogeneous catalytic reaction mechanisms. As a project leader, he has led or participated in seven National Key R&D Projects and National Natural Science Foundation of China projects, and has collaborated with SinoChem Group, Shanghai Diyang Import & Export Co., Ltd., and other enterprises on eight projects to develop efficient, eco-friendly, and fine-chemical catalysts. As first or corresponding author, he has published more than 50 SCI papers in journals such as ACS Catalysis, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of Catalysis, and Separation and Purification Technology, and has filed 12 invention patents.

Zhifeng Zheng

Xiamen University, China

Profile: Zhifeng Zheng is the Vice Dean (presiding) of the College of Energy at Xiamen University, a Minjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor, and a Xiamen University Nanqiang Key Position Professor. He holds a Ph.D. and is a doctoral supervisor. He serves as the Director of the Fujian Provincial New Energy Industry Technology Development Base, the Director of the Advanced Electrochemical Energy Storage Technology Collaborative Innovation Platform in the Fuzhou-Xiamen-Quanzhou National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone, and an Honorary Research Fellow and Lead Researcher at the Tan Kah Kee Innovation Laboratory. He has been recognized as a New Century Excellent Talent by the Ministry of Education, a High-Level Talent in Fujian Province, and a Yunling Industrial Technology Leader, among other honors. He has been a visiting scholar at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and other institutions. His research focuses on energy storage materials and devices, biomass energy, and dual-carbon (carbon peak and carbon neutrality) technology development and policy research.

Zhan Gao

Xi'an Jiaotong University

Profile: Zhan Gao is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Chemical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University. He has long been engaged in research on solid oxide fuel cell materials, processes, stacks, and systems, as well as key technologies for hydrogen production through reforming of carbon-hydrogen fuels. His related research results have been published in more than 50 papers in top-tier journals such as Energy & Environmental Science, Advanced Functional Materials, Small, Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Cell Reports Physical Science, and Journal of Power Sources.