Yunhu Gao,Cambridge University

Dr. Yunhu Gao is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. He completed his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees at Tsinghua University and the University of Cambridge.

His research focuses on strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in chemical engineering, spanning macro-level modeling, engineering practices, and the development of future low-carbon technologies. He has published over ten papers in journals such as Nature Food and the Chemical Engineering Journal. In addition, Dr. Gao has designed and constructed three production lines for oxygen-18 isotopes.

Liquan Zhang is a fully funded PhD candidate at University College London (UCL), supervised by Professor Ivan P. Parkin, the Dean of the Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He earned his master's degree from the Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

His research focuses on the anomalous hydrogen evolution phenomenon of ruthenium oxide in alkaline environments. He systematically investigates the restructuring of ruthenium oxide during reactions and the Volmer step mechanism in the hydrogen evolution reaction. His work also explores how nanoneedle array structures enhance the catalytic performance of ruthenium-based hydrogen evolution reactions.

In addition, his research involves the electrochemical oxidation of small molecules such as ethylene glycol, providing innovative approaches for green energy and carbon neutrality.

Dr. Xiangping Hu earned his PhD from the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and is currently a tenured Research Professor at NTNU's Industrial Ecology Program. His primary research focuses on mathematical modeling and statistical analysis, particularly the application of advanced mathematical and statistical methods to environmental and ecological datasets. 

Dr. Hu serves as an Associate Editor or editorial board member for journals such as Discover Applied Sciences and Global Environmental Change Advances. He has published over 80 papers in prestigious international journals, including Nature Communications, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Global Environmental Change, Earth's Future, and Communications Earth & Environment. He is actively leading and participating in several research projects in Norway and across Europe. 

Heran Zheng holds a PhD in International Development and is an Assistant Professor at the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London (UCL). His research focuses on input-output modeling, sustainable production and consumption, and quantifying the social and environmental spillover effects of public policies through industrial supply chains. His findings have been published as first or corresponding author in prestigious journals such as Nature Climate Change, Nature Sustainability, and Nature Communications.

Peipei Chen is a postdoctoral researcher at the Energy Policy Research Group, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. She earned her PhD from the Bartlett School at University College London and is a collaborative scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA).

Her research focuses on climate change policy and energy transition analysis, with an emphasis on carbon emissions and decarbonization pathways in high-carbon industries. Her findings have been published as the first author in leading journals such as Nature Energy, Applied Energy, and Earth’s Future, and her work has been cited in United Nations reports.

Dr. Chen has received the National Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad and serves as a youth editorial board member for Technology Review for Carbon Neutrality.

Maxime Van Haeverbeke is a postdoctoral researcher in bioscience engineering and mathematical modelling at Ghent University. His research includes developing and applying electrochemical impedance spectrum modelling approaches to diverse fields, including energy systems and biomedical applications. He has authored several peer-reviewed publications, including work on equivalent electrical circuits for EIS, bacterial biofilm characterization using machine learning, plant impedance modeling and mathematical approaches for bioinformatics. His studies combine mathematical techniques, machine learning, and circuit modelling to address challenges in energy storage, plant physiology, and healthcare diagnostics. Maxime contributes to advancing EIS as a versatile tool for scientific innovation and develops open-source software covering new developments in impedimetric modelling.

Shan Luo is currently a Lecturer at the University of Liverpool, UK. She graduated from Sun Yat-sen University in 2017 and was a recipient of the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship in Germany.

Her research focuses on the mechanisms underlying biodiversity maintenance, the relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functions, and the effects of global environmental changes on plant-plant interactions and plant-soil microbial interactions. Her work has been published in renowned journals such as Nature Communications and New Phytologist.

Dr. Kailan Tian is an Associate Research Fellow and doctoral supervisor at the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. She has been a senior visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge and University College London. Dr. Tian holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Groningen, Netherlands, and a PhD in Management from the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has received several prestigious awards, including the Outstanding Achievement Award for Decision-Making Consultation from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the First Prize for Science and Technology from the China Energy Group.

His primary research focuses on input-output analysis, global supply chain and value chain studies, quantitative economics, and environmental economics. She has authored one monograph each in Chinese and English and published over 30 papers in prominent academic journals, including Nature sub-journals, Regional Studies, Energy Economics, Environmental Science & Technology, and Applied Energy.

Dr. Tian has led several projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation’ s General and Youth programs, key projects of the National Bureau of Statistics, and programs funded by the China Association for Science and Technology. As a core team member, he has contributed to multiple major initiatives, including the National Natural Science Foundation’s Basic Science Center projects, National Social Science Foundation major projects, and major projects of the Ministry of Commerce.

Xiaoxia Liu earned her PhD through a joint program between Wetsus, the European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, and the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) in Vienna. She is a recipient of the prestigious Marie Curie Fellowship and graduated with the highest honors. Her primary research focuses on the effects of weak magnetic fields on microorganisms and the application of magnetic fields to regulate microbial ecology in oligotrophic water systems.

She participated in the EU Erasmus Mundus program, earning an honors master's degree from UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (Delft), Ghent University (Belgium), and the Czech Technical University in Prague. She has also undertaken academic exchanges at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Currently serving as a research project manager at Wetsus, Liu has received support from the EU EXCITE project and collaborates with institutions such as BOKU and Wageningen University. She oversees and manages four PhD projects on topics including drinking water safety, flow cytometry, microbial resistance, magnetized water, and the impact of water quality on gut microbiota.

In addition to her scientific work, she actively promotes Sino-Dutch collaboration and extends water technology research into the social sciences. She initiated and coordinates Wetsus' only social science theme and serves as the organization's China liaison officer.

Dr. Baoying Shan is a postdoctoral researcher at Politecnico di Milano, currently working on the project "Return (Multi-Risk sciEnce for resilienT commUnities undeR a changiNg climate)." She obtained her Bachelor's degree in Agricultural Water Engineering from Hohai University, followed by a Master's degree in Hydraulic Engineering from China Agricultural University, and a Ph.D. in Mathematical Modeling from Ghent University in Belgium. Her current research focuses on extreme climate and weather events in the context of climate change, with particular emphasis on the definition of compound extreme events, their impacts on agriculture and ecosystems, and improving the accuracy of existing models in predicting the effects of these extreme events. Dr. Shan applies statistical and artificial intelligence methods to deepen research in this field, and her work has been published in prestigious academic journals such as Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Environmental Research Letters, and Science of the Total Environment.