Lei Wang is a PhD student at the University of Waterloo, Canada. He received his BSc and MSc degrees from Hefei University of Technology, China, and University of Science and Technology of China, China, respectively. Lei's research interests are in design and optimization of membrane electrode assembly reactors for industrial-grade applications.
Dr. Zhongchao Tan is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He is a Founding Chair Professor and Vice Provost & Dean of Academic Affairs at the Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, China. He received his BSc and MSc degrees from Tsinghua University, Beijing, and PhD from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA in 2004. He was the founding Executive Director of Tsinghua-Waterloo Joint Research Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies, and the Associate Dean (International) of Waterloo Engineering. In addition, Tan has provided dedicated services to several professional societies, including the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering, International Association for Green Energy, Standard Council Canada/ISO, and the Canadian Academy of Engineering.Dr. Yimin Wu is the inaugural Tang Family Chair in New Energy Materials and Sustainability and a professor at the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Canada. Professor Wu's research focuses on the design of new energy materials for solar fuels and batteries, and novel electronic, photonic, responsive materials for flexible electronics and soft robotics, and energy efficient neuromorphic computing through a deep understanding of energy transduction processes at interfaces. Dr Wu is the director of the Materials Interfaces Foundry (MIF) at the University of Waterloo and serves on the board of directors of the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology and serves on the editorial board of the journal Energy and Environmental Materials. Dr Wu has authored and co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed journal papers, which includes Nature, Nature Energy, Nature communications, and Advanced Materials. He is listed as an inventor on 7 US/international patents and has delivered over 40 invited lectures across the world in last 5 years.