 Professor GUO Chuanfei | [Presentation Title] Iontronic Skins for Accurate Measurements Prof. Guo is a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). He received his bachelor’s degree in Material Science and Engineering from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 2006. In 2011, he earned a PhD degree in Condensed Matter Physics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. From 2011 to 2016, Prof. Guo worked as a postdoctoral fellow (research associate) at Boston College and the University of Houston. He joined SUSTech since 2016. His research focuses on flexible electronics and bioelectronics. Prof. Guo has published over 180 journal articles in journals. He has applied 53 patents and hold 34 granted inventions. He is now an editor of Materials Today Physics. He is an awardee of the First Prize of Natural Science of Guangdong Province, and an awardee of the China Youth Science and Technology Award. |
 Professor GUO Xugang | [Presentation Title] Development and Catalyzed Doping of N-type Polymers Prof. Guo received his B.S./M.S. degree in Chemistry from Lanzhou University. He joined Mark D. Watson’s group at the University of Kentucky in 2006 and obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2009. From 2009 to 2012, he carried out his postdoctoral training with Prof. Tobin J. Marks and Prof. Antonio Facchetti at Northwestern University, and joined SUSTech as associate professor in 2012. He was promoted to full professor in Spring 2018. His research mainly focuses on organic semiconducting materials, particularly n-type polymer semiconductors, and their (opto)electronic devices. He was listed as Highly Cited Researchers 2023 and 2024 by Clarivate. |
 Professor HUANG Yan Yan Shery | [Presentation Title] Imperceptible Augmentation of Living Systems with Organic Bioelectronic Fibres Prof. Huang is a Professor of Bioengineering, at Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. She leads the Biointerface Group, and is a co-Director of EPSRC CDT Sensor Technology. She is a recipient of BioMedEng Innovation Award, and a fellow of the Institute of Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. She holds editorial roles at ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Bioactive Materials, and Biodesign and Manufacturing. |
 Professor Alex JEN | [Presentation Title] Molecular Engineering of Hybrid Materials for Highly Efficient and Stable Organic and Perovskite Solar Cells Prof. Jen is the Lee Shau-Kee Chair Professor and Founding Director of the Hong Kong Institute for Clean Energy at the City University of Hong Kong. He also served as the Provost of CityUHK during 2016-2020. He is a distinguished researcher who published more than 1,200 SCI papers with ~110,000 citations and an H-index of 171. He also co-invented 73 patents and invention disclosures. For his pioneering contributions in organic photonics and electronics, Professor Jen was elected as Academician by both the European Academy of Sciences and the Washington State Academy of Sciences. He was also elected as Fellow for several professional societies, including AAAS, MRS, ACS, PMSE, OSA, and SPIE. He had been named by the Times Higher Education (THE) in 2018 as one of the “Top 10 University Researchers in Perovskite Solar Cell Research”. He was also recognized by Thomson Reuters as one of the "World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds of 2015 and 2016 and by Clarivate Analytics as a "Highly Cited Researcher" in Materials Science from 2014-2025. |
 Professor MA Weigang | [Presentation Title] Ionic Thermoelectrics: Principles, Development, and Applications Prof. Ma is a Professor at Tsinghua University, China. He received his B.E. (2006) and Ph.D. (2012) degrees from Tsinghua University. His research focuses on micro/nanoscale energy transport and conversion. He has led several key national research projects, including the National Science Found for Distinguished Scholars and a National Key Research and Development Program Project. He has published over 100 papers in high-impact journals, including Joule, Nature Communications, and Physical Review Letters. He is a two-time recipient of the Hartnett-Irvine Award from the International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer (2018, 2023), and received the Young Scientist Award of the Asian Thermophysical Properties Conference in 2019. Currently, he serves as Chairman of the Young Scholar Committee of the Heat Transfer Society of China, Subject Editor of the Journal of Thermal Science, and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. |
 Professor QU Liangti | [Presentation Title] Ion-electron Conversion and Coupling for Energy Generation and Storage Management Prof. Qu is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Tsinghua University, Beijing, whose research focuses on materials and energy chemistry—encompassing the controllable preparation and assembly of structure-specific materials, and their applications in advanced functional materials and high-performance energy conversion/storage systems. He has published 500 peer-reviewed papers, including 26 in Nature-family and 6 in Science-family journals (e.g., Nature Nanotechnology, JACS, Advanced Materials), with an h-index of 120 and over 50,000 citations. He has contributed 3 book chapters, edited 1 monograph, and holds 40+ patents. A Clarivate (2014–2024) and Elsevier (2015–2024) Highly Cited Researcher, he has authored 50+ reviews for top journals and earned honors like the 2016 National Natural Science Award (Second Prize) and 2013 Distinguished Young Scholars Fund. He is Founding Editor-in-Chief of Nano Research Energy and serves on multiple editorial boards. |
 Professor SONG Bo | [Presentation Title] Metamaterial Design and Additive Manufacturing Prof. Song has long been engaged in research on additive manufacturing of functional metamaterial. He has directed over 25 national and provincial-level research projects, including the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars, General Programs of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the National Key Research and Development Program of China. He has published more than 130 papers in renowned journals such as Materials Today, Nature Communications, Advanced Functional Materials, and Acta Materialia, with over 4,000 SCI citations. He has also authored 4 books in both Chinese and English. Prof. Song was recognized as a Highly Cited Chinese Researcher by Elsevier in 2023/2024/2025 and ranked among the World’s Top 2% of Scientists by Stanford University for the years 2021 and 2022. In 2022, he was honored as a Leading Talent in Scientific and Technological Innovation by the China Machinery Industry Federation. In 2023, he received the Innovation Team Award from the Nonferrous Metals Society of China. As the first awardee, he has been recognized with the First Prize of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Science and Technology Award (2024), the Second Prize of the Hubei Provincial Technical Invention Award (2022), and the Second Prize of the Machinery Industry Science and Technology Invention Award (2022). |
 Professor YANG Shihe | [Presentation Title] Perovskite Optoelectronic Conversion: From Proof of Concept to Device Scaling up Prof. Yang received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Rice University (with the Nobel Laureate Prof. Richard E. Smalley). He did post-doctoral research at Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Toronto (with the Nobel Laureate Prof. John C. Polanyi) before joining the faculty at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is now a Professor at Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School. He made significant contributions to the areas of cluster science, fullerenes and metallofullerenes, nanoscience and technology, soft material interfaces and functional materials and devices. His current research is focused on solar energy conversion and optoelectronic devices. He is the author/co-author of over 750 international journal publications and ~30 patents with > 77,000 citations (h-index > 145). His scientific research has been recognized by, among others, two State Natural Science Awards. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Materials Matter and an editorial board member of several international journals. |
