China University of Mining &Technology, Beijing, China

Dongmin Wang is a professor and doctoral supervisor at China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing, as well as the director of the Research Institute of Concrete and Ecomaterials. He currently serves as an executive director of the Chinese Ceramic Society, the chairman of the Solid Waste Subcommittee of the Chinese Ceramic Society, a foreign academician of the Russian Academy of Engineering, the vice chairman of the Chinese branch of the International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures (RILEM), an executive director of the Building Materials Branch of the China Architectural Society, an executive director of Advanced Engineering Materials Branch of the China Civil Engineering Society, a member of the Expert Committee of the China Building Materials Federation, and the vice-chairman of the Green Building Materials Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. He is the founding editor-in-chief of the international academic journal Materials Reports: Solid Waste and Ecomaterials and serves as an editorial board member and deputy editor for several academic journals, including Materials Reports, Journal of Building Materials, Bulletin of the Chinese Ceramic Society, and Journal of Mining Science and Technology.

Professor Dongmin Wang has long been dedicated to the research and applications of resource utilization of industrial, mining, and municipal solid waste, as well as the development of eco-friendly construction materials. His work also focuses on the synthesis and application of modern high-performance cementitious materials and their chemical admixtures. Internationally and domestically, he has pioneered the concept of "Solid Waste and Eco-materials," seamlessly integrating the research on resource utilization of solid waste with the low-carbon, green, and sustainable development of cementitious materials. Currently, he is leading several major projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission. His research focuses on key areas including the preparation of low-carbon cement and concrete materials from solid waste, the development of hydraulic lime and restoration materials for ancient architecture, and the harmless treatment and resource utilization of municipal waste incineration fly ash. He has published over 400 academic papers (>120 indexed by SCI), with 4,214 citations and an H-index of 39. He has been granted 55 national invention patents, published 14 academic monographs, and his research achievements have garnered more than ten awards for progress in science and technology from provincial, ministerial, and industry associations, and have been successfully applied in thousands of major structural engineering projects nationwide.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

Prof. Chi Sun Poon is currently the Michael Anson Professor of Engineering, Chair Professor of Sustainable Construction Materials and Head of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is also Director of the recently established Research Centre for Resources Engineering towards Carbon Neutrality. He specializes in the teaching and research of eco-friendly construction materials, concrete technology and waste management. He is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and has been serving actively on various professional and government committees. He is a pioneer in the research on valorizing different types of wastes as construction materials. His extensive publications in the area make him one of the leading scholars in this field. He was appointed as a Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor in 2017 and was awarded the State Technological Innovation Award 2017 (2nd Class).

Shenzhen University, China

Hongzhi Cui is a Distinguished Professor at Shenzhen University. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from City University of Hong Kong in 2007. He is a winner of National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and has received a number of prestigious awards/titles including Shenzhen "Pengcheng Scholar", Outstanding Scholar of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen High-level Talent, and Australian Endeavour Research Scholar and so on. His research interests include multifunctional structural materials for buildings, energy geostructures, and resilient materials and structures.

He has published over 200 scientific papers, which have been widely cited by scholars worldwide. He has been consecutively listed as one of Elsevier's " Highly Cited Researchers in China," as well as among the "Top 2% of Scientists Worldwide by Scientific Impact" and in the "Lifetime Scientific Impact Rankings." He holds over 20 authorized invention patents.

His awards include the 2023 Guangdong Province Technological Invention Award (First Prize, Ranked 1st), the 2022 China Invention Association Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award (First Prize, Ranked 1st), the 2022 CSRME Science and Technology Progress Award (First Prize, Ranked 3rd), the 2021 Shaanxi Province Natural Science Award (Second Prize, Ranked 3rd), the 2018 Guangdong Province Natural Science Award (Second Prize, Ranked 1st), the 2018 Shenzhen Natural Science Award (Second Prize, Ranked 1st), the 2014 National Technological Invention Award (Second Prize, Ranked 5th), and the 2013 Ministry of Education Technological Invention Award (First Prize, Ranked 5th).

Tongji University, China

Dr. Zuhua Zhang is a professor of Civil Engineering Materials, at School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University. He received his PhD degree from University of Southern Queensland in 2014. He worked at the University as lecturer, senior lecturer and then Endeavour Fellowship at the University of Sheffield, Discovery Early Career Research Award fellowship at University of Southern Queensland, and Yuelu Scholar at Hunan University. In 2022, he relocated and set up his team at Tongji University. His research interest is particularly on geopolymers for low carbon cements, safe recycling of solid wastes, and advanced functional materials. He has published 200+ peer reviewed journal papers, attracted +18000 citations and earned H-index 73. His research mission is to use his knowledge to serve a more sustainable community.