Keynote Speakers
EXPERTS
Prof. Gordon Huang
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina, Canada
Dr. Gordon Huang is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Energy and Environment, and Executive Director of the Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities at the University of Regina, Canada. He holds BSC from Peking University (China), MSc from Simon Fraser University (Canada) and PhD from McMaster University (Canada). Since the 1990s, Huang has led over 150 research projects, produced over 800 peer-refereed international journal papers (with an SCI-based H-index of 51 in Science Citation Index under Thomson Reuters' Web of Science), and supervised over 100 Master/PhD students (with degrees awarded). Over 20 Huang's PhD graduates were appointed as faculty members at universities in Canada, USA, China and Singapore. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and the President of the International Society for Environmental Information Sciences. He also acts as editor-in-chief for Journal of Environmental Informatics (http://www.iseis.org/JEI/), and served the United Nations Development Programme as Chief Scientist for a program of Rural Water Resources Management and Drinking Water Safety. His pioneering work in environmental risk management has been recognized as a significant innovation, and has influenced government and business approaches for tackling environmental challenges and formulating related policies.
Prof. Yongping Li
Beijing Normal University, China
Yongping Li is a Changjiang Scholar Professor at Beijing Normal University, China. She receives her MSc and PhD Degrees from the University of Regina, Canada. Her research interests involve in energy and environmental systems analysis, environmental pollution control, water resources management, and decision making under uncertainty. Since 2005, Li has led or involved in over 50 energy- and environment-related research projects supported by industrial, governmental and international organizations. She has produced over 270 peer-refereed international journal papers (with an SCI-based H-index of 35 in Science Citation Index under Thomson Reuters' Web of Science), and supervised over 50 Master/PhD students. Dr. Li was received a number of awards such as Distinguished Young Scientist Award, New Century Excellent Talents in University, the National Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholar, the National Award for Youth in Science and Technology, and the National Award for Youth Female Scientist.
Prof. Wang Shuguang
School of Environment Science and Engineering, Shandong University, China
Dr. Wang is the Associate Dean of the School of
Environment Science and Engineering at Shandong University, and the
Director of the Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control
and Resource Reuse in China.
Dr. Wang received his doctoral degree from the Ecological Research
Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2002. He has long-term been
working in the fields of Water Environmental Informatics and has
specially expertise in Water Pollution Control, Water Resources
Management, and Impacts of Hydrological Variation on the Viability
of Microbial Ecosystems. He was enrolled in the Ministry of
Education New Century Outstanding Talent Program (in 2010). He has
won over 10 research awards, such as the Shandong Outstanding Youth
Science Fund (in 2011), the Middle-Aged and Young Experts with
Outstanding Contributions (in 2015), the Science and Technology
Award (in 2011 and 2015) as well as the Science and Technology
Progress (in 2007, 2009 and 2010) in Shandong province.
Dr. Wang has committed to many key research projects. He is in
charge of four general programs supported by the National Natural
Science Foundation of China (NSFC). He also undertakes one key
program of the National Water Pollution Control and Treatment
Science and Technology Major Project supported by Ministry of
Science and Technology. He served for many times as the chief
consultant expert and team leader of various crucial research
projects. Besides, he is an outstanding and fruitful scholar who
published 2 English books entitled “Heavy Metals in the Environment”
and “Environmental Management”, 16 patents of invention, and nearly
100 peer-reviewed SCI journal papers (Science Citation Index), among
which the total citations are over 2300.
Dr. Wang is also active in academic societies. He is a director of
Shandong Institute of Environmental Sciences, an editor of
Environmental Systems Research published by SpringerOpen. He served
as Chairman or member of Program Committees for many International
Academic conferences in the past decade.
Prof. Zhijun Peng
University of Bedfordshire, UK
Professor Peng started his professorship in the University of Bedfordshire, UK in June 2017. Prior to his new role, he has been a Reader in Sustainable Energy Technology in the School of Engineering and Technology, University of Hertfordshire since 2013. As the leader of the Sustainable Energy Technology Research Group in University of Hertfordshire, his is responsible for research activities on sustainable energy technology development and application vehicle powertrains and vehicle energy efficiency technology with an emphasis on experimental investigation, though he also conducts some numerical simulations including CFD modelling. Prof Peng was a lecturer since 2004 and then as a senior lecturer since 2007 in the School of Engineering and Design, University of Sussex. He acquired his industry experience as a senior powertrain development engineer at the Dunton Technical Centre of Ford Motor Company between May 2003 and September 2004.