Prof. Dr. Yanglei Xu is an associate professor and master supervisor of Biomass Energy and Materials at
Beijing Forestry University. She received her Ph.D. from Beihang University.
She used to be an associate professor at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University. From
2016 to 2018, she worked as an engineer at China General Institute of Building
Materials Research. She is mainly engaged in the research of biomass energy
materials, especially in the direction of biomass micro-nano structure and
energy harvesting materials has a solid research foundation.
Dr. Sheng Chen is an Associate Professor at the School of Materials Science and
Technology, Beijing Forestry University since January 2022. Prior to this, he
worked as a Lecturer in the same department from September 2020 to December
2021. Dr. Chen completed his PhD from Beijing Forestry University in Forest
Products Chemical Processing Engineering in June 2020. During his doctoral
studies, he was also involved in joint training for doctoral students at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, from October 2018 to
November 2019. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Forest Products Chemical
Engineering (Pulping and Papermaking) from Beijing Forestry University in July
2015. Dr. Chen is highly focused on research in the deconstruction and
functional utilization of lignocellulosic biomass. In particular, he has been
working on understanding plant cell wall chemistry, and developing
cellulose/lignin functional materials for various applications such as light/thermal
management, energy harvest/storage, sensing, packaging, and water treatment.
Professor Feng Xu obtained her PhD degree from South China University of Technology in 2005. She
worked as a visiting scholar at the Forest Products Laboratory, United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA), from 2008 to 2009. In 2012, she received the
National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars award. Currently, she is
a Professor at the College of Materials Science and Technology, Beijing
Forestry University, an expert of the Special Government Allowance of the State
Council, and a fellow of the International Academy of Wood Sciences. She is
also a member of the Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products of the
Chinese Academy of Forestry and a member of the Technical Committee of the
China Cellulose Industry Association. Her research is currently focused on the
isolation and identification of chemical components in wood, the development of
biomass-derived functional materials, and green cellulose solvent.
