China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), China

Dr. Dongmin Wang is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), and Director of the Research Institute of. Concrete and Ecomaterials. He currently serves as Executive Director of the Chinese Ceramic Society, Chairman of the Solid Waste Subcommittee of the Chinese Ceramic Society, and Vice Chairman of the Chinese National Chapter of the International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures (RILEM).

He is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the academic journal Materials Reports: Solidwaste and Ecomaterials, and also serves as an Editorial Board Member or Deputy Editor for several journals, including Materials Reports, Journal of Building Materials, Bulletin of the Chinese Ceramic Society, and Journal of Mining Science and Technology.

Professor Wang has long focused on the resource utilization of industrial, mining, and municipal solid waste, the development of eco‑friendly construction materials, and the synthesis and application of high‑performance cementitious materials and chemical admixtures. He pioneered the concept of “Solid Waste and Ecomaterials” worldwide, integrating solid waste resource utilization with low‑carbon, green, and sustainable development of cementitious materials.

He leads multiple major projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission. His research covers low‑carbon cement/concrete from solid waste, hydraulic lime and restoration materials for ancient architecture, and harmless treatment & resource utilization of municipal waste incineration fly ash.

He has published over 400 academic papers, with 5840 citations and an h‑index of 44. He holds 58 national invention patents, has authored 15 academic monographs, and has received over 10 provincial/ministerial and industry science and technology progress awards. His achievements have been applied to thousands of major structural engineering projects across China.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

Dr. Chi Sun Poon is currently the Michael Anson Professor in Civil Engineering and Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and serves as Director of the Research Centre for Resources Engineering towards Carbon Neutrality at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received his PhD from Imperial College London in 1985 and subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Oxford.

His research expertise lies in eco-friendly construction materials, concrete technology, and waste management. He is a pioneer in the valorization of various wastes as construction materials, and his extensive publications have established him as one of the leading scholars in the field. He has published more than 800 journal articles, with an h-index exceeding 130. Prof. Poon is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and has actively served on numerous professional and government committees. He was appointed as a Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor in 2017 and received the State Technological Innovation Award 2017 (2nd Class). He holds over 40 patents related to concrete and waste recycling technologies. He served as an Editor for Construction and Building Materials from 2014 to 2024 and has been a member of the Editorial Board for Cement and Concrete Composites since 2017.

Shenzhen University, China

Dr. Hongzhi Cui is Distinguished Professor and Dean of the Institute of Science and Technology Development at Shenzhen University. He received his PhD from City University of Hong Kong in 2007. He is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and has been honored with numerous prestigious awards and titles, including Shenzhen “Pengcheng Scholar,” Outstanding Scholar of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen High-level Talent, and Australian Endeavour Research Fellow.

His research interests encompass 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 repeatedly recognized on the World’s Top 2% Scientists list (Career-Long Impact) and named an Elsevier Highly Cited Researcher. He holds more than 40 authorized invention patents.

He has received numerous scientific and technological awards, including the First Prize for Technological Invention of Guangdong Province (2023, ranked 1st), the First Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of Anhui Province (2023, ranked 1st), the First Prize for Invention and Entrepreneurship Award of the China Association of Inventions (2022, ranked 1st), the Second Prize for Natural Science of Shaanxi Province (2021, ranked 3rd), the Second Prize for Natural Science of Guangdong Province (2018, ranked 1st), the Second Prize for Natural Science of Shenzhen (2018, ranked 1st), the Second Prize for National Technological Invention (2014, ranked 5th), and the First Prize for Technological Invention of the Ministry of Education (2013, ranked 5th).

Tongji University, China

Dr. Zuhua Zhang is a Professor of Civil Engineering Materials at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University. He received his PhD from the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) in 2014 and held positions of Lecturer and Senior Lecturer. He was later awarded an Endeavour Fellowship at the University of Sheffield in the UK, a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellowship at USQ, and he was also a Yuelu Scholar at Hunan University in China. In 2022, he relocated to Tongji University, where he established his independent research group.

Dr. Zhang’s research focuses primarily on aluminosilicate cementitious materials chemistry, safe recycling of solid wastes, and advanced functional materials. He has published over 260 peer-reviewed journal articles, which have received more than 27,000 citations, with an h-index of 93. He is currently an Associate Editor for Composites Part B: Engineering, a Youth Communication Expert for Engineering, and holds an adjunct professorship at USQ. His research mission is to apply his expertise toward building a more sustainable society.