Dr. Zhiwei Chen, Tongji University. Email: 14czw@tongji.edu.cn

Zhiwei Chen is an associate professor at Tongji University, China. His research focuses on the transport properties of phonons/electrons in solids, and on the thermoelectric materials for cryogenic applications. He received a B.E. in material science from Central South University, a Ph.D in material science from Tongji University, and postdoctoral research in condensed matter physics from Tongji University. 

Dr. Long Yang, Tongji University. Email: long_yang@tongji.edu.cn

Long Yang is an assistant professor at Tongji University, China. His research is focused on developing atomic local structure characterization techniques on thermoelectric and energy-related materials using advanced diffraction experiments and data-driven computation. He received his B.S. in Optics from Fudan University in 2015, and earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from Columbia University in 2016 and 2021, respectively. 

Dr. Jun Luo, Tongji University. Email: junluo@tongji.edu.cn

Jun Luo is currently a professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Tongji University. He received his BSc and MSc degrees from the University of Science and Technology Beijing in 1999 and 2002, respectively, and a PhD degree in condensed matter physics from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2005. His research mainly focuses on inorganic thermoelectric materials. 

Dr. Chaofeng Liu, Tongji University. Email: chaofeng@tongji.edu.cn

Dr. Liu is currently working as an assistant professor at School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University. His research interests focus on the fundamental studies of electrode materials for electrochemical energy storage, especially deciphering the relationship among the chemical potential and crystal field as well as chemical bonds. He earned his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Central South University and his doctoral degree from Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and worked as a postdoc at the University of Washington, Seattle, for over four years. 

Yanzhong Pei has been working on advanced thermoelectric semiconductors for longer than a decade, from synthesizing the materials to understanding the underlying physics and chemistry. He holds a B.E. from Central South University in China, a Ph.D from the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, CAS, and postdoctoral research experience for about 5 years from Michigan State University and the California Institute of Technology. He became a professor in 2012 at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. His interests are focused on materials physics and chemistry for energy applications.

Dr. Wen Li, Tongji University. Email: liwen@tongji.edu.cn

Wen Li is a professor at Tongji University, China. His research is focused on developing new thermoelectric materials and understanding the material parameters that determine the thermoelectric properties, as well as engineering of these parameters for further enhancement of performance. He received a M.E. and a B.E. both from Zhengzhou University, China and a Ph. D from Shizuoka University, Japan.