Exploring Materials in An Open Lab

Jun Chen is currently appointed as Associate Dean of Australian Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM), and Head of Postgraduate Studies of Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI), University of Wollongong (UOW). Chen received his bachelor’s (1995) from Zhejiang University of Technology (China), and his PhD from School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong (Australia) in 2003. His research interests include: Electroactive Materials, Catalysis, Sustainable Energy Devices/Systems, Electro-/Bio- Interfaces, Nano/Micro- Materials, 2D/3D Printing and Wearable Electronic Devices. He has authored over 220 peer-reviewed publications in international journals with an h-index of 71. Professor Chen has been identified as Highly Cited Researchers in Cross Field (2018 | 2020). In 2021, he received Vice-Chancellor's Award for Researcher of the Year (University of Wollongong). Prof. Chen has been admitted as a Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).

Li-Dong Zhao is a full professor of the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Beihang University, China. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Science and Technology Beijing, China in 2009. He was a postdoctoral research associate at the Université Paris-Sud and Northwestern University from 2009 to 2014. His research interests include electrical and thermal transport behaviors in the compounds with layered structures. He has authored over 250 peer-reviewed publications in international journals with an h-index of 75. Professor Zhao has been identified as Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate (2019-2021).