Prof. Lai-Chang Zhang is Head of Centre for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing at Edith Cowan University. After awarded his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Prof. Zhang held several positions at The University of Western Australian, University of Wollongong, IFW Dresden and Technische Universität Darmstadt. His research interests include metal additive manufacturing, metallic biomaterials, light alloys & structures, and high-strength alloys and composites. He is a Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate) and an Advanced Materials Laureate (IAAM, Sweden), with approximately 410 journal articles, an H-index of 93 and more than 32,000 citations. He serves as Editor or Editorial Board Members for more than 10 journals including International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, Advanced Powder Materials, International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, Advanced Engineering Materials, Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters), BME Horizon, etc.

Prof. Liang-Yu Chen received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Shanghai JiaoTong University. He was a visiting scholar at Edith Cowan University in Australia. Currently, he is an Associate Professor and a Master’s Supervisor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology. He has presided over and participated in more than 10 national, provincial, ministerial, and municipal-level projects. He was selected for the list of the world’s top 2% most cited scientists in 2022, 2023, and 2024. He is also one of the Six Major Talent Peaks in Jiangsu Province, a talent supported by Zhenjiang Association for Science and Technology, and a Deep Blue Talent at Jiangsu University of Science and Technology. He serves as an Editorial Board Member of several SCI journals such as International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing and Advanced Powder Materials, as well as an Editorial Board Member of several Chinese core journals. Prof. Chen has long been engaged in the research on the preparation, structure, and properties of metallic structural materials. His research focuses on aspects such as the preparation and service performance of 3D-printed titanium alloys, lightweight topological lattice structures in aviation and aerospace fields, and plasma additive manufacturing. He has obtained 7 invention patents. To date, he has published more than 120 papers in renowned journals in the materials field such as Materials Science and Engineering R: Reports, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, and Corrosion Science. These papers have been cited more than 7,000 times, including 8 highly cited papers. His personal H-index is 44.

Prof. Gao Xiao is a Tenured Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering at Fuzhou University. Prof. Xiao is recognized as a High-Level Talent in Fujian Province and Quanzhou High-Level Talents in higher education. He received the Ph.D. degree in Biomass Chemical Engineering from Sichuan University under the supervision of Prof. Bi Shi (Academician of CAE), and conducted postdoctoral research at Harvard University (Harvard SEAS; Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology; Wyss Institute) and Tsinghua University, under globally renowned mentors including Prof. Ali Khademhosseini and Prof. David A. Weitz (NAS/NAE/AAAS Member). He has presided over 12+ national/provincial projects (e.g., NSFC Fund, China Postdoctoral Special Grant, Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province, et al.), published 50+ articles in renowned journals such as Science, PNAS, ES&T, Biomaterials, Nano Letters, et al (H-index of 21) and held 24 authorized invention patents. He serves as Youth Editorial Board Member for Nano-Micro Letters (IF: 36.3), International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Polymers, BME Horizon, Materials Reports, etc, and Senior Peer Reviewer for AM, AFM, et al. His research interests include environmental functional materials, nano-medicine, microfluidic, hydrogel and 3D bioprinting tissue engineering.