High-Energy-Density Fuels for Advanced Propulsion

Professor Ji-Jun Zou is the Department Head of Chemical Technology and Chair Professor at the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology in Tianjin University, China. He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Tianjin University in 2000, 2002 and 2005, respectively. He was promoted as full professor of Chemical Engineering in 2013, and became Deputy Director of Key Laboratory of advanced fuel and chemical propellant of Ministry of Education in 2012. Professor Zou has received several awards including Technological Leading Scholar of 10000 Talent project (2017), Changjiang Young Scholar by the Ministry of Education (2016), National Excellent Young Scientist by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (2012), National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation by the Ministry of Education (2008) and Peiyang Distinguished Young Scholar by Tianjin University (2009). He has authored/coauthored more than 150 papers and 30 patents. He is also an Associate Editor of RSC Advances.Professor Xiangwen Zhang is the Director of Key Laboratory of advanced fuel and chemical propellant of Ministry of Education. He received his academic degrees from Tianjin University, and became a full professor in 2006. His research interests include fuel processing technology and reaction engineering. He has authored/coauthored more than 300 papers and 30 patents. Associate Professor Lun Pan received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, China, in 2009 and 2014, respectively. His research interests mainly focus on the design and synthesis of functional photocatalysts; their related modulation of morphology, facets and surface defects; and their applications in photocatalysis, such as in photocatalytic isomerization for synthesis of advanced fuels. He has published more than 30 papers and 5 patents.