Prof. Jieshan Qiu is Cheung-Kong Distinguished Professor of Carbon Science and Chemical Engineering at Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT), China, and the Dean of College of Chemical Engineering of BUCT. Prof. Qiu is an internationally-recognised research and thought leader in chemical engineering. His research encompasses both fundamental and applied aspects of carbon materials and science, with a focus on the methodologies for producing carbon materials from coal and coal-derived by-products such as coal tar pitch, and their applications in energy storage and conversion (solar cells, supercapacitor and batteries), catalysis and environment protection. Prof. Qiu is the author of more than 600 papers in peer-reviewed journals, including Adv. Mater., Adv. Funct. Mater., Adv. Energy Mater., Energy & Environ. Sci., Nature Commun., Nano Energy, ACS Nano, Angew. Chem. etc., with citations of over 17000 times and h-index 61, including a number of ISI highly cited papers (Web of Sci.). He has a strong record of innovation – over 80 China and International patents issued. He is currently the Vice President and Fellow of Chinese Society of Micro-Nano Technology, an Associate Editor of the international journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, and CIESC Journal (Hua Gong Xue Bao, in Chinese), and is on the advisory board of over 20 high profile journals, including Chemical Engineering Science, and Science China Materials. He has served as the editor of the journals Carbon and FlatChem published by Elsevier.