Keynote Speakers

Prof. Zhengkui Li

Nanjing University, China

Biography:

Zhengkui Li, a full professor and doctoral supervisor in the School of the Environment at Nanjing University, graduated from its Department of Chemistry in 1982 and subsequently completed his PhD studies at the Nanjing Institute of Geography & Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, between 1997 and 2000. Between 1995 and 1996, he served as a visiting scholar at both the Technical University of Berlin and Leipzig University in the Federal Republic of Germany. His primary research interests encompass the photocatalytic degradation of emerging contaminants and ecological engineering methodologies for water treatment. He has led numerous projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Key Basic Research Program, and significant water pollution control initiatives spanning the National 11th to 13th Five-Year Plans. Boasting over 50 research articles in SCI Zones I, II, and III, as well as 40 articles in Chinese core journals to his credit, he holds 35 authorized national patents. Professor Li is recognized as an expert in the National Science and Technology Award Expert Database, a reviewer for innovative talent evaluations at the Ministry of Science and Technology, and a peer reviewer for the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He also serves as an expert in the science and technology departments of the Anhui, Hebei, Shandong, Guizhou, Guangdong, and Fujian provinces.

Prof. Xinman Tu

 Nanchang Hangkong University, China

Biography:

Xinman Tu holds the rank of Level-II Professor and serves as a Ph.D. supervisor. He has been honored with several prestigious distinctions, including being selected for the Ministry of Education’s Program for New Century Excellent Talents, designated as a Cultivation Candidate for Young Scientists in Jiangxi Province, enrolled in the “Million Talents Program” ofJiangxi Province, recognized as a Jiangxi Young Jinggang Scholar, chosen for the “Hundred Talents Voyage Program” ofJiangxi Province, designated as a Key Teacher among Middle-aged and Young Faculty in Jiangxi Province, and awarded a special government allowance from the Jiangxi Provincial Government. His current research and teaching endeavorsrevolve around the detection, treatment, and resource recovery technologies of persistent pollutants in aquatic environments. Over the past few years, he has spearheaded more than 20 national and provincial projects, encompassing five grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, a subproject under the National 863 Program, key projects funded by the Natural Science Foundation ofJiangxi Province, andKeyResearch andDevelopmentProgramsof Jiangxi Province. His research accomplishments have been recognized with numerous awards, such as the Invention and Entrepreneurship Award (Individual), one China Industry-University-Research Cooperative Innovation Award, one First Prize for Science and Technology Progress Award in Jiangxi Province, two First Prizes for Science and Technology Award in China’s Nonferrous Metals Industry, one Second Prize for Invention and Innovation Award from the China AssociationofInventions, and one Third Prize for Natural ScienceAward in Jiangxi Province. He has authored over 100 SCI-indexed papers and has been granted 21 invention patents, two of which are international. Furthermore, he has edited two textbooks and co-authored an English-language monograph.