Dr Jingping Hu is a professor of environmental engineering at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and is chairing FunMat Laboratory. His research largely focuses on solid waste recycling, environmental electrochemistry, environmental biomimic catalysis, artificial intelligence - big data and environmental green development. He has been published more than 180 papers (ORCID：0000-0001-9984-6636) in several leading international journals, including Adv. Mat., Angew Chem, Anal. Chem. with more than 4900 citations and H-factor 41 （Web of Science Researcher ID: ADK-4638-2022）. The average number of citations per paper is 29.5, and 4 papers are selected as ESI highly cited papers; 10 national invention patents and 2 software copyrights are authorized as the first inventor, 1 US invention patent and 1 EU and PCT international patent are authorized. In the past five years, he has published 118 papers (29 papers by first/corresponding authors); 2737 citations in the past five years, with the highest 196 citations for a single paper.

    He was awarded the prestigious Newton Abraham studentship at Lincoln College and received his D.Phil from the University of Oxford (2004-2008). After graduation he was awarded as Sir William Ramsay Research Fellowship (https://www.soci.org/awards/past-recipients/ramsay-memorial-fellowship) at the University of Oxford. In late 2013, Dr Hu was awarded the prestigious Chinese recruitment programme, and joined the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan China in January 2014.

     He used to serve as the vice-president of the Chinese Society of Chemical Science and Technology in the UK (CSCST-UK (http://www.cscst.org)), the co-founder to initiate Oxford Forum of Science and Technology (OXFOST). He serves as associate editor for "Energy & Environmental Materials", member of editorial board for Journal “Scientific Reports” and “Journal of Water and Environmental Nanotechnology”. He also serves as a regular reviewer for: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics，Physica Status Solidi (c)，Analytica Chimica Acta，Electrochimica Acta，Waste and Biomass Valorization，Waste Management, Journal of Cleaner Production，Journal of Materials Chemistry A，Journal of Hazardous Materials, Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Microchimica Acta, International Journal of Energy Research, Applied Surface Science, Journal of Energy Storage, Biotechnology for Biofuels, Chemical Communications, Chemical Engineering Journal, Diamond & Related Materials, HUANJING GONGCHENG XUEBAO, etc. He is also a member of International Water Association (IWA), member of Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), and member of Materials Research Society (MRS).