Prof. Dr. Jinguang Hu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Calgary, Canada. He leads the “Biomass & Biorefinery Research Lab” at the University of Calgary. His current research is supported by the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) and focuses on biomass valorization, sustainable energy, bioinspired materials/systems, and protein engineering for Energy, Environmental, and Biomedical applications. He is the External Advisory Board member of the Canada Biomass Energy Network, a member of the “China-Canada Joint Centre for BioEnergy”, a Research Fellow of GBIC, a recipient of the “S.C. Trindade Award”, and an active participant in the International Energy Agency (IEA) Bioenergy division. He currently serves as an Editorial Board Member for Chemical Synthesis, Bioresources and Bioprocessing, Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering Resource Chemicals and Materials.