Associate Professor Dr Kan Ankang, of Shanghai Maritime University, was born in 1981 in Shandong Province, China. In 2004, Kan received a bachelor's degree in marine engineering from Shanghai Maritime University. After receiving a master's degree in refrigeration and cryogenic engineering from Shanghai Maritime University, he stayed on to teach. In October 2007, he was appointed the dean of the Thermal and Power Engineering Laboratory at Shanghai Maritime University. He received a doctorate in marine engineering in 2014, and completed his post-doctoral studies at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2017. He has published more than 100 research articles in noted journals, including "Energy", "Energy and Building", “The Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer", "The International Journal of Thermal Sciences", " Applied Thermal Engineering", "The Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology", "Food Science and Emerging Technologies", and "The International Journal of Refrigeration". He was awarded the National Nature and Science Fund and has received numerous national and municipal Awards. Kan Ankang mainly works in the field of marine refrigeration and air conditioning engineering, marine cold chains, air conditioning and reefer refrigeration engineering, vacuum insulation panels, vacuum cooling, and fresh-keeping technologies in food. Email: ankang537@126.com Tel.: 86-21-38282971