Prof. Dr. Yaning Zhang is a full professor at the School of Energy Science and Engineering of the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) in China. He worked as a visiting scholar (2011–2012) and postdoctoral fellow (2013) at Dalhousie University in Canada and a postdoctoral at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities in the USA (2016–2018). His research interests include biomass (mainly microwave-assisted gasification and pyrolysis), thermodynamics, etc. He has published 3 textbooks for colleges and universities books, 10 book chapters, and over 120 SCI papers with a H-index of 41 (google). He serves as an associate editor for Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, and an editorial board member for Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, Biochar, Carbon Research, etc. He also served as a Guest Editor for Renewable Energy, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Thermal Science, etc.