Zixu Yang, PhD, lecturer. He received his bachelor's degree and master's degree in engineering from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2009 and 2012. In 2016, he graduated with a Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University in the United States. From October 2016 to December 2017, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Washington State University in the United States. In January 2018, he began to engage in research work in the Energy and Environmental Catalysis Research Group of the Department of Chemical Engineering of the East China University of Science and Technology. His research interests include the direct catalytic conversion of synthesis gas to produce high-value-added chemicals and the catalytic conversion of biomass to prepare fuels and high-value-added chemicals.