Dr. Charles Xu is full Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Western University, Fellow of Chemical Institute of Canada (FCIC), Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering (FCAE). He was the NSERC/FPInnovations Industrial Research Chair in Forest Biorefinery (2011-2016), acquiring an international reputation in development of high-value bioproducts (biofuels, bio-based chemicals and materials) from renewable resources (forestry/agricultural residues, algal biomass and other organic wastes, etc.), production of renewable hydrogen via aqueous phase/supercritical water/steam gasification of biomass, catalytic conversion of glycerol and sugars into green chemicals, and application of bioenergy in iron and steel making processes. He has authored/edited 3 books on biorefinery and published 20+ book chapters and 280+ papers in peer-reviewed journals and 170+ conference papers/abstracts and over 90 invited seminars/keynote/plenary lectures worldwide. According to Google Scholar, his work has received 16,000+ total citations with an H-index of 69 to date.