Wenli Du received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemical process control from the Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China, in 1997 and 2000, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in control theory and control engineering from the East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China, in 2005. She is currently a Professor of the College of Information Science and Engineering and serves as the Dean of Graduate School, East China University of Science and Technology, and is also the Vicedirector of Key Laboratory of Smart Manufacturing in Energy Chemical Process, Ministry of Education, East China University of Science and Technology. Her current research interests include control theory and applications, system modeling, advanced control, and process optimization.