Since 2017 Prof. Chuan Wang has worked as a Docent and Associate Professor in the field of sustainable iron and steelmaking at the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Åbo Akademi University. He holds a PhD in energy engineering and has previously worked with Åbo Akademi University on several occasions. His research has focused on energy savings and reduced carbon dioxide emissions in the blast furnace-BOF process chain, e.g., through the optimization of preheating processes in the blast furnace process. Prof. Wang has adopted a sustainability perspective in both the iron and steelmaking processes. He also regularly publishes scientific articles, and his scientific work is exemplary. He is a high-level specialist and is very pleased to once again join Swerim in collaboration.