Dr. Erwei Leng is an Associate Professor in the Department of Energy and Power Engineering at Hunan University, China. He received his Doctor of Engineering degree in 2019 through a joint doctoral program between Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal. His research focuses on biomass thermochemical conversion, particularly on the pyrolysis mechanisms of cellulose and lignin, catalytic effects of metal additives, and the evolution of functional groups during biomass pyrolysis. Dr. Leng has published over 50 peer-reviewed SCI/EI journal articles, including first-authored and corresponding-authored papers in journals such as Fuel, Energy, Chemical Engineering Journal, and Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. He currently leads a National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) General Program project and has previously directed NSFC Youth Fund and Hunan Provincial Youth Fund projects. His research integrates experimental investigations with kinetic modeling and machine learning approaches to advance biomass energy utilization technologies.