Dr. Yingai Jin is a professor in the College of Automotive Engineering, Jilin University, China. She is a distinguished professor of "Tang Aoqing Scholar" at Jilin University. She completed her PhD in Energy and Power Engineering at Jilin University in 2009 and her M.Sc. in Power Engineering at Jilin University of Technology in 1996. She worked at Sinopec Jilin Branch from 1989 to 1993 and joined Jilin University in 1996. Her research covers a wide range of areas of energy conversion, renewable energy utilisation, and energy storage. The Royal Academy of Engineering in the UK awarded her the Newton Fund. She was the recipient of the First Prize in the National Teaching Achievement Awards, along with more than 10 provincial Teaching Achievement Awards. Her research contributions include 130 published papers and 24 granted invention patents.