Biography: Prof. Lyu Zhou is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas Tech University. He earned his Bachelor degree from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in 2015 and his Ph.D. degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo, 2022. From 2022 to 2025, he was a Research Associated at University of Texas at Dallas from 2022 to 2025. His research interests are functional materials for photothermal energy harvesting, thermal energy storage, greenhouses, and smart windows.