Qi Niu received her MSc and PhD from Tianjin University (China) and Ghent University (Belgium), respectively. She is an associate professor and master's supervisor at the School of New Energy, North China Electric Power University. Her research mainly focuses on the fundamental studies, technological development, and industrial applications of efficient pyrolysis of biomass and organic solid waste for multi-product generation. She has led more than 6 projects, including National Natural Science Foundation projects, sub-projects of the National Key R&D Program, and commissioned projects from enterprises. She has published over 40 SCI papers in the field of energy and fuels, including Green Chemistry, Energy Conversion and Management, Renewable Energy. She has more than 10 patents in the field of biomass/solid waste thermochemical conversion.