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Dr. Zuowan ZHOU is now the distinguished professor of Materials Science at Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU), one of the top-ranked key Universities in China, affiliated to the Ministry of Education. Professor Zhou is also the Director of the Institute of Polymer Materials, and the Executive Director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development of SWJTU. He received his Ph.D. from Donghua University (Shanghai, China, 2002) in Material Science, and got his Master degree from Sichuan University (Chengdu, China, 1992) in Polymer Chemistry and Physics. Professor Zhou lead a research group on Functional polymers, nanomaterials and Eco-materials, in which more than 60 proposals have been permitted and acquire high opinions for the finished projects. The main research grants include the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC),the Special Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China,National Hi-Tech Program (863 program) of China, National Fund for Scientific Innovation, National Defense Foundation (pre-researching and Basic Program), National Project for Key New Products, the Torch Plan for Industrialization, etc. Dr. Zhou has published about 150 papers and 6 books (editor, co-author for chapters or sections). In recent years, Prof. Zhou presented 22 invited talks and took academic positions at International Conferences and/or Symposiums, and organized the 23rd International Conference on Composites and Nano Egineering (2015 in Chengdu, China as Co-Chair), the 10th China-Japan Joint Conference on Composites Materials (2012 in Chengdu, China as Executive Chair), co-organized the 20th Annual International Conference on Composites or Nano Engineering (2012 in Beijing, China, Co-Chair), co-organized the 7th International Conference on Eco-materials Design and Processing (2006 in Chengdu, local chair). Dr. Zhou has applied for more than 30 items of Chinese Invention Patents and 1 European Patent, of which 22 Chinese Patents have been authorized. Several kinds of functional materials developed in Dr. Zhou′s group have been applied to civil or defence industries.