Professor Guangsheng Luo is a Cheung Kong distinguished professor and Head of State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering. He received his Ph.D. and B.Sc. degrees in 1993 and 1988, respectively, both from Tsinghua University. His research interests include microstructured chemical systems, separation science and technology, and functional materials. He has published more than 300 papers in peer-reviewed journals and holds more than 100 Chinese patents. He was awarded the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and he is the recipient of several awards, including the second prize of China State Technological Invention Award. His is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Professor Kai Wang obtained his PhD degree in 2010 from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. During 2015 to 2016, he worked as a visiting scholar in Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is now working as an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University. His research interest is flow chemistry and electrochemical synthesis.

Professor Paul Watts started his career as a lecturer at the University of Hull in 2002, being promoted to full professor in 2011. At the University of Hull he led the micro reactor and flow technology group. In February 2013, he moved to Nelson Mandela University to hold the Distinguished Professorship and Research Chair in Microfluidic Bio/Chemical Processing. He has published of over 120 highly cited papers. He strongly believes that scientists should conduct research that impacts society; the biggest project underway involves the local production of key drugs as the morbidity and mortality from major diseases are much more devastating in Africa than in other regions of the world. The vision is that new technology will be used within South Africa to manufacture generic drugs; this could create jobs and a new manufacturing industry within the country.