Shi Xue Dou is director and professor of Institute of Energy Materials Science at University of Shanghai for Science and Technology since 2022, was a Distinguished Professor at University of Wollongong, UOW (2014-2021, Research Ambassador to Asia (2018-2021), and the founding director of Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials at UOW. He received his PhD at Dalhousie University, Canada in 1984, DSc at the University of New South Wales in 1998 and was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering in 1994. He was awarded the Australian Government’s Centenary Medal in 2003 and Australian Order of Member in 2019 for his contribution to materials science and engineering, multiple Australian Professorial Fellowships from 1993 to 2011, the Vice-Chancellors Senior Excellence Award in 2008, Outstanding Partnership Award in 2012, the ASTS Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018, Lifetime Achiever by Australian Research Magazine in 2020, the International Cryogenic Materials Conference (ICMC) Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021, Lifetime achievement leading scientist in nanotechnology, materials engineering and electrochemistry in Australia by Australian Research Magazine in 2021,2022 and 2023 and International Magnesium Science & Technology Committee Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024. He is named as a highly cited researcher in materials science by Thomson Reuters since 2018 and in both materials science and chemistry in 2020-2024 with citations of 110000 and h-index of 161 (Scopus). His research focusses on energy and electronic materials. He has supervised and co-supervised 100 PhD students, more than 60 postdoctoral and visiting fellows. He is program leader for Auto CRC 2020 on electrification program and the on-going ARENA 2016-2022 on smart sodium storage system program. He established Institute of Energy Materials Science (IEMS) in June 2023 at USST and has attracted 25 world talents to join the IEMS.