Professor Xudong Zhao FREng 

Director, Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies, University of Hull 

Professor Xudong Zhao is distinguished for his academic leadership and pioneering work in renewable energy technologies, energy efficiency and building services to address global challenges in carbon neutrality and climate change. His work has led to important innovations in dew point cooling, solar PV/thermal, heat pipes and heat pumps, as evidenced by several international innovation awards, and a wide range of applications globally. He is a motivated academic who is extremely well cited, with a high profile in his specialist area, and is characterised by an ability to develop new scientific thinking, demonstrate at laboratory level and translate into an industrial scale.