Dr. Yonglai Lu is professor and doctoral supervisor of Beijing University of Chemical Technology. He is now director of Engineering Research Center for Energy Conservation and Resourcing of Elastomer Materials, Ministry of Education. His research interests include high performance/new concept tires and their rubber nanocomposites, special/functional silicone elastomers and their composites. He published more than 50 SCI cited papers as first or corresponding author; edited 4 English monographs and 1 Chinese monographs; and has authorized more than 30 Chinese invention patents and 2 international invention patents. It He has won 1 second prize of National Science and Technology Progress (2019) and 1 Second prize of National Technology Invention (2015), and 8 provincial and ministerial science and technology awards. He is also member of the Rubber Committee of Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China, member of the Thermal Conductive Composites Committee of China Composites Society, member of the Expert Committee of China Synthetic Rubber Industry Association, and a deputy director of the editorial board of Rubber Science and Technology. In 2021, he received the Capital Labor Medal.