Liao (PhD, Tokyo) is chair prof., Natl. Taiwan Ocean U. and Natl. Pingtung U. of Sci. and Techn., as well as vis. dist. chair, Natl. Cheng Kung U. He returned to Taiwan (1968) as res. fellow, Rockefeller Fndn., then served as dir., Tungkang Marine Lab. (1969-87), dir. gen., Taiwan Fisheries Res. Inst. (1987-02), Pres., Asian Fisheries Soc. (1998-2001) and chairman., Fisheries Soc. of Taiwan (2005-08). His honours include: Outst. Res. Awds., Natl. Sci. Coun., Taiwan (1986-95); Academic Awd., Min. of Edu., Taiwan (1987); Achvmnt. Awd. in Sci. and Engg., Taiwan Am. Fndn., USA (1989); Presidl. Sci. Prize, Taiwan (2009); Lifetime Achvmnt. Awd., Global Aquaculture Alliance, USA (2012), Outst. Memb. The NTU Alumni Ass., Taiwan (2013), and The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, Japan (2014). He is hon. life member, Asian Fisheries Soc. and the World Aquaculture Soc., Academician of Academia Sinica.

Lu is a Chair Professor of Xiamen Uni., former Co-Director, Res. Center for Eco-Environmental Scs., Chinese Acad. of Scs.. He is a foreign member of Academia Europaea, and Russian Academy of Sciences; Fellow of Int. Sci Coucil; 10-Member Group of UN Technology Facilitation Mechanism for SDGs; Pres., Pacific Science Association; Past Pres., Scientific Committee on Problems of the Env. (SCOPE); Sc. Advisor, IUCN; UNEP Intl. Resource Panel member; and was a member of ICSU Committee on Scientific Planning and Review. He has authored +360 papers in envl. ecology and envl. management related peer-reviewed journals, including Nature, Science, Science Advances, PNAS and authored 17 books. He is a highly cited international scientist. He is founding Editor-in-Chief of Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, Assoc. Ed. of Sc. Advances, founder and Assoc. Ed. of Envl. Dev., and an editorial board member of several peer-reviewed journals. He has served on several expert consultation groups on Sc. and Tech., and envl. decision-making at various levels. Lu has obtained numerous awards and honours including the 2nd Natl. Prize for Advancement of Sc. and Tech., and SCOPE Dist. Achievement Award.

Zhang is known for his research in rice genomics and biotechnology. He holds a PhD (genetics, 1985) from UC Davis. He is prof. and dir., Natl. Key Lab. of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural Univ. (HAU), Wuhan, China, since 1999; and dir., Natl. Ctr. of Plant Gene Research, Wuhan. His honors include King Baudouin Prize, Intl. Found. for Science, Sweden, 1993; Award for Significant Contributions to Agric. Science in China, Chinese Found. for Agric. Science and Education, 1997; Young Scientists of China, Central Govt. of China, 1998; Award for Advancement in Science and Technology, Ho Leung Ho Lee Found., Hong Kong, 2003; and Cal Aggie Alumni Assoc. Emil M. Intl. Award, UC Davis, 2005. In 1999 he was named Cheung Kong professor by the Ministry of Education, China. He is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and for. assoc., US Natl. Academy of Sciences.

Wang is academic advisor, Academic Committee, State Key Lab., professor of chemistry, Changchun Ins. of Applied Chem. (CIAC), Chinese Acad. of Sciences (CAS); Hon. Editor-in-chief, Analytical Chem. (Chinese). He was previously: deputy director and director, CIAC, CAS; visiting professor: U. of Houston (USA), Dijon U. (France), Kyoto and Yamanashi U. (Japan), and the Hong Kong U. of Science and Tech.. His awards include: Natl. Science Congress Award; 5 CAS Awards; 5 Awards and 1 Special Out. Award in Jilin Province; 3 Natl. Natural Science Award; first winner of the 10th Kharazmi Intl. Festival, Tehran, Iran; and the World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, 1997. He is a member of CAS (1991). Hon. Member, Japanese Analytical Chem. Society (2006). Published 830 SCI papers citated over 25000 times with H index 78. Selected in the global Highly Cited Researcher 2014 (2002-2012)

Jiang is prof., Technical Inst. of Phys. and Chem., Chinese Acad. of Sciences, Beijing, China. He received his PhD from Jilin U. of China in 1994. He worked as postdoct. fellow at Tokyo U. in Akira Fujishima's group. In 1996, he became researcher, Kanagawa Acad. of Sci. and Techn., on Hashimoto's project. In 1999, he joined ICCAS under the auspices of the 'Hundred Talents Programme'. In 2009 he was elected Academician, Chin. Acad. of Sciences. He has won the Excellent Youth Prize twice, the 2011 Zhuliyuehua Award for Outstanding Teacher, the 2011 TWAS Prize in Chemistry, and the 2014 MRS Mid-Career Researcher Award. He has published two books, three book chapters and +400 SCI journal articles, have been racked up more than 32000 citations. His H factor is 83. He is member of the edit. boards of Advanced Functional Materials, Small, NPG Asia Materials, Biomicrofluidics, and Nano Research.