Professor Ruren Xu is Professor of Chemistry at Jilin University, P. R. China and an elected member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. With over 400 papers in international journals and 6 research monographs, he is known worldwide for contributions in the synthesis of new families of microporous materials, establishment of solvothermal synthetic route, and pioneering work in the rational micropore-synthesis. Prof. Xu has served as a main editor or on the editorial board for 12 journals in the field. He was a councilor of International Zeolite Association from 1998 to 2004 and is the current President of Chinese Zeolite Association. Between 2005 and 2007, he is also the Chairman for the 15th International Zeolite Conference.

Prof. Wenqin Pang is Professor of Chemistry at Jilin University, with research interest on synthetic chemistry of micro- and mesoporous compounds, especially on hetro-atom containing porous materials. She has published over 300 papers and 5 books.

Prof. Jihong Yu is Professor of Chemistry at Jilin University. Her research interest is design and synthesis of inorganic open-framework materials, with over 100 papers. She is a member of editorial boards of Microporous and Mesoporous Materials and Current Chemical Biology .

Dr. Qisheng Huo is a Staff Member, Fundamental Science Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA. His current research interests include the design and synthesis of multi-functional nano-structured catalyst.

Prof. Jiesheng Chen is Professor of Chemistry, Jilin University. His research interests are host-guest chemistry and physics, and synthesis of solid compounds with new structures and functions. He has published over 120 papers.