Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2014, Professor Feng Wu was a distinguished Chinese materials scientist whose research and professional work focused on electrochemical energy storage, advanced secondary batteries, and energy materials. Born in June 1951 in Beijing, he received his bachelor’s degree in fundamental organic synthesis in 1978 and his master’s degree in catalytic kinetics in 1981 from Taiyuan Institute of Technology, now Taiyuan University of Technology. He joined Beijing Institute of Technology in 1982 and subsequently served as Deputy Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Vice Dean of the School of Chemical Engineering and Materials, and Chief Professor of Energy and Environmental Materials. He also served as Director of the Beijing Engineering Research Centre for Power Batteries and Chemical Energy Materials and as Chief Scientist and Director of the Clean Energy Domain of the Beijing Co-Innovation Centre for Electric Vehicles. He was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Academician of the Asia Pacific Academy of Materials in 2017. He served as Chief Scientist of three successive phases of the National Basic Research Programme project on new secondary batteries from 2002 to 2019 and held professional positions including Vice Chairman of the China Battery Industry Association and member of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s Expert Committee on New-Energy Vehicle Market Access. His professional career combined materials research, national research programmes, industrial technology development, and higher education.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2014, Professor Jiayang Li is a distinguished Chinese plant molecular geneticist whose research has focused on rice genetics, plant architecture, and molecular design breeding. Born in Feixi, Anhui Province, he received his B.S. from Anhui Agricultural University in 1982 and his Ph.D. from Brandeis University, USA, in 1991. He was elected a Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2001, a Member of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in 2004, a Foreign Associate of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2011, a Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2012, a Foreign Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) in 2013, and a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 2015. He currently serves as Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and as a Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2014, Professor Jie Wang is a distinguished Chinese physician and researcher in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) whose professional work has focused on cardiovascular diseases, integrated Chinese and Western medicine, and TCM clinical practice. Born in 1956, he received his B.S. from Yunnan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, his M.S. under the supervision of Professor Li Peisheng at Hubei College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and his Ph.D. under the supervision of Academician Chen Keji at Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. He previously served as Party Secretary and President of Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. He is a National Famous TCM Practitioner, a Qi Huang Scholar, and Chief Scientist of the Qi Huang Project under the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, as well as Chief Research Fellow of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences and an Instructor for the Inheritance of Academic Experience of National Veteran TCM Experts for the sixth and seventh batches. He is also a Capital Famous TCM Practitioner and has served as a Consultant Expert for Central Healthcare for the fourth, fifth, and sixth terms and as a member of the 12th and 13th National Committees of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. His academic and professional appointments have included Convener of the Discipline Review Group for Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine of the sixth and seventh sessions of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee, Executive Member of the Pharmacopoeia Commission and Chairman of its TCM Professional Committee, Academic Leader of the Key Discipline of TCM Cardiology of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Director of the Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease Syndrome-Combination Key Technologies of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Med

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2014, Professor Luqi Huang is a distinguished Chinese pharmacognosist whose research and professional work have focused on the identification, conservation, and sustainable utilisation of traditional Chinese medicine resources. Born on 12 March 1968, he received his Ph.D. in Pharmacy from Peking Union Medical College in 1995 and was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2015. He currently serves as Vice Director of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, President of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, and Chief Research Fellow and Doctoral Supervisor at the same institution. He also serves as Director of the Center for Chinese Medicine Resources, a member of the Pharmacopoeia Commission of the People’s Republic of China and the Expert Committee on National Biological Species Resource Conservation, Chairman of the Chinese Medicine Identification Branch of the China Association of Chinese Medicine, Chairman of the Chinese Medicine Professional Committee of the Chinese Association of Integrative Medicine, and Chairman of the Chinese Medicine Resource Ecology Professional Committee of the Ecological Society of China. A recipient of the State Council Special Allowance, Professor Huang has received the National Outstanding Scientific and Technological Worker Award, the China Pharmaceutical Development Award, the China Youth May 4th Medal, the China Youth Science and Technology Award, and the title of National Outstanding Young Expert with Outstanding Contributions from the Ministry of Health, among other distinctions.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2014, Professor Jing Cheng is a distinguished Chinese bioengineer with pioneering contributions to the development of biochip technology and its applications in molecular diagnostics and translational medicine. Born in July 1963 in Beijing, he received his B.Eng. from Shanghai Tiedao University, now Tongji University, in 1983. Following early engineering appointments at the Ziyang Diesel Locomotive Works of the Ministry of Railways and the Forensic Identification Centre of Southwest University of Political Science and Law, he pursued his Ph.D. in Forensic Biology at the University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom, from 1989 to 1992. He subsequently conducted postdoctoral research in molecular biology and biochip technology at the University of Aberdeen and the University of Pennsylvania, where he served as Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine from 1996 to 2000. His industrial experience includes appointments as Chief Scientist at Nanogen Inc. and Technical Director at Telomere Technology Inc. in the United States. Returning to China in March 1999, he joined Tsinghua University, where he currently serves as Chair Professor and Doctoral Supervisor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine. He was appointed a Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor by the Ministry of Education in 1999, received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2009. Since 2000, he has served as Director of the National Engineering Research Center for Biochip Technology in Beijing.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences on 24 June 2013, Professor Markku Kulmala is a distinguished Finnish atmospheric scientist and one of the world’s leading authorities on atmospheric aerosol processes, new particle formation, and air-quality research. Born in Finland in 1956, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Helsinki in 1988 and has pursued his academic career there, where he currently serves as Academy Professor and Director of the Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR). He is a Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters and a Foreign Member of both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Sciences. His international scientific standing has been recognised through major distinctions including the Royal Meteorological Society’s Symons Gold Medal, the American Geophysical Union’s Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal, and the Frontiers of Science Award in Atmospheric and Ocean Science. A defining achievement of his career has been the establishment and development of the SMEAR (Station for Measuring Ecosystem–Atmosphere Relations) network, which has evolved into a globally recognised platform for long-term, comprehensive observations of atmospheric composition and biosphere–atmosphere interactions.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences on 24 June 2013, the late Professor Sergej Zilitinkevich (1936–2021) was a distinguished atmospheric physicist whose work made fundamental contributions to planetary boundary-layer (PBL) meteorology, atmospheric turbulence, air–sea interactions, and environmental fluid dynamics. Born in Leningrad on 15 April 1936, he graduated from the Leningrad Hydrometeorological Institute in 1958 and received his Candidate of Sciences degree in 1963 and Doctor of Sciences degree in 1970 from the same institution. He began his scientific career at the Main Geophysical Observatory in Leningrad, where he worked from 1958 to 1986 and subsequently headed the Laboratory of Air–Sea Interaction. In 1992, he moved to Finland as a Senior Scientist at the Finnish Meteorological Institute and later held professorships at Uppsala University, the University of Helsinki, and the Finnish Meteorological Institute. From 2012 until his death, he served as Chief Scientist of the Pan-Eurasian Experiment (PEEX), contributing to its development as an international framework for research on climate change, atmospheric pollution, and land–atmosphere interactions. A Foreign Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, he received the Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal of the European Geophysical Society in 2000 and the Alfred Wegener Medal in 2015. He was also a recipient of the World Meteorological Organization’s IMO Prize, awarded posthumously in 2022.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences on 24 June 2013, Professor Petteri Taalas is a distinguished Finnish meteorologist and an internationally recognised figure in atmospheric science and global climate governance. Born on 3 July 1961 in Helsinki, Finland, he received his M.Sc. in 1988 and his Ph.D. in Meteorology from the University of Helsinki in 1993. He began his professional career at the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) in 1985, progressing from Research Scientist to Research Professor and Head of the Ozone Research Unit. He served as Director General of FMI from 2002 to 2007 and again from 2007 to 2015. From 2005 to 2007, he was Director of the Development and Regional Activities Department of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Geneva. In 2015, he was elected Secretary-General of the WMO and served two consecutive four-year terms until 2023, during which he led a major institutional reform and was appointed Core Climate Adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. In 2024, he returned to Finland as Director General of FMI. He has been a Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters since 2009 and of the Finnish Academy of Technical Sciences since 2015. His broader international service has included Chairmanship of the Board of the University of Eastern Finland, the EUMETSAT Council, and Finland’s principal delegation to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He holds honorary doctorates from the University of Eastern Finland and TERI University in India and is an Honorary Member of the China Meteorological Association. His international contributions have also been recognised through the Commander’s Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland, the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Commander of Honour of Greece.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences on 17 May 2013, Professor Petar S. Getsov is a distinguished Bulgarian aerospace engineer and a leading figure in the development of Bulgaria’s modern space and unmanned aerial systems programmes. Born in Samovodene, Bulgaria, on 20 October 1950, he graduated from the Higher Air Force Military Academy in 1974 with an M.Sc. in avionics and flight dynamics and later earned his Doctor of Technical Sciences (D.Sc.) in ballistics and aircraft control in 2012. From 1996 to 2018, he served as Director of the Space Research and Technology Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, overseeing a period in which Bulgaria further consolidated its position as a spacefaring nation. He currently serves as Chief of the Aerospace Control Systems Department and Chairman of the Institute’s Scientific Council. A Corresponding Member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics, and Chairman of the Bulgarian Astronautical Federation, he has also served as Director and Chief Engineer of Bulgaria’s second cosmonaut programme, combining scientific leadership with national strategic aerospace development.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences on 22 May 2013, Professor Tuukka Taneli Petäjä is a distinguished Finnish atmospheric physicist and an internationally recognised expert in experimental aerosol science and atmospheric observation. Born on 22 May 1975 in Kannus, Finland, he received his M.Sc. in Physics from the University of Helsinki in 2004 and his Ph.D. in 2006 for research on the measurement of atmospheric ultrafine-particle formation, growth, hygroscopicity, and volatility. Following postdoctoral research at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, from 2007 to 2008, he returned to Helsinki, where he was appointed Docent in Physics in 2011 and Professor of Experimental Atmospheric Science in 2013. He currently serves as Vice-Director of the Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), with responsibility for aerosol research and infrastructure, and as Director of the SMEAR II station at Hyytiälä. He is also designated to succeed Academician Markku Kulmala as Director of INAR in 2026. A Highly Cited Researcher since 2014, he has received the Vaisala Award for instrument development, the Science and Technology in Society Future Leader Award of the New York Academy of Sciences, and the Aerosol Research Fund Award.