Dr Huanting Wang is a Professor and an Australian Research Council (ARC) Australian Laureate Fellow in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Director of the ARC Research Hub for Energy-efficient Separation (2022-) and Founding Director of the Monash Centre for Membrane Innovation (2018-2022) at Monash University. Prof Wang was awarded an ARC QEII Fellowship in 2004, an ARC Future Fellowship in 2010 and an ARC Australian Laureate Fellowship in 2020. He is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry (2011-), The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2017-), and The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (2019-). His research focuses on membranes and nanomaterials for gas separation, water desalination, water purification, chiral separation, ion transport and separation, and electrochemical energy applications. He has co-authored over 400 journal papers (Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher) and had 11 patents licensed for commercialization, and his research has led to the establishment of three Australian startup companies (including two Monash University spin off companies). Prof Wang is an Associate Editor of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research and an Executive Editor-in-Chief of Advanced Membranes.

Xin Meng is Professor of Economics at the Australian National University and a member of Australian Academy of Social Sciences. Xin’s research spans four main themes: 1. The Chinese labour market during transition, including changes in income distribution and poverty, the impact of labour market rigidities on economic development, and the effect of economic shocks on consumption; 2. The influence of institutions and culture on gender discrimination in developing and developed countries; 3. The economic implications of rural-urban migration in developing countries and the economic assimilation of immigrants in developed countries; and 4. Economic and behavioural implications of major catastrophes, such as the impact of the Chinese famine and Cultural Revolution on life time earnings and welfare of individuals and families. Xin spent over ten years leading a major research project on the Rural-Urban Migration in China (the RUMiC). The project conducted a panel survey of rural-urban migrants for nine consecutive years (2008-2016) and the first three waves of data are available publicly. Xin’s work has been published in leading journals such as Science, Review of Economic Studies, The Economic Journal, and Journal of Economic Perspectives.