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Dr Xiaojuan Hao received her bachelor's and master's degrees from Dalian University of Technology, China, and her Ph.D. in 2001 from the University of New England, Australia. She then worked at the University of Melbourne and the University of New South Wales as a post-doctoral research fellow. She joined the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in 2006 as a research scientist. She is now a senior research scientist and research team leader. Her current research focuses on the design and synthesis of polymers for biomedical applications, including drug delivery and medical imaging, and she is the author of more than 30 publications.

Professor Jieshan Qiu received his M.Sc. degree in 1987 and Ph.D. degree in 1990, both from Dalian University of Technology (DUT) in China. He joined DUT as Assistant Professor of chemical engineering in July 1990, and was promoted to full Professor in 1998. He is now Cheung-Kong Distinguished Professor at the School of Chemical Engineering in DUT and the director of Liaoning Key Lab for Energy Materials and Chemical Engineering and Center for Nano Materials and Science. His research interests include the development of new methodologies for controlled synthesis of nano- and micro-sized carbon materials and porous carbons, and exploration of their applications in catalysis, energy production, and environment protection; clean coal technology; and plasma chemical engineering. He has co-authored one book and three book chapters, published more than 310 papers in peer-reviewed journals, and has 52 patents and invention disclosures in his name. Professor Qiu has also served on the international advisory boards of seven international journals, including Carbon, International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, and International Journal of Nano and Biomaterials.

Dr Timothy Hughes is Principal Research Scientist at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia. His research interests include the design and synthesis of polymers for biomedical applications. He obtained his Ph.D. in the area of organic chemistry from Monash University in 1997. He began his career in polymeric biomaterials during his post-doctoral fellowship at CSIRO Molecular Science. He is a co-author on 31 journal publications and co-inventor on 16 patent families. Dr Hughes has received a number of awards, including a Eureka Prize (2004) and the CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (2012, 2009).