Dr. Zhilun Lu is an Assistant Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Leeds. His research focuses on the structure-composition-property relations of a broad spectrum of advanced functional materials, with a special emphasis on ferroelectric and thermoelectric materials for energy storage and harvesting. He has led projects for the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers, including in Nature Physics, with more than 4500 citations. His H-index is 30, receiving over 1000 annual citations. He is a Professional Member of IOM3, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the American Chemical Society, and is frequently invited to speak at international conferences. He holds editorial positions on several esteemed materials science journals and serves as a peer reviewer for high-impact journals, including Nature Physics and Nature Communications.