Dr. Xuejun Pan is the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor and Douglas D. Sorenson Professor in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He earned his Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering (specializing in Pulp & Paper Science and Engineering) at Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China, and Ph.D. degree in Applied Bioscience at Hokkaido University, Japan. Dr. Pan had worked as a postdoctoral research associate at Georgia Tech, University of Minnesota, and University of British Columbia, successively, before joining the University of Wisconsin-Madison as faculty. Dr. Pan’s research interest is in the development and fundamental understanding of innovative technologies for converting lignocellulosic biomass into liquid fuels, platform chemicals, and functionalized materials. Dr. Pan has been honored with the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship (2022), Douglas D. Sorenson Professorship (2022), Andrew Chase Award of AIChE (2021), Vilas Midcareer Award (2018), Alfred Toepfer Faculty Fellow Award (2011), and NSF Career Award (2009). He is an elected Fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science (2013). More information can be found at his lab website http://biorefining.bse.wisc.edu/.