Shangfeng Du graduated from Tsinghua University in Materials Science and Engineering, and obtained his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Chinese Academy of Sciences. After working as a research associate at Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Germany, he joined the University of Birmingham as a Marie Curie Research Fellow. His research interests lie in electrochemical engineering research for energy application, with focuses on the development and evaluation of electrodes, composite membranes, single cells and short stacks, as well as their application and degradation research. He teaches electrochemical engineering, fuel cells and chemical engineering design project courses in Birmingham. He is an Associate Editor of Frontiers in Energy, and editorial board member of the journals Scientific Reports and Automotive Innovation.