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Gangqiang Zhang received his master’s degree in chemistry and chemical engineering in 2013 from Qingdao University, Qingdao, China. Now, he is a Ph.D. student in the Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Microfabrication of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. Meanwhile, he is also a PhD student in mechanical engineering department at the University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. His research interests include biotribology of medical material and development of lubricants.

Xiangqiong Zeng received her MSc degree in applied chemistry and PhD in material science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, in 2003 and 2006, respectively. Thereafter, she worked as a Staff Scientist in Johnson & Johnson on Skin Care Technology for 5 years, and then as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in the University of Twente, The Netherlands, on skin and human tissue tribology for 5 years. She joined Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences from November 2015. Currently, she is a Professor at the Advanced Lubricating Materials Laboratory. Her research areas cover biotribology and hydration lubrication, including active control of friction and wear by surface and interface design of skin contacting materials and medical devices, by test methodology development with the design of instrument and bio-inspired human tissue model, and by additive and emulsion development for hydration lubrication.

Tianhui Ren received his PhD in physical chemistry from Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1993. Thereafter, he worked as a Vice Professor and a Professor in East China Jiaotong University for 6 years, and then as a tenured Professor in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, on school of chemistry and chemical engineering until now. His research areas cover the green organic and interfacial functional materials based on the environmental protection, energy conservation and consumption reduction, which includes environmental-friendly fuel oil and lubricant oil additives, environmental-friendly metal-working fluid oil additives and biotribology of medical material.

Emile van der Heide holds the chair “Skin Tribology” at the Laboratory for Surface Technology and Tribology, Faculty of Engineering Technology at the University of Twente. His current research focuses on skin friction fundamentals, sensing and control of friction in product-skin interactions and on bio-inspired interfaces. He worked for the Dutch Organization for Applied Scientific Research TNO as a Researcher, Programme Leader and a Senior Scientist in Tribology since 1995. In 2002, he received his PhD from the University of Twente in Tribology on lubricant failure in sheet metal forming processes. He is currently active in more than 15 European and national projects on materials and tribology as a Principal Investigator or Coordinator.