Dr. Yongliang Li is Chair Professor of Thermal Energy Engineering at the University of Birmingham’s School of Chemical Engineering and Director of the Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage (BCES), where he also leads the RESET (Renewable Energy Storage and Efficient Transformation) Group. His research focuses on phase transition phenomena and their applications in thermal energy storage, energy conversion, and thermal management, with the overarching goal of advancing Net Zero ambitions through the development of translational technologies that capture and utilise curtailed renewable and waste energy for the direct or indirect decarbonisation of heating and cooling. He has authored over 160 peer-reviewed journal articles and has received several prestigious awards, including the Dorothy Hodgkin Award, the CSC Award, and the Collaborative Development Award, in recognition of his academic excellence. Dr. Li currently leads multiple UKRI-funded Grand Challenge projects on thermal energy storage and low-carbon heating/cooling, and coordinates an EC-funded RISE platform involving 17 international partners to advance sustainable cooling technologies. He also serves in editorial roles for seven scientific journals and acts as an external examiner for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at various universities.
