Jianzhong Wu is Professor of Multi-Vector Energy Systems and Head of the School of Engineering at Cardiff University, UK, and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Applied Energy. He is Co-Director of the UK Energy Research Centre, the EPSRC Supergen Energy Networks Impact Hub, and the Hydrogen Integration for Accelerated Energy Transition (Hi-ACT) Hub. He also serves on multiple national advisory bodies, including the UK Government Taxonomy Energy Working Group, the Scottish Power Energy Networks Independent Net Zero Advisory Council, the Welsh Government Advisory Group on the Future Electricity Grid, and the Royal Society Working Group on Thermal Energy Efficiency in Industry. Professor Wu is internationally recognised as a pioneer of multi-vector energy systems and peer-to-peer energy trading. He has contributed to more than 70 major European, UKRI, and industry projects and has authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications, including 16 Clarivate ESI Highly Cited Papers and five papers in Nature portfolio journals. He has co-authored several books, including “Smart Grid: Technology and Applications” (2012, Wiley), “Smart Electricity Distribution Networks” (2017, CRC) and "The Future of Gas Networks" (2019, Springer). He is President of the UK Branch of China Electrotechnical Society, Associate Editor-in-Chief of CSEE Journal of Power & Energy Systems, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of IET Energy Systems Integration, member of the Steering Committee of the IEEE PES Energy Internet Coordinating Committee, and member-at-large of the IEEE Technical Committee on Carbon Neutrality. He is a Fellow of IEEE, the Energy Institute, and the Learned Society of Wales. He is the Mary Shepard B. Upson Visiting Professor at Cornell University, listed among Stanford/Elsevier’s Top 2% Scientists and has been named a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher 2025, one of 186 awardees globally in Engineering.