not only includes the synthesis and characterization of the HERs, but highlights the homogeneous toughening mechanisms.

Prof. Dr Daohong Zhang is the Dean of School of Chemistry and Materials Science at the South-Central Minzu University in Wuhan, China. Having obtained his PhD in Materials Science from South-China University of Technology (China), he started to work for South- Central Minzu University as PI. He also worked at CSIRO, Australia as a visiting scientist from 2012 to 2013. Professor Zhang focused on the research of construction and applications of hyperbranched polymers. He was selected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2021. To date, he has published over 150 scientific publications and 70 patents, and has won 3 first-class prizes in Hubei Provincial Technology Invention Awards, and China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation in Science and Technological Invention Awards.

Prof. Dr Yu Jiang received his PhD in Applied Chemistry from the East China University of Science and Technology (Shanghai, China) in 2016. Having joined Dr Nikos Hadjichristidis's laboratory as a postdoctoral fellow at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) from 2016 to 2019, he started to work for South-Central Minzu University (Wuhan, China) as an Associate Professor. His research area focuses on the synthesis and application of hyperbranched polymers. Professor Jiang has authored over 40 scientific publications and 5 patents, and has been the principal investigator for two National Natural Science Foundation Projects of China.

Prof. Dr Junheng Zhang received his PhD in Materials Science from South-China University of Technology (China) in 2011. He is now an Associate Professor at South-Central Minzu University (Wuhan, China) and the leader of polymer science department. His research interests include the synthesis and application of hyperbranched polymers, bio-based polymers, and recycling of polymer materials. Professor Zhang has published over 10 SCI publications and 10 patents in recent 5 years. He has also been the principal investigator or core participant for more than 10 national foundation projects of China.