The Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Bioproducts at the University of Toronto, Dr. Ning Yan is an internationally renowned expert in converting biomass materials into bio-based chemicals and functional materials. She pioneered numerous bio-based platform technologies for using renewable biomaterials to produce sustainable bio-based adhesives, resins, polyols, foams, and other industrial products. Dr. Yan’s has more than 200 peer-reviewed journal publications and 8 patents. She has collaborated with academic, government and industry research partners around the world. She is an elected fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada and the International Academy of Wood Science.