Yu-Ling Cheng is a Professor in the University of Toronto's Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry and Director of the Centre for Global Engineering. An outstanding researcher, leader and educator, Professor Cheng has won numerous awards in recognition of her pioneering research accomplishments and leadership in teaching, mentoring and curriculum development. An inspirational role model for women engineering students, she was recognized with the inaugural Breaking the Glass Ceiling Award from the U of T Chapter of Women in Science and Engineering. Currently, Professor Cheng is leading a team whose design for an alternative toilet for the developing world garnered third place in phase one of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Reinvent the Toilet Challenge as well as working as a Professor at University of Toronto.