Recently, the China Coal Society (CCS) announced the list of winners of the 2025 Science and Technology Awards. A total of 70 individuals received the Youth Science and Technology Award, 10 teams the Innovative Team Award, 4 individuals the International Science and Technology Cooperation Award, and 4 individuals the Science and Technology Achievement Award. In addition, 8 first prizes (including 1 special prize) and 29 second prizes of the Science and Technology Innovation Award were conferred. The laboratory received multiple honors in this selection.

The Science and Technology Awards of China Coal Society are established with the record of the National Office for Science and Technology Awards (NOSTA). Covering the Youth Science and Technology Award, Innovative Team Award, International Science and Technology Cooperation Award, Science and Technology Achievement Award, and Science and Technology Innovation Award, the awards aim to recognize outstanding teams and individuals who have made remarkable contributions to scientific research innovation, science popularization, achievement commercialization and high-tech industrialization in the coal sector.

## Profile of Professor Liang Qiaomei

Professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Management, Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), and a National Leading Talent. She has long been engaged in research on energy and climate economics. She has published more than 80 papers in major domestic and international academic journals including Nature Climate Change and Nature Communications. Some of her research outcomes have been listed as highlighted papers in Nature and featured articles in Nature Climate Change. She has been repeatedly selected as one of China’s Highly Cited Scholars in the discipline of Management Science and Engineering. Her honors include the Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ministry of Education and the Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award for Institutions of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education.

## Profile of Professor Zhao Lutao

Professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Management, Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), a National Young Talent, and Deputy Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEP-BIT). He has long been committed to scientific research and teaching in the fields of energy economics and data science. He has presided over 3 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), published more than 80 academic papers, compiled 5 textbooks, and obtained over 10 software copyrights. He has won 6 provincial and ministerial-level awards, including the First Prize of Energy Soft Science Award of the National Energy Administration, the Second Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ministry of Education, and the Second Prize of Science and Technology Award of China Coal Society. He also serves as Secretary-General of the Beijing Operations Research Society, and Associate Editor of Journal of Modelling in Management and Green Mines.

## Profile of Associate Professor Kang Jianing

Associate Professor and doctoral supervisor at the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEP-BIT), Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT). She is a recipient of the Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST. Her main research directions include optimal modeling of energy systems, carbon neutrality technology and management. She has published more than 40 papers in high-level domestic and international journals including Nature family journals. She has successively presided over 4 national research projects, including the General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and sub-projects of the National Key Research and Development Program of China. She has participated in compiling 5 textbooks and monographs, and obtained 5 authorized national invention patents. She serves as Editor-in-Chief of the international journal International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology. Her honors include the First Prize of Science and Technology Award of China Coal Industry, the Second Prize of Beijing Science and Technology Progress Award, the Second Prize of Science and Technology Innovation Award of China Coal Society, and the Emerald Outstanding Paper Award.

## Profile of Associate Professor Han Te

Associate Professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Management, Assistant Director of the Beijing Lab for System Engineering of Carbon Neutrality, and Deputy Secretary-General of the Beijing Operations Research Society. He is a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher, ranked among the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University, a recipient of the Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST, and a Tsinghua Shuimu Scholar. He has long dedicated his research to theoretical and methodological studies on intelligent health management of complex energy equipment systems. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed high-level journal papers and obtained more than 10 authorized national invention patents. He presides over multiple vertical research projects including programs funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). He serves as Associate Editor of multiple SCI journals including IEEE Internet of Things Journal. His honors include the Youth Science and Technology Award of China Coal Society, the Operations Research Application Award of the Operations Research Society of China (ORSC), and the Gold Medal of the 50th Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions.