PRESIDENT
Xiangwu Zhang, NC State University

VICE-PRESIDENT
Frédéric Heim, ENSISA

SECRETARY
Emilie Drean, ENSISA

TREASURER
Gang Sun, UC-Davis

Officers
• President

Xiangwu Zhang

North Carolina State University

xzhang13@ncsu.edu

• Vice-President

Frédéric Heim

ENSISA

frederic.heim@uha.fr

• Secretary

Emilie Dréan

ENSISA

emilie.drean@uha.fr

• Treasurer

Gang Sun

University of California-Davis

gysun@ucdavis.edu

• Immediate Past-President

Meifang Zhu

Donghua University

zmf@dhu.edu.cn

Finance and Administration

• 2026: Takeshi Kikutani (2022 Pres.)

Institute of Science Tokyo

kikutani.t.aa@m.titech.ac.jp

• 2026: Caroline Schauer (2024 Pres.)

Drexel University

cls52@drexel.edu

• 2027: Meifang Zhu (2025 Pres.)

Donghua University

zmf@dhu.edu.cn

• Treasurer (Permanent Member)

Gang Sun

University of California-Davis

gysun@ucdavis.edu

Nominating

• Meifang Zhu (2025 Pres.)

Donghua University

zmf@dhu.edu.cn

Publications and Social Media

• Emilie Dréan

ENSISA

emilie.drean@uha.fr

January 2026

Governing Council Members  

• 2026

Tamer Uyar

Cornell University

tu46@cornell.edu

Jessica Schiffman

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

schiffman@umass.edu

• 2027

Xiaomeng Fang

North Carolina State University

xfang3@ncsu.edu

Edith Perret

Empa

edith.perret@empa.ch

• 2028

Dahua Shou

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

dahua.shou@polyu.edu.hk

Lifeng Zhang

North Caraolina A&T State University

lzhang@ncat.edu

Founder’s, Distinguished Achievement, and Distinguished Service Awards

• 2026: Xiaomeng Fang (Chair)

North Carolina State University

xfang3@ncsu.edu

• 2027: Yurong Yan

South China University of Technology

yryan@scut.edu.cn

• 2028: Bipin Kumar

IIT Delhi

bipin.kumar@textile.iitd.ac.in

Student Paper Competition

and Award

• 2026: Marjorie Welchoff (Chair)

Ingredion Incorporated

marjorie.welchoff@ingredion.com

• 2027: Jooyoun Kim

Seoul National University

jkim256@snu.ac.kr

• 2026: Patricia Dolez

University of Alberta

pdolez@ualberta.ca