Biography: Guang-Ren Duan, FIEEE, FIET, received his BSc. degree in Applied Mathematics, and both his MSc and PhD degrees in Control Systems Theory.  From 1989 to 1991, he was a post-doctoral researcher at Harbin Institute of Technology, where he became full professor of control systems theory in 1991. He visited the University of Hull, the University of Sheffield, and also the Queen's University of Belfast, UK, from December 1996  to October 2002. He was selected by the Cheung Kong Scholars Program of the Chinese government in August 2000, and elected in 2005 leader of a Cheung Kong Scholar Innovative Team sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Education, and elected in 2009 leader of an Innovative Research Group sponsored by NSFC.  He is the founder and currently the Director of the Center for Control Theory and Guidance Technology at Harbin Institute of Technology, and also Member of the Science and Technology committee of the Chinese Ministry of Education, Vice President of the Control Theory and Applications Committee, Chinese Association of Automation, and Associate Editors of a few international journals. Prof. Duan is the winner of two Chinese National Awards of Natural Sciences.

His main research interests include parametric robust control systems design, LMI-based control systems, descriptor systems, spacecraft control and magnetic bearing systems.  He is the author and co-author of 5 books and over 260 SCI indexed publications.