Lei Xing was a research associate at the department of Chemical Engineering of Loughborough University and in 2022 moved to University of Surrey. He got his PhD degree in Newcastle University in 2014 and started his academic career from Birmingham University as a post-doc research fellow. He worked in Jiangsu University, Purdue University, Oxford University and Ulster University before joining Loughborough University. His research interests include modelling, optimization and techno-economic analysis of hydrogen fuel cells and CO₂ capture reactors and systems. Lei Xing acquired years of experience in modelling multi-physics and multi-phase flow chemical/electrochemical reactors. Currently, he is working on the development of digital twins of CO₂ electrochemical reduction reactors and the integration with power systems based on renewable energy.