Dr Li has been a founding director of Renergi Pty Ltd. He has also served as the CEO of the company.

Dr Li obtained his PhD in Chemical Engineering in 1993 from Imperial College London. After completing his postdoctoral research at Imperial College London and CSIRO, he joined Monash University in 1996 where he served as a Lecturer, a Senior Lecturer, a Reader and then a Professor.

Dr Li joined Curtin University in January 2009. He was the founding director of a major university research centre, which was further expanded into the then Fuels and Energy Technology Institute. During this period, he became a John Curtin Distinguished Professor.

Bioenergy Science and Engineering, including waste utilisation, has long been a focus of Dr Li’s research and development efforts. Dr Li’s research has covered many topics such as biomass pyrolysis, biomass gasification, biomass drying, biorefinery and biocarbon materials. Dr Li is the author or co-author of more than 300 papers in international journals and conference proceedings. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Fuel Processing Technology, which is one of the key journals in the field of Energy Science and Engineering. He has also served as a member of editorial and advisory boards of other international journals.

Dr Li has been a key inventor of all technologies in Renergi Pty Ltd, which are protected by 9 families of patents or patent applications in Australia and many other jurisdictions in the world. Dr Li has led all projects carried out by Renergi.

Janet has been Renergi’s Company Secretary since February 2022. She has over 40 years of experience in business and finance; previously working for several WA organisations, including incubator/start-up businesses across several different technologies. Since 2005 she has been self-employed, providing administrative and business support to a wide range clients. In additional to her Company Secretarial duties, Janet supports CEO Chun-Zhu Li in the maintenance of the business’s accounting system.