Dr. Jin Zhao was born in Yichun, Heilongjiang Province, China, in 1981. In 2006, she joined the group of Biomass Conversion Technology as a faculty in Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), CAS. She has worked in HSE and Logistics department since 2009 and was promoted to the Deputy Director and Director in 2014 and 2017. She joined the Communist Party of China in 2000. In December 2017, she was elected as the representative of the 18th People's Congress of Shahekou District. She is currently the Director of HSE and Logistics department and the Director of the Women’s Committee of DICP.