Dr. Shangjun Chen received his PhD in Applied chemistry at East China University of Science Technology in 2013. Then, he joined Shanghai Normal University where he got an associated professor position in 2017. In 2019-2021, he was a visiting scholar at The University of Sydney. His current research focuses on the rational design and synthesis of organic photochromic diarylethene materials, and gaining insight in application of designing functional metal organic cages, catalysts, and sensors of these materials.