Prof. Huan-Ming Xiong received his B.Sc. in 1999 and Ph.D. in 2004 at the College of Chemistry at Jilin University. Then he joined the Department of Chemistry at Fudan University as a lecturer. He was promoted to associate professor in 2007, a doctor adviser in 2009, and a full professor in 2012, respectively. During 2008–2009, he worked as an Alexander von Humboldt fellow at the Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Germany. He is currently an editorial board member of Scientific Reports and a member of the Carbon Dots Functional Materials Research Society in the Chinese Materials Research Society. The research area of Prof. Xiong’s group is about the preparation and application of functional nanomaterials, while currently focusing on carbon dots, which can be applied in biological fluorescence analysis, disease diagnosis and treatment, luminescent devices, electrochemical energy storage, etc.