Dr. Chuanyi Wang, FEurASc, FRSC, FIAAM, Life FRSA, is a distinguished professor at Shaanxi University of Science and Technology (SUST), China. Before moving to SUST in 2017, he was a distinguished professor of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), serving as Director of Laboratory of Environmental Science and Technology of Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, CAS (2010–2017). He obtained his Ph.D. degree with honor from Institute of Photographic Chemistry of CAS in 1998, worked in Germany as an Alexander von Humboldt research fellow from 1999 to 2000, and then worked in USA (Tufts University and Missouri University, Kansas City) from 2000 to 2010. Currently, Dr. Wang is also an elected Member of the Professional Committee of Photochemistry, Chinese Renewable Energy Society; an elected Member of the Professional Committee of Photocatalysis, Chinese Photographic Society; and a referee or panelist for many funding agencies including NSFC, MOST (China), as well as the final review of Chinese National Science and Technology Award, etc. In addition, he serves as an associate editor for Environmental Chemistry Letters and an editorial board member for a number of international journals. Dr. Wang’s research interest covers photo-/electro-catalysis and environmental nanomaterials. By far, he has published over 400 papers in peer reviewed journals with an H-index of 92. In addition, he has been granted more than 73 Chinese/American invention patents.