Prof. Dr. Yanan Gao received his bachelor’s degree in 1999 and doctorate degree in 2005 from Shandong University. Then he continued his research at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems (2006–2008), the University of Akron (2008–2009), and the University of York (2009–2011) as a postdoctoral research fellow. In 2011, Prof. Gao joined the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences as the principal investigator of Chinese Ionic Liquids Lab and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics–Queen’s University Joint Lab and the leader of Porous Organic Framework Material Group. Now, Prof. Gao is the vice director of Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Tropical Island Resources, Ministry of Education and a member of the Academic committee in School of Chemical Engineering and Technology at Hainan University. His current research interests focus on the design, synthesis, and application of covalent organic frameworks (COFs).