Prof. Hongliang Li received a BS from Qufu Normal University in 1994, an MS in Engineering from Harbin Engineering University in 1997, and a Ph.D. from Peking University in 2001. He then carried out postdoctoral research at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, between 2001 and 2003 and at Max-Planck-Institute für Kohlenforschung, Germany, from 2003 to 2005. After that, he joined Shandong University as a professor and then shifted to Qingdao University in 2006. He is now a full Professor at the College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University. His research interests mainly include the synthesis of composite materials and porous materials and the exploration of these materials for energy conversion and storage, e.g., lithium-ion batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries, and supercapacitors.