Dr Xiaoquan Lu received his PhD degree from Sun Yat-sen University in 1997. He has been a professor in the College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, in 2001. He is the director of Key Laboratory of Water Security and Water Environment Protection in Plateau Intersection (Ministry of Education) and Key Laboratory of Bioelectrochemistry & Environmental Analysis of Gansu Province. He has been the Cheung Kong Professor of Ministry of Education (China) since 2013.