Professor Feng Xu obtained her PhD degree from South China University of Technology in 2005. She worked as a visiting scholar at the Forest Products Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), from 2008 to 2009. In 2012, she received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars award. Currently, she is a Professor at the College of Materials Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, an expert of the Special Government Allowance of the State Council, and a fellow of the International Academy of Wood Sciences. She is also a member of the Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products of the Chinese Academy of Forestry and a member of the Technical Committee of the China Cellulose Industry Association. Her research is currently focused on the isolation and identification of chemical components in wood, the development of biomass-derived functional materials, and green cellulose solvent.