Jingdi Chen completed his Ph.D. in materials science and engineering at the South China University of Technology, China in 2008. He worked at Columbia University in the USA as a visiting research scientist during 2017–2018. He is currently a professor at the Marine College, Shandong University, China, and has received an Outstanding Young Scholar award from Shandong University. He researches biomaterials, bioactive substances, nanotechnology, biomimetics, drug carriers, and controlled release and has long been committed to the utilization of marine biological materials and resources.