Dr. Hongbo Gu received her PhD degree at the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), China, in January 2014. During her graduate studies, she worked as a joint Chemical Engineering PhD student with Prof. Zhanhu Guo at Lamar University, sponsored by the China Scholarship Council (CSC). Currently, she is an Associate Professor at Tongji University (TJU) in China. Her research interests focus on giant magnetoresistance (GMR) sensors and multifunctional polymer nanocomposites, especially magnetic and conductive materials for environmental remediation and electronic devices.