Prof. Dr. Yongjie Zhao is an Associate Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2014. He has led numerous research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Young Scholars and for General Projects, the Beijing Institute of Technology’s Excellent Young Teacher Funding, the Open Fund of the State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing at Tsinghua University, and the Open Project of the State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy at Central South University. Since December 2017, he has served as a member of the Teaching Guidance Committee for the National Demonstration Center for Experimental Teaching of Advanced Materials at Tsinghua University’s School of Materials. He has a prolific publication record, with over 160 SCI papers published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Functional Materials, ACS Catalysis, Nano Letters, Nano Energy, etc., accumulating over 4000 citations. His research activities focus on the research and development of functional materials.