Dr. Xiaobing Lan was born in Hunan Province, China, in 1990. He received his Ph.D. in 2020 from Sun Yat-sen University under the supervision of Prof Zhuofeng Ke. He then joined the faculty at Xiangnan University. Currently, he is a lecturer in the School of Chemistry and Environmental Science at Xiangnan University. His research interests are mainly focused on the design and synthesis of catalytic materials in organic chemistry and environmental chemistry.