Zhen Jin received a B.S. degree in electronic science and technology from Anhui University, Hefei, China, in 2003 and a Ph.D. degree in condensed materials from the Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, in 2009. In 2012, he held a post-doctoral position in the Institute of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei. He is currently an associate researcher in Anhui Jianzhu University. His current research interests include synthesis of environmental sensing nanomaterials and fabrication of nanosensors.