Prof. Dr. Yuanjing Xiao obtained his Ph.D. from Wuhan University in 2002 and then joined the East China Normal University, working with Prof Liping Yang for pharmaceutical synthesis research. From 2007 to 2010, he worked with Prof. Junliang Zhang for organic synthetic methodology research. From 2011 to 2012, he worked with Prof. Liming Zhang at the University of California, Santa Barbara, as a Visiting Scholar. His current research interests focus on practical process research and development for organic synthesis, fluorine containing building blocks transformation and asymmetric catalysis.