Jiangbo Xi is currently a distinguished professor in the School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering at the Wuhan Institute of Technology (WIT), China. He obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Wuhan Institute of Technology and his Ph.D. degree in 2015 from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. His current research topics are focused on the design and synthesis of single-atom catalysts as well as metal-free carbo catalysts for organic reactions.