Shuang-Feng Yin obtained his bachelor's degree in 1996 from Beijing University of Chemical Technology. He subsequently received his Ph.D. from Tsinghua University in 2003. He was promoted to full Professor in Hunan University in 2006. He worked as a senior visiting scholar in the Hong Kong Baptist University and Japan Institute of Integrated Industrial Technology from 2008 to 2009. His research interests focus on photo/electrocatalytic energy conversion and C-H bond activation.