Wei Ding earned his BE degree in Light Chemical Engineering from Sichuan University. He received his MS degree and PhD in Leather Chemistry and Engineering from Sichuan University. He then became a postdoctoral fellow at Guangdong Dymatic Fine Chemicals Inc. in 2016. He worked at China Leather and Footwear Research Institute Co. Ltd. from 2019 to 2023. Now, he works in College of New Materials and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology. His interests include leather science, biomass conversion, collagen-based materials, and advanced materials based on cationic polymerization.