Daxin Liang, an associate professor and doctoral supervisor at the College of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, was one of the first recipients of the Heilongjiang Province Outstanding Young Fund. He received his BS (2003–2007) and PhD (2007–2012) degrees from the College of Chemistry, Jilin University. From 2010 to 2011, he was an exchange PhD student at the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University. In addition, Daxin Liang is a senior member of the Chinese Chemical Society (since 2015) and the American Chemical Society (since 2017). His research interests focus on the development of biomass-based advanced functional materials. He serves as committee member for the International Association for Carbon Capture, and is an editorial board member for Carbon Capture Science & Technology. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers in journals, including Applied Catalysis B, Nano Letters, Advanced Materials, and Advanced Functional Materials.