Jian Tian is a professor at Shandong University of Science and Technology. He graduated from Beijing University of Chemical Technology in Materials Science and Engineering. He obtained a master's degree in materials physics and chemistry from Zhejiang University of Technology. He received a doctorate in materials physics and chemistry from Shandong University. He was a joint doctoral student sponsored by the State Council at the University of Washington in the United States. He completed his postdoctoral work at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He served as a lecturer, associate professor, academic vice dean, and professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Shandong University of Science and Technology. He won the first prize of the Shandong Natural Science Award in 2019 (ranked fourth) and the first prize of the Shandong Higher Education Science and Technology Award in 2020 (ranked first). He is a Clarivate Global Highly Cited Scientist 2022. He is a member of the Chemical New Materials Committee of the Chemical Industry Society of China and a member of the Coal Chemical Industry and New Materials Expert Committee of the China Coal Industry Association.