Yu Yi is an Associate Professor at the CAS Key Laboratory for Biological Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees at the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University in 2010 and 2013, respectively, and obtained his Ph.D. degree in bioengineering at the University of Tokyo in 2016. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Tokyo (2016–2017) and came to the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology as an Associate Professor in 2018. He serves as the youth editor of Nano Research, Exploration, and Journal of China Pharmaceutical University. His research areas include selenopeptide functional materials, in vivo supramolecular assemblies, and single-atom biocatalysis.