Luyi Sun received his BS from South China University of Technology in 1998 and his PhD from the University of Alabama (advisor: Prof. Joseph Thrasher) in 2004. After his postdoctoral training at Texas A&M University (supervisors: Profs. Hung-Jue Sue and Abraham Clearfield), he worked at TOTAL Petrochemicals USA, Inc. from 2006 to 2009. He was an assistant professor from 2009 to 2013. Dr.Sun joined the University of Connecticut as an associate professor in 2013 and was promoted to professor in 2018. His research focuses on the design and synthesis of nanostructured materials for various applications.