Prof. Lingyan Feng received her PhD degree in Chemistry from the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Then, she joined ICS-8 as an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany. She is now a full Professor of Special Appointment (Eastern Scholar) at the Materials Genome Institute, Shanghai University. Her current scientific interest is focused on bio-functional materials and the self-assembly of biomolecules, nucleic acid molecular recognition, and biosensor designs using smart materials.