Dr. Dongyan Ding received his BS and MS degrees from Henan University of Science and Technology, both in materials science. In 2000, he obtained his PhD degree in materials science from Harbin Institute of Technology. He did a two-year postdoctoral work and later became an associate professor at School of Materials Science and Engineering in Shanghai Jiao Tong University. From 2004 to 2006, he was a visiting scholar (Research Scholar) in Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering and Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Kentucky. His current research interests include electronic materials and technology, nanomaterials and new-energy materials. He has published more than 100 papers. His sponsors include NSFC, Shanghai Science and Technology Committee, China National Major Scientific Instruments Equipment Development Project, Siemens, Air Liquide, Shanghai Anji, etc.