Yi Shi is a full professor of the School of Electronic Engineering, Nanjing University. He obtained his PhD from the Department of Physics, Nanjing University in 1989. He has been a visiting professor at Cambridge University, Tohoku University, and the University of California (Berkeley). He was promoted to Changjiang Chair Professor in 2007 and is the principal scientist of several scientific research plans. His research interests mainly focus on nanoelectronics and nanophotoelectronics.