Prof. Xiaoxing Yan is a Professor and Master's Supervisor at the College of Furnishings and Industrial Design, at Nanjing Forestry University. She received her PhD degree in Materials Processing Engineering from the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. She mainly focuses on the cracking problem between water-based coatings and wood and studies the relationship between the microstructure regulation of self-repairing coatings and their interaction with wood based on microcapsule technology.