Shichao Niu is currently a Professor at Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering (Ministry of Education), Jilin University. He received his PhD degree (2014) in Bionic Science and Engineering from Jilin University. His current research focuses on bio-inspired anti-fogging materials with micro/nanoscale hierarchical structures, the diversified optical functional surfaces in nature, bio-inspired functional materials for energy and optical applications and the bionic machinery design and manufacture.