Kongjun Zhu received the Ph.D. degree in Applied Science from Kochi University, Japan, in 2005. He was a faculty member as an assistant professor at the Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, from 2005 to 2007. He was an associate professor from 2007 to 2009, and a professor from 2009 to the present at the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. His main research interests are smart materials, energy materials, biomaterials, and inorganic synthesis. He has published more than 200 journal papers, and more than 60 conference papers.