Penglei Chen obtained his PhD degree in 2001 from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He then joined the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology of Japan as a research fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences. In 2003, he joined the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences as an associate researcher and became a project researcher and researcher, respectively, in July, 2014 and 2016. His interests are in colloid and interface science, advanced functional materials, supramolecular chemistry, molecular electronics, catalyst, plasmonic photocatalysts, unconventional fossil fuels, pyrolysis/thermochemical conversion of organic matters.