Xue-Qiang Chu was born in 1990 in Suzhou, China. He received his B.S. and Ph.D degrees from Soochow University (China), in 2012 and 2017, respectively, under the supervision of Professor Shun-Jun Ji. Then, he assumed the position of Associate Professor at Nanjing Tech University in 2017. His research interests focus on desulfonylative chemistry and defluorinative chemistry.