Shengfeng Cheng joined the Department of Physics at Virginia Tech as an assistant professor in 2013 and was promoted to an associate professor with tenure in 2020. He obtained a Ph.D. degree in theoretical condensed matter physics from Johns Hopkins University in 2010 and then joined Sandia National Laboratories as a postdoctoral researcher. Before coming to the United States, he obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Nanjing University in China. His research interests center on theory and molecular modeling of soft condensed matter systems including colloids, polymers, and nanocomposites. His hobbies include soccer and weiqi (a board game popular in east Asia).