Youliang Zhu received his BSc and PhD degrees from Jilin University. In 2013, he completed his Ph.D. in chemistry and moved to the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2021, he moved back to Jilin University and took a position as an associate professor on the tenure track. His research focuses on developing large-scale molecular dynamics simulation methods and software and applying tools to reveal the growth kinetics of covalent organic frameworks, the relationship between the microscopic structures of polymer nanocomposites and their functionalities, etc.