Qiang Xu received his Ph.D. in 1994 from Osaka University. He worked as director of AIST-Kyoto University ChEM-OIL, and is currently Chair Professor at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). His research interests include the chemistry of nanostructured materials and their applications, especially for catalysis and energy. He is on a number of editorial/advisory boards of journals, including EnergyChem (Editor-in-Chief), Coordination Chemistry Reviews (Associate Editor), Coordination Chemistry Research (Deputy Editor), Chem, Matter, Advanced Energy Materials, Small Structures, Advanced Sustainable Systems, Chemistry-An Asian Journal and ChemNanoMat. He received Thomson Reuters Research Front Award in 2012 and Humboldt Research Award in 2019 and was recognized a highly cited researcher (2014-2023) by Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics. He is Fellow of the Engineering Academy of Japan (EAJ), European Academy of Sciences (EURASC), and National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI).