Zhicheng Zhang is currently a Professor of Tianjin University, China. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from China University of Petroleum (Beijing) in 2012. Then he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Tsinghua University. In 2014, he worked as a senior research fellow at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. In 2019, he joined Tianjin University as a full Professor. His research interests focus on the design and synthesis of functional metal-based nanomaterials and their applications in energy conversion and catalysis. To date, he has published more than 120 peer-reviewed papers. Now he is the associate editor of SmartMat, and editorial board member of Nano Research, Chinese Chemical Letters, and Rare Metals, etc.
 
Meiting Zhao is currently a Professor of Tianjin University, China. He obtained his PhD degree from National Center for Nanoscience and Technology in 2014 under the guidance of Prof. Zhiyong Tang. Then he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow in Prof. Hua Zhang group in Nanyang Technological University. In 2019, he joined Tianjin University as a full professor. His research interests include the structure design, controlled synthesis and applications of MOFs, COFs and their composites in selective catalysis, separation and energy conversion.
 
Yuchen Qin is currently a Professor of Henan Agricultural University, China. The Youth editorial board member of SmartMat. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from China University of Petroleum (Beijing) in 2016. Then he worked as an engineer in Sinopec engineering group Luoyang R&D center of technologies. In 2018, He joined Henan Agricultural University as a full Professor. His research interests focus on the modulation of geometric and electronic structure of functional metal-based nanomaterials for their applications in energy conversion.