Prof. & Dr. Xun Wang received his bachelor's and master's degree in chemical engineering from Northwest University (Xi'an, China) in 1998 and 2001, respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree in chemistry from Tsinghua University in 2004. Then he joined the faculty of Department of Chemistry at Tsinghua University as an assistant professor in 2004. He was promoted to the rank of associate professor in 2005 and full professor in 2007. His main awards include Science and Technology Award for Chinese Youth (2009), CCS-RSC Award for Young Chemists (2009), National Fund for Outstanding Young Scientists (2007), CCS Prize for Young Scientists (2006), National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of P. R. China (2006) and IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists (2005). His current research interests include synthetic methodology, self-assembly and properties of inorganic nanocrystals.