Xiang MA received his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering and Technology from Tianjin University (Tianjin, China) in 2003. He received his Ph. D. degree in Applied Chemistry from East China University of Science & Technology (ECUST) (Shanghai, China) in 2008 under the direction of Prof. He TIAN (member of the Chinese Academy of Science) at the Institute of Fine Chemicals at ECUST. Dr. Ma worked as a Research Associate on hybrid gold nanomaterials at Liquid Crystal Institute at Kent State University (Ohio, US) from Jan. 2011 to Jul. 2012 and as a Visiting Professor at UC Berkeley from Jan. 2017 to Mar. 2017. He is the Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). He became a full professor at ECUST in 2016. His current research interests mainly focus on functional supramolecular machines, switches, stimuli-responsive supramolecular polymers and organic photo-electro material based on dyes. Dr. Ma has published 180 papers in international journals with citation over 11000 and an H-index of 58. Prof. Ma won the National Science Fund for Distinguished Youth Scholars of China in 2021 and Shanghai Young scientific and technological talents in 2018. Now he serves as Supramolecular Chemistry Committee Member of Chinese Chemical Society, Executive Editor of Dyes and Pigments, Editor Board Member of Industrial Chemistry & Materials (ICM), Chinese Chemical Letters, Science China Chemistry, Aggregate, Transactions of Tianjin University etc.