Hailin Peng received his B.S. in chemistry from Jilin University in 2000, and a PhD in physical chemistry from Peking University in 2005. He pursued postdoctoral studies on nanomaterials science and engineering at Stanford University during 2005–2009. He became an associate professor in the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering at Peking University in June 2009 and has been promoted to a full professor in August 2014. He is working on nanomaterials science and engineering towards the better performance of nanoelectronics, quantum devices, solar cells, and batteries. Currently, his research interests have been focused on: (1) controlled growth, chemical modifications, heterostructures and optoelectronic devices of two-dimensional Dirac materials such as graphene and nanostructured topological insulator; (2) synthesis and optoelectronic devices of novel two-dimensional crystals and their hybrid materials. He has published more than 80 research papers on international journals, including Nature Materials, Nature Chemistry, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Communications, Phys. Rev. Lett., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Nano. Lett., Adv. Mater., etc.