Xinsheng Peng received his PhD from Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2003. He joined the Department of Chemistry of Lakehead University, Canada, as a postdoctor from 2003 to 2005. From 2005 to 2010, he worked at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan, as a postdoctor, research fellow and researcher of NIMS, respectively. Starting from June of 2010, he joined the Department of Material Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, China, as a full professor. He has published more than 100 SCI papers, including Science, Nature Materials, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Communications, and so on. All the papers have been cited more than 3000 times with H index of 32. He has licensed 10 patents (4 Japan, 1 Us, and 5 China). He has also received several foundations and from Japan Science and Technology Agency, National Natural Science Foundations of China, and awards such as Thousands talent of Zhejiang Province, Outstanding Young Scientists Foundation of Zhejiang Province, New Century Excellent Talents Program. His current research focuses on the functional nanomaterials for novel separation membranes, catalyst and energy storage.