Dr. Hua Zhang is the Herman Hu Chair Professor of Nanomaterials at City University of Hong Kong. His current research interests focus on phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN) and controlled epitaxial growth of heterostructures, in particular, the synthesis of ultrathin two-dimensional nanomaterials and metallic nanomaterials with unconventional crystal phases and amorphous structures, for applications in catalysis, clean energy, (opto-)electronic devices, chemical and biosensors, and water remediation. He was Assistant/Associate/Full Professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore (2006–2019). His honors and awards include the Foreign Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (2020), Academician of the Asia Pacific Academy of Materials (2015), Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2014), "Highly Cited Researchers" (Clarivate Analytics) in Chemistry (2015-2021) and in Materials Science (2014-2021), one of 19 “Hottest Researchers of Today” (2015) and one of 17 “Hottest Researchers of Today” (2014) in the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds (Thomson Reuters), Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholar Award (University of Wollongong, Australia, 2016), ACS Nano Lectureship Award (2015), World Cultural Council Special Recognition Award (2013), the ONASSIA Foundation Lectureship (Greece, 2013), SMALL Young Innovator Award (Wiley-VCH, 2012), Nanyang Award for Research Excellence (2011), etc.