Professor Min XIAO received a doctorate in polymer science from South China University of Technology (Guangzhou, China) in 2001. After conducting postdoctoral research at Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou, China) for two years, she became a staff of this university and now is a full professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering. Her research areas include chemical utilization of carbon dioxide and new energy materials. She has coauthored 140 research articles and 48 Chinese patents.