Biomimetic Nanomaterials

Zhicheng Zhang is currently a Professor of Tianjin University, China. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from China University of Petroleum (Beijing) in 2012. Then he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Tsinghua University. In 2014, he worked as a senior research fellow at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. In 2019, he joined Tianjin University as a full Professor. His research interests focus on the design and synthesis of functional metal-based nanomaterials and their applications in energy conversion and catalysis. To date, he has published more than 120 peer-reviewed SCI papers. He is the associate editor of SmartMat, and editorial board member of Nano Research, Chinese Chemical Letters, and Rare Metals.

Bing Ni joined Beijing Normal University as a full professor in 2024. He obtained his B.S. and Ph.D. degree from Tsinghua University in 2014 and 2019, respectively. Then he joined Prof. Helmut Cölfen's group in the University of Konstanz, Germany, as a Humboldt research fellow. In 2023, he moved to Prof. N. A. Kotov's group, USA, as a post-doc. His research interests focus on crystal growth mechanisms and electrocatalysis. To date, he has published more than 60 peer-reviewed papers. He is a junior editorial board member of SmartMat.