Biography: Prof. Zhiyong Fan is a Chair Professor at the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Fudan University, PhD degree from University of California, Irvine, then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley. He joined HKUST in 2010. Currently, he is the founding Director of the Center on Smart Sensors and Environmental Technologies, Co-director of the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Display and Optoelectronics Technologies at HKUST. His research interest is focused on functional nanomaterials and structures for electronic, optoelectronic and bionic electronic devices. Till date, he has published over 230 peer reviewed papers in Nature, Nature Photonics, Nature Electronics, etc. with citations over ~28,000, H-index 88. He also has over 30 Chinese and US patents and one national high-tech company.