Xu Hou received his B.S. degree (2006) from Sichuan University, China. His scientific interest was materials of tissue engineering. He completed his Ph.D. (2011) at National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China under the direction of Prof. Lei Jiang. His scientific interests were focused on the design and fabrication of biomimetic nanochannels. He did postdoctoral research in Prof. Joanna Aizenberg’s group at Harvard University (2012–2015). Later he did the collaboration research as a visiting scientist in Prof. Ali Khademhosseini lab at Harvard Medical School. He joined in Xiamen University in 2016, and he is the Principal Investigator of Bioinspired Smart Multi-Scale Pore/Channel Group at Xiamen University as a full professor at both College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and College of Physical Science and Technology in Xiamen University. Now, he is the Director of Institute of Electrochemical Science and Engineering and Deputy Director of State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces.