Dr Fan received his Bsc degree from Jilin University and PhD from National University of Singapore. After his postdoc research at Max-Planck-Institute, Germany and the University of Cambridge, he joined Nanyang Technological University as faculty in 2008. Dr Fan has been working on energy materials and devices, including new-generation batteries and electrocatalysis. He has co-authored nearly 350 journal papers and has been recognized as Highly Cited Researcher since 2016. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Materials Today Energy.