Dr. Qian Liu is currently a professor at the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (RCEES, CAS). He obtained B.Sc. of chemistry in 2004 and Ph.D. of analytical chemistry in 2009 from Hunan University. Thereafter, he obtained postdoc training in environmental chemistry at RCEES, CAS from 2010-2012 and at Trent University, Canada from 2013-2014. He became an assistant professor at RCEES, CAS from 2012 and became a full professor from 2017. He has published more than 100 papers in SCI-indexed journals. Dr. Liu is the recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, National Young Top-Notch Talents, and the NSFC Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars. He has won awards such as the XPLORER Prize, Second Prize of State Natural Science Award (rank 3rd), MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 China (MIT TR35 China), China Association for Instrumental Analysis Award (CAIA Award) Special Award (rank 1st), Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences Award for Young Scientist, Chinese Chemical Society Award for Outstanding Young Chemist, and the National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award. He also serves as a member of the Organic Analysis Committee of Chinese Chemical Society and the Environmental Chemistry Committee of Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences.