Hong-Bin Yao is a professor at the Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China. He obtained the Bachelor degree and Doctoral degree under the supervision of Professor Shu-Hong Yu from University of Science and Technology of China in 2006 and 2011, respectively. From 2012 to 2015, he worked as postdoc in Yi Cui’s group at Stanford University. In 2015, he joined in the Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China as a Professor. He has published more than 150 SCI journal papers, H-index 68. He has been awarded second prize of national natural science award (2016), first prize of Anhui province national natural science award (2015), high cited researchers (2019-2022). He is supported by National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. His group research is focusing on metal halide functional materials for light emitting and energy storage devices.