Chun Li is an associate professor in the School of Science at Kunming University of Science and Technology, China. He received his Dr rer nat (doctor of natural sciences) in chemistry from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, in 2022. His research focuses on functional porous thin films and membranes, particularly metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs). His current interests include molecular transport in nanoporous materials, stimuli-responsive membrane separation, chiral molecular recognition, chemical sensing and the development of smart porous interfaces for selective molecular transport and detection.