Tian Tian is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He completed his PhD at University of Cambridge, where he went on to co-found Immaterial, a spin-out company specialising in monolithic metal-organic frameworks. He then joined Imperial College London as a postdoctoral researcher before taking up his current role at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His research focuses on the development of functional porous materials for gas storage and catalysis.