Lei Gao received his PhD from Peking University in 2022 and subsequently conducted postdoctoral research there from 2022 to 2024. He has received several honours and awards, including support from the Successive Research Scholar Program of Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, the Malvern Panalytical Scientific Award (2024), the Tongcheng Postdoctoral Fellowship of Peking University, and the National Scholarships for doctoral and master’s students awarded by the Ministry of Education. His research focuses on solid-state batteries and neutron scattering techniques. To date, he has published more than 40 papers in leading journals, including Sci. Adv., Nat. Commun., EES, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., and NSR. He is currently the principal investigator of a Young Scientists Fund project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and serves as a young editorial board member for journals including Science Bulletin and Nano-Micro Letter.