Prof. He TIAN received his B.S. degree in organic chemistry from Nanjing University of Science & Technology (Nanjing, China) in 1982. After receiving his M.S. degree in Physics from East China University of Science & Technology (ECUST) (Shanghai, China) in 1986, he studied under the direction of Professor Zhen-Hua ZHU at the Institute of Fine Chemicals late at ECUST, where he received his Ph. D. in 1989. From 1991 to 1993, Dr. Tian worked with Prof. Dr. Karl H. Drexhage (Siegen University/ Germany) on organic laser dyes and in 2000 with Prof. Dr. Klaus Müllen (MPIP/Mainz/Germany) on organic photochromic copolymer, both supported by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. During his sabbatical in 2001, Prof. Tian collaborated with Prof. M. G. Finn at The Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, California/USA. Prof. Tian became a full professor and director of the Institute of Fine Chemicals at ECUST in 1994. In 1999, he was appointed Cheung Kong Distinguished Professor by the Education Ministry of China. In 2011, he was selected as a member of the Chinese Academy of Science. His current research interests include the syntheses of novel functional organic dyes and polymers as well as development of interdisciplinary materials science that determines the electronic and optical properties of materials. Prof. Tian has published 288 papers in international journals and been awarded 66 Chinese patents. Now Prof. Tian is Co-Editor of Dyes and Pigments and International Advisory Board Member for Polymer Chemistry and Chemical Science.