Professor Xie Quan studied chemistry at Northeast Normal University, and got his PhD degree from Karl-Franzens University of Graz, Austria. He is a Professor in School of Environmental Science and Technology at Dalian University of Technology. He received many honors include Chair Professor of "Cheung Kong Scholars Programme of China". Since 2009, he has been a member of the Disciplinary Appraisal Panels under the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council. Currently, he is the Director of the Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Ministry of Education of China. Moreover, he is a Senior Fellow of the Chinese Society of Environmental Science; an Editorial Board Member of "Scientific Reports", "Journal of Hazardous Materials", and "International Journal of Photoenergy"; an International Editorial Advisory Board Member of "Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies". His research interests include advanced oxidation technology for water treatment, the design and fabrication of nanomaterials for environmental application, and fate and transport of organic persistent chemicals in ecosystems. He has published more than 400 journal papers and authorized over 50 patents. He won the Second Prize of State Natural Science Award of China in 2011.