Jiangeng Xue is Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, USA. He was previously a University of Florida Research Foundation Professor (2013-2016) and Associate Chair of the MSE department (2015-2017). He received his B.S. and M.S. in physics from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), and received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University. Before joining the faculty at UF he also worked as a Research Scientist at Global Photonic Energy Corporation for nearly a year. He was an adjunct professor at Zhejiang University in 2014 while he was on sabbatical leave from UF and was a visiting professor at USTC in 2012. His research interests are broadly in the science and engineering of advanced electronic and optical materials including nanostructures and energy materials. He is a recipient of an NSF CAREER Award and a Solar Energy Innovation Award from Princeton University, and was named as a Scialog Fellow by Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA). His work has been funded by NSF, U.S. Department of Energy, DARPA, DTRA, Florida Energy Systems Consortium, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, as well as the industries.