Xiaolei Fan is Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at The University of Manchester (United Kingdom). He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Bath (United Kingdom) in 2010. He continued his research in the area of catalytic reaction engineering as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Warwick and University of Cambridge. In November 2013, he joined The University of Manchester as a faculty member. His primary interestsare heterogeneous catalysis, catalytic reaction engineering, process intensification, and functional porous materials for catalysis and adsorption, being recently awarded the Lee Hsun Young Scientist Award by the by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Zhenxing Scholar Professor Award by Shenyang University of Chemical Technology for his contributions to the field of porous materials.