Xiaogang Peng received his B.S. (1987) and Ph.D. (1992) from Jilin University, P. R. China. His Ph.D. research was about Langmuir-Boldgett films. His Postdoctoral experience followed by a position as Staff Scientist at UC Berkeley with Professor Paul Alivisatos between 1994 and 1999 brought him into the field of colloidal nanocrystals. In 1999, he joined the University of Arkansas as Assistant Professor, and an Associate Professor in 2003, and a Full Professor in 2005 (honored as Scharlau Chair Professor of Chemistry in the same year). In 2009, he joined the Department of Chemistry at Zhejiang University to start a new adventure in an old country.