Professor CHEN Wei is currently a Provost’s Chair Professor in both the Chemistry Department and Physics Department at the National University of Singapore (NUS), and the Associate Dean for Research in Faculty of Science, NUS. He received his Bachelor degree in Chemistry from Nanjing University (China) in 2001 and his PhD degree from the Chemistry Department at NUS in 2004. His current research interests include molecular-scale interface engineering for 2D materials based electronics and optoelectronics, and interface-controlled nanocatalysis for energy and environmental research. Prof. Chen is a recipient of Singapore Young Scientist Award (2012), Mitsui Chemicals-SNIC Industry Award (2020), NRF Investigatorship (2023), Provost’s Chair Professor (2023) and the Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023).