Xue-Qiang Chu was born in 1990 in Suzhou, China. He received his B.S. and Ph.D degrees from Soochow University (China), in 2012 and 2017, respectively, under the supervision of Professor Shun-Jun Ji. Then, he joined Nanjing Tech University in 2017 and was promoted to associate professor in 2022. His research is mainly focused on desulfonylative chemistry and defluorinative chemistry.