Changle Chen is a professor for polymers at University of Science and Technology of China. He obtained his B.S. degree from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC, 2005), and PhD from the University of Chicago (2010). After postdoctoral studies at Northwestern University and some time at Celanese Corporation, he started his independent career as a professor at USTC in 2013. The central theme of the research in Chen group is the development of new catalysts and new strategies for metal catalyzed polymerizations and polymer synthesis, with special focus on polyolefins. He has published more than 100 scientific papers with more than 9000 citations. He is currently associate editor of Science Bulletin and European Polymer Journal, and is member of a number of editorial boards of prominent scientific journals. He has received a number of awards for his work, including IUPAC Young Polymer Scientist Award (2020), NSFC Distinguished Young Scholars (2020), Young Talent Award on Polymer Processing and Industrial Development (2019), Society of Polymer Science Japan International Leading Young Scientist (2016), and Chinese Chemical Society Award for Outstanding Young Chemist (2016).