Yuan-Fu Deng is currently a professor in School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at South China University of Technology (SCUT). He previously held positions of an Associate Professor (2009–2015) and a lecture (2005–2009) at SCUT. He received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Xiamen University in 2005, and worked as a post doctor in the Department of Chemistry at University of Waterloo, Canada in 2007–2008. His research interests focus on the development of novel materials, structures and characterization methods for application in electrochemical energy storage and catalysis.