Aspen grew up in Guangzhou, a beautiful city in Southern China. He received his BS degree in chemistry from Fudan University in 2014 and PhD degree from Princeton University in 2018 under the supervision of Professor Erik J. Sorensen. He conducted postdoctoral research at Northwestern University with Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart (2016 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry) before joining the Department of Chemistry at the University of Hong Kong as an Assistant Professor in 2023. His group’s research lies at the interface of organic synthesis, supramolecular chemistry and catalysis, with a special expertise on the design, synthesis and applications of cyclodextrin-containing porous materials. He is an editor of  Chemical Engineering Journal and a recipient of HKU-100, a prestigious award granted by HKU to outstanding individuals with the potential for scientific and scholarly breakthroughs.