Jingkun Xu received a PhD in polymer chemistry and physics from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China in 2003. He is a professor of polymer chemistry at the Flexible Electronics Innovation Institute, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University and has led the Organic Electronics Group since 2004. His research interests include the design and synthesis of conducting polymers for application in thermoelectric conversion, electrochromics, supercapacitors, biochemical sensors, and fuel cells.