Lin Tang received her Ph.D. in 2009 from Hunan University, China, and then worked as a visiting scientist in Columbia University, USA for a year. She has been a professor in College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University since 2012. Her research interests include removal of heavy metals and refractory organics from aqueous environment using functional carbon/iron based nanohybrid or nanoporous materials, wetland remediation, as well as nanosensors for pollutant detection. She has published more than 140 scientific publications in international journals and is a named inventor of 45 issued China patents.