Dr. Hongan Ma is a professor in State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University. He received his B.S. degree in Physics and Information Engineering from Henan Normal University in 1998, and received his Ph. D. degree in Condensed State Physics from Jilin University in 2003. His main research areas include high pressure synthesis of superhard and thermoelectic materials. He was awarded New Century Excellent Talent of Ministry of Education of China in 2009. He has authored or co-authored over 230 SCI journal papers. Since 2003 (received his Ph.D), he has always been  doing his research work in Jilin University supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).