Ying Tao is an associate professor in School of Chemical Engineering and Technology at Tianjin University. She received her Ph.D. in Applied Chemistry from the Tianjin University in 2014. She then became a postdoctoral researcher at the Northwestern University before joining Tianjin University in 2016. Her research interests include the controlled construction of graphene-based materials and their application in environmental remediation and electrochemical energy storage with emphasis on high volumetric performance.