Ying Ma is a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Her current research focuses on the development and application of novel optoelectronic and luminescent materials. She is especially interested in photocatalyst/catalyst used in hydrogen generation, perovksite and rare earth based luminescent nanomaterials. She has authored/co-authored more than 100 papers in scientific journals including Adv. Mater., Adv. Funct. Mater., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., J. Am. Chem. Soc., ACS nano, Chem. Mater., etc.