Xing Cheng joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Southern University of Science and Technology as a full professor in 2013. He received BS degree in Geochemistry from University of Science and Technology of China in 1997, MS degree in Geochemistry from Stanford University in 1999, and PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 2005. He joined Texas A&M University as an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2006, and became an Associate Professor in 2012. His research interests include several basic and applied areas: 1) high-resolution lithographic techniques, particularly nanoimprint, and 3D micro- and nanofabrication techniques; 2) electronic and photonic devices based on new semiconductors and functional materials; and 3) integrated macroelectronic systems.