Feng Gao received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Nankai University and his Ph.D. from Sun Yat-Sen University. He conducted postdoctoral research at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is currently a Professor at the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resources, College of Pharmacy, Yunnan University, China. He leads a multidisciplinary research group focused on bioinorganic and coordination chemistry. His research interests include the development of fluorescent and phosphorescent transition metal complexes for multi-modal synergistic cancer therapies and imaging (including photodynamic, sonodynamic, photothermal, and chemotherapy); the recognition of HIV TAR RNA and investigation of the activity and mechanism of anti-HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitors; and exploring the relationships among molecular structure, photophysical/photochemical properties, and biological activity through quantum chemical theoretical calculations.