Dr. Kai Xiao is a staff scientist in the Functional Hybrid Nanomaterials Group at Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, ORNL and a joint faculty at Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He received his Ph.D. degree in Physic Chemistry in 2004 from Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Then he worked as a postdoc associate at CNMS and became a staff scientist in 2008. He has published about 90 papers, several patents, and 4 book chapters. His research focuses on understanding and controlling the synthesis and processing of thin films and nanostructured materials for energy-related devices.