Xianzhi Chai was born in Chuzhou, Anhui Province. He has received a bachelor and PhD degree of Applied Chemistry from East China University of Science and Technology in 2014 and 2020, respectively. During his PhD period, his research interests mainly focuses on construction of photochromic fluorescence sensors and their application in the field of biological precision imaging under the supervision of Prof. He Tian. He has been a lecturer in Jiangsu University of Science and Technology since 2020 and started his postdoc career in Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University since 2023.

柴先志，1992年出生于安徽滁州。2014年6月本科毕业于华东理工大学应用化学专业，获得学士学位。同年9月继续在华东理工大学直接攻读应用化学专业博士学位，师从田禾院士，研究方向是光致变色荧光传感器的构建及其在生物精准成像领域中的应用，2020年1月获得博士学位。同年进入江苏科技大学担任讲师至今。2023年11月进入复旦大学朱亮亮研究员课题组开展博士后研究工作。