Shijun joined the Cooper group in 2021 as a research visitor. He graduated from the Tianjin University in 1996 and obtained a PhD from the Zhejiang University in 2006. He joined the Hangzhou Normal University in 2009. He has published more than 70 peer-reviewed papers in the fields of organic chemistry and supramolecular chemistry. His research interests include host-guest chemistry, supramolecular catalysis, porphyrin-based self-assembly and their applications.