**About the Editor**

**Catherine E. Housecroft** is Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Her research group, run jointly with Professor Edwin Constable, is engaged in aspects of materials, coordination, structural and supramolecular chemistries. Much of the emphasis is upon the design and development of materials which will contribute to mankind achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals designated in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly. Compounds of interest range from coordination compounds which can absorb or emit light to coordination networks which can act as hosts for small molecules.
