Dr. Weichun Yang received her B.E. degree in Instrumentation Science and Engineering from Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China, in 2004, and the Ph.D. degree in Environmental Science from Nankai University, Tianjin, China, in 2009. Dr. Yang has worked in the School of Metallurgy and Environment of Central South University in 2009 and became a professor since 2017. Dr. Yang focuses on the research of remediation of heavy metal-contaminated soil. Her recent research interests include: ecological restoration of mining area, interaction of minerals and microbe, heavy metal-contaminated soil remediation materials, etc. Dr. Yang has published 76 peer-reviewed technical papers in international journals and conferences and two monographs, "Treatment and Ecological Restoration of Mining and Metallurgical Contaminated Sites" and "Theory and Technology of Microbial Treatment of Chromium Pollution." Dr. Yang authorized 92 national invention patents (23 first inventors).
Dr. Liyuan Chai is the director of the National Engineering Technology Research Center for Heavy Metal Pollution Prevention and Control. He is the professor at Central South University and the academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Professor Liyuan Chai has devoted himself to the research in the field of non-ferrous metallurgy environmental engineering for decades. He invented a number of non-ferrous smelting pollution control and recycling technologies, such as clean metallurgy of arsenic-containing polymetallic materials, recycling of smelting waste acid, purification and reuse of heavy metal wastewater. These accomplishments have achieved large-scale promotion and application and promoted the industrial transformation, upgrading and green development of non-ferrous industry. He has won 2 second prizes of National Technological Invention Award, 1 second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award, 8 first prizes of provincial and ministerial level scienceand technology awards, and Ho Leung Ho Lee Industrial Innovation Award.
Dr. Zhihui Yang received her Ph.D. degrees in Plant and Environmental Science from Norwegian University of Life Sciences in 2006 and in Crop Planting and Cultivation from Hunan Agricultural University. She is the deputy director of Desert Mining Ecological Restoration Committee, Chinese Society for Desertification Control and Desertification Industry, and the professor in the School of Metallurgy and Environment of Central South University science 2009. She has been engaged in research on remediation of soil contaminated by heavy metals. She has won one of the second prize of the national scientific and technological progress award and two of the first prize of provincial and ministerial natural science/ technological progress awards.
Dr. Feiping Zhao is an associate professor (supervisor for Ph.D. students) in the School of Metallurgy and Environment and a young scholar at ChineseNational Engineering Research Centre for Control and Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution. He obtained Ph.D. degree in LUT University in Finland. He has served as an associate editor of Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry and Young Editorial Boards of Rare Metals (JCR 1) and Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (JCR 1). He has been the winner of Hunan Outstanding Youth Fund since 2022. His research focuses on the environmental remediation and comprehensive utilization of non-ferrous resources. The scope of his work includes environmental functional adsorption materials, environmental photo/electrocatalyst materials, and advanced oxidation technology.
Dr. Qi Liao received his B.E., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Nankai University, Tianjin, China, in 2002, 2005, and 2012, respectively. He has worked in the School of Metallurgy and Environment of Central South University since 2012 and became an associate professor and supervisor for Ph.D. students since 2017. Dr. Liao focuses on the research of microbial ecology in the sites contaminated by heavy metals, remediation of heavy metal-contaminated soil and environmental health. He has published 52 peer-reviewed scientific papers in international journals and conferences and one book. He has also been authorized 23 national invention patents.
Dr. Mengying Si received her M.E. degree in College of Environment and Resources from Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, China, in 2016 and the Ph.D. degree in Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering from School Central South University, Changsha, China, in 2019. Since Nov. 2013, Dr. Si has been in School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, as a lecturer. Dr. Si focuses on the remediation of heavy metal-contaminated soil. Her recent research interests include: environmental functional stabilization materials, biomineralization, interface behavior of multimedia, microbial remediation, etc. Since 2023, Dr. Si has published more than 20 peer-reviewed technical papers in international journals. She served as a reviewer of several international journals.
楊維春博士於2004年獲得中國湖北武漢華中農業大學儀器科學與工程學士學位，並於2009年獲得中國天津南開大學環境科學博士學位。楊博士自2009年起在中南大學冶金與環境學院工作，並自2017年起成為教授。楊博士專注於重金屬污染土壤的修復研究。她近期的研究興趣包括：礦區生態修復、礦物與微生物的相互作用、重金屬污染土壤修復材料等。楊博士在國際期刊和會議上發表了76篇經過同行評審的技術論文，並出版了兩部專著《礦業與冶金污染場地的處理與生態修復》和《微生物處理鉻污染的理論與技術》。楊博士擁有92項國家發明專利（23項為第一發明人）。
柴立元博士是國家重金屬污染防治工程技術研究中心的主任，並且是中南大學的教授及中國工程院院士。柴教授在非鐵冶金環境工程領域從事研究已有數十年。他發明了多項非鐵冶煉污染控制和回收技術，如含砷多金屬材料的清潔冶金、冶煉廢酸的回收、重金屬廢水的純化與再利用等。這些成就已實現大規模推廣和應用，促進了非鐵行業的產業轉型、升級和綠色發展。他獲得了2項國家技術發明獎的二等獎、1項國家科技進步獎的二等獎、8項省部級科技獎的一等獎，以及何梁何利工業創新獎。
楊志輝博士於2006年在挪威生命科學大學獲得植物與環境科學博士學位，並在湖南農業大學獲得作物種植與栽培博士學位。她是中國沙漠化防治學會及沙漠化產業的沙漠礦業生態修復委員會副主任，並自2009年起擔任中南大學冶金與環境學院的教授。她一直從事重金屬污染土壤的修復研究。她曾獲得國家科技進步獎的二等獎及兩項省部級自然科學/科技進步獎的一等獎。
趙飛平博士是中南大學冶金與環境學院的副教授（博士生導師）及中國國家重金屬污染控制與治理工程研究中心的青年學者。他在芬蘭LUT大學獲得博士學位。趙博士曾擔任《環境化學前沿》的副編輯及《稀有金屬》（JCR 1）和《中國有色金屬學報》（JCR 1）的青年編輯委員會成員。自2022年以來，他獲得了湖南省優秀青年基金。他的研究專注於環境修復和非鐵資源的綜合利用，工作範圍包括環境功能吸附材料、環境光/電催化材料及先進氧化技術。
廖琦博士於2002年、2005年和2012年分別在中國天津南開大學獲得生物化學與分子生物學的學士、碩士和博士學位。自2012年以來，他在中南大學冶金與環境學院工作，並成為副教授及導師。
