Huang Zaixing, male, bioengineering professor, PhD, doctoral supervisor; postgraduate studies: Biochemical Engineering, Bioengineering. D., University of Wyoming (Civil (Environmental) Engineering); M.S., Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden (Environmental Science and Engineering); B.S., Harbin Institute of Technology (Biotechnology). Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Geochemical Society, American Society for Microbiology (ASM), American Water Environment Federation (WEF), American Water Works Association (AWWA). He is a visiting professor at the University of Wyoming, USA, and chief scientist at ENWYO. His research interests include coal bed natural gas (biogenic), low carbon renewable natural gas (carbon sequestration/negative carbon emissions), environmental microbiology, environmental remediation, extraction and separation of unconventional rare earth metals, and treatment of petroleum-produced water. He has led the Phase I programme of the Hanoi Basin Coalbed Methane Conversion Field Demonstration Project in Vietnam and has participated in a number of research projects funded by the US Department of Energy, the Natural Science Foundation, the Geological Survey, and the State of Wyoming, among others. He is currently participating in the Powder River Basin Low Carbon Renewable Natural Gas Field Demonstration Project in the United States.