Jiao Qu is a Professor and Vice Director at the School of Environment, Northeast Normal University. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Chemistry at Jilin University in 1999, and earned his Master’s degree and Ph.D. in Environmental Science at Northeast Normal University in 2007 and 2011, respectively. He served as a lecturer and associate professor at Bohai University (1999–2015) and he joined the Northeast Normal University as a professor in 2015. He won second prize in the Jilin Provincial Natural Science Award in 2020 and was honored as “Expert with Outstanding Contributions in Jilin Province” in 2022.