Dr. Aijuan Zhou is currently a Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering at the Taiyuan University of Technology (TYUT). She received her MSc (2010) and BSc (2007) degrees from the Harbin Engineering University and her PhD (2014) degree (all in Environmental Science and Engineering) from Harbin Institute of Technology. She conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Hong Kong in 2018. Her research activity deals with environmental biotechnology, e.g., bioelectrochemistry, fermentation, biorefinery technologies, and eco-engineering of microbial consortia for the conversion of wastewater/waste into bio-energy and green chemicals. She has contributed more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles, 1 book, and 2 book chapters. She has been awarded the Natural Science Foundation of Youth Fund of Shanxi Province in 2021, First Prize for the Scientific and Technological Cooperation Award (2020), Second Prize for the Natural Science Award (2021) in Shanxi Province, Outstanding Researcher for the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and the Outstanding Young Talents Award in Shanxi Province in 2019, among others.