Guixia Fan is the Director of the National Key Laboratory of Intelligent Mining Heavy Equipment, a Henan Provincial Outstanding Young Talent, a Henan Provincial Young Backbone Teacher, and a Distinguished Professor at Zhengzhou University. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Mineral Processing Engineering in 2010 and her Ph.D. in Mineral Processing Engineering in 2015, both from China University of Mining and Technology. Her research areas include mineral resource separation reagents and process intensification, surface and interface separation technologies, solid waste resource utilization and comprehensive utilization, and the preparation and application of high-purity materials.