Yulei Xie, Doctor of Engineering from North China Electric Power University, is an A+ Distinguished Professor and Master’s Supervisor at the Institute of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology. His educational background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology (2004–2008), a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from North China Electric Power University (2008–2011), and a Doctor’s degree in Energy and Environmental Engineering from the same university (2011–2015). With extensive work experience, he served as a Lecturer at the School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing (2015–2020), and as a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities, University of Regina, Canada (2018–2019). Since June 2020, he has been working at the Institute of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology. His main research interests cover comprehensive basin management and regulation, regional ecological and environmental system simulation and planning, and energy and environmental system analysis and uncertainty optimization, as well as hydrology and water resources, ecological and environmental system simulation, and multi-scale energy and environmental system planning.