Prof. Dr. Jianli Jia has been teaching at the School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing) since 2005. She obtained a bachelor's degree in engineering from China University of Mining and Technology in 1998, majoring in chemical engineering and technology; a master's degree in engineering from China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), majoring in chemical technology in 2001; and a PhD in Engineering from Tsinghua University, majoring in Environmental Science and Engineering in 2005. She was once a visiting scholar at Pennsylvania State University, USA, from 2011 to 2012. The main research directions include: (1) contaminated soil remediation and environmental management; (2) environmental risk assessment and control of contaminated soil remediation; (3) ecotoxicity assessment of contaminated soil; and (4) environmental microbiology and molecular ecology.