Prof./Dr. Mei-Lin Wu has presided over three National Natural Science Foundation of China projects and nine scientific research projects regarding global change and ocean–atmosphere interaction, Indian Ocean scientific expedition, and marine chemistry content. At present, he mainly focuses on the evolution of the ecological environment of the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area by human activities and natural changes, especially the interaction between the offshore marine environment and microorganisms and mangrove biological ecology, and has achieved important innovative results. He has published more than 60 papers in journals such as Scientific Reports, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Journal of Marine Systems, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Journal of Environmental Management, etc. The research results have been selected as a highlight paper of "Nature China" and gained him a nomination for the 2011 International Eni Award. He has won first prize in the Guangzhou Science and Technology Progress Award. He has also been invited to serve as editorial board member of journals such as the Open Journal of Oceanography and the American Journal of Biological and Environmental Statistics.