Jie Li is a Professor at the School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, China. He is a Distinguished Professor of the Ministry of Education’s “Yangtze River Scholars Award Program”, selected for the National “Ten Million Talents Project”, and a recipient of the State Council's special governmental allowances. He is also the vice president of the Metallurgical Education Society of China (MESC), and the National Engineering Research Center for Low Carbon Nonferrous Metallurgy (NERC) director. He has long been engaged in the training of talents, scientific research, and application of achievements in the fields of intelligent and digital metallurgy (aluminum metallurgy), new energy and energy storage engineering (new energy materials and devices), etc. He has presided over more than 30 national research projects. He has presided over more than 30 national scientific research projects. He has published over 600 academic papers and authorized more than 360 national invention patents. He has been awarded three national scientific and technological progress awards and seven first-class provincial and ministerial scientific and technological progress awards.