Prof. Dr. Xiuhua Zheng is a Professor at the School of Engineering and Technology, Department of Exploration Technology and Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Beijing). She earned, in Prospecting Engineering from Former Changchun Geological College (now Jilin University), a BSc in 1987, and an MSc in 1990. She completed her PhD studies at the College of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing). In 2011, she attended the first Geothermal Training Program of the American Geothermal Academy at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA. She went to the Department of Applied Geology, Technical University of Berlin, Germany, as a visiting scholar, from 2002 to 2003. Her research topics mainly include self-degradable temporary sealing material, geothermal wells, polylactic acid, rheological properties, and self-degradation.