Prof. Dr. Chundong Zhang received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemical engineering from Nanjing Tech University in 2008 and 2011, respectively. Later, he joined SINOPEC Nanjing Engineering Incorporation as a process engineer, during which he was mainly engaged in the chemical process design of sulfur recovery units. In 2013, he went to the Korea University of Science and Technology to pursue a doctoral degree and won the 2016 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad. His main research direction is the effective utilization of C1 gas in the natural gas-to-liquid process (GTL). After graduating with a doctorate in 2016, he worked as a postdoctoral senior researcher at the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology. In 2017, he was honored with foreign senior talent in cutting-edge technology in the Republic of Korea and mainly engaged in research on the catalytic conversion of C1 gas. He returned to China in November 2019 and joined the College of Chemical Engineering at Nanjing Tech University as a full-time professor. Currently, he is mainly engaged in the following research: (1) efficient utilization of carbon resources; (2) chemical process simulation and techno-econo-environmental analysis; (3) synthesis of hierarchical zeolites and acid catalysis; and (4) vapor-liquid equilibrium of complex and specifical systems.