Dr. Yongsheng Chen is the Bonnie W. and Charles W. Moorman IV Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Director of Nutrients Energy Water Center for Agriculture Technology. Professor Chen joined the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2009. Professor Chen’s research interests include environmental nanotechnology, membrane technology for sustainable energy and nutrient recovery, the food–energy–water nexus, machine learning-aided inverse design and discovery of sustainable membrane material, system integration, and process optimization. He has served as PI/co-PI on sponsored research projects totaling more than $43M, of which $20M has been or is being spent in his laboratory. He has published more than 200 research articles. He has received numerous accolades, including the CAPEES/Nanova Lifetime Achievement Award, the American Chemical Society Editor’s Award, the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Sustained Research Award and Multidisciplinary Research Award, Sigma Xi Best Ph.D. Student Dissertation Advisor Award and AEESP Outstanding Ph.D. Student Advisor Award. Many national and international news agencies, including Forbes, Chemical & Engineering News, the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the Water Environment Federation have recognized his work.