Prof. Guiying Li received her bachelor's and master's degrees from Nanjing Agricultural University and Northwest Normal University, China, respectively, and her PhD degree in environmental science from Griffith University, Australia. She is now a full professor in the Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control as well as the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology. Her academic background covers both environmental and microbiology science. Her research interest mainly focuses on the development of photocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis-based bactericidal methods; the application mechanism of photocatalytic bactericidal decomposition; and the biodegradation of organic pollutants in liquid and gaseous phases using isolated bacterial strains. She has published more than 300 SCI papers in reputable journals, such as Water Res., Appl. Catal. B, ES&T and J. Catal. She is the holder of 70 issued patents both from China and the USA, and the second award winner of the Natural Science Prize from the Ministry of Education (MOE), China. Now, she also serves on the editorial board of the Research Journal of Biotechnology.