Prof. Dr. Gaoke Zhang is currently the chief professor of environmental science at the School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, and the director of the Hubei Key Laboratory of Mineral Resource Processing and Environment. He has visited the Institute of Materials, Pennsylvania State University, as a visiting professor. He is also a candidate for the New Century Excellent Talent Program of the Ministry of Education, a candidate for the Wuhan Academic Leader Program, an excellent postgraduate tutor in Hubei Province, and an excellent tutor for outstanding postgraduates at Wuhan University of Technology. He has won the top ten moral models of Wuhan University of Technology. In addition, Prof. Dr. Gaoke Zhang is also a Clarivate Analytics Global Highly Cited Scientist in 2022 and 2023 and an Elsevier Highly Cited Scholar in 2021 and 2022. He has been responsible for many national, provincial, ministerial, and corporate cooperation projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation, the National Key Basic Research and Development Program (973), and the National Science and Technology Support Program. He has presided over nearly 30 corporate and institutional commissioned R&D projects and large-scale engineering designs, which have achieved good economic and social benefits. He has won many provincial and ministerial science and technology awards, including the first and second prizes.