Prof. Dr. Chengji Deng obtained a doctoral degree in metallurgical physical chemistry from Beijing University of Science and Technology from 1996 to 1999 and served as a postdoctoral researcher and associate researcher at Wuhan University of Technology from 1999 to 2001. He has won one second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award in 2008 and one first prize of the Hubei Province Science and Technology Progress Award in 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2015, totaling four awards. He is the deputy director of the State Key Laboratory of Refractory Materials and Metallurgy, jointly built by the Wuhan University of Science and Technology. From September 2011 to present, he has been the Executive Director of the Ceramic Branch of the Chinese Silicate Society, Vice Chairman of the Industrial Ceramics Professional Committee, Member of the Editorial Committee of the Journal of Ceramics, and Reviewer of Functional Materials.