Dr. Shenxu Bao is a Professor and doctoral supervisor, national high-level talent (distinguished professor), a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), a young and middle-aged expert with outstanding contributions in Hubei Province, young top talent (first-level) of Wuhan University of Technology, currently the Dean of the School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, deputy director of the Key Laboratory of Green Utilization of Key Non-metallic Mineral Resources of the Ministry of Education, and director of the Key Laboratory of Development and Application of Key Mineral Materials in China's Non-metallic Mineral Industry. From 1998 to 2004, he studied the Mineral Processing Engineering major at Wuhan University of Technology and obtained a bachelor's and master's degree. In January 2008, he graduated from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences and obtained a doctorate in science. From January 2016 to January 2017, he was a visiting scholar at the University of Queensland, Australia. He is mainly engaged in developing and utilizing difficult-to-treat mineral (secondary) resources, solid waste disposal and resource utilization, ion separation and enrichment, etc. He serves as an editorial board member of journals. He is also the executive director of the China Non-Metallic Mineral Industry Association, an industrial development consultant for the People's Government of Jiang'an District, Wuhan, etc.