Prof. Dr. Shiyuan Zhan is a researcher at the College of Energy, Chengdu University of Technology. He obtained his PhD from China University of Petroleum between 2014 and 2021. Subsequently, he carried out his visiting scholar research at the University of Alberta from 2018 to 2020. He is a young‑generation editorial board member for Advances in Geo Energy Research, Petroleum, and Coal Journal and works as a reviewer for more than 20 journals, including Petroleum Exploration and Development, Petroleum Journal, Computational Physics, and Natural Gas Industry. His research interests include CO₂ geological storage and resource utilization, unconventional oil‑gas seepage theory and development, micro‑scale fluid occurrence and migration mechanisms, and the development and utilization of geothermal resources.