Prof. Shaohua Ju is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Metallurgy and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology. He graduated from Northeastern University in 1997, majoring in nonferrous metallurgy; worked at the Northwest Lead–Zinc Smelter of Gansu Baiyin Nonferrous Metals Group Corporation from 1997 to 2001. He studied for master's and doctor's degrees at Central South University from 2001 to 2006. He was the vice president of the Nickel–Cobalt Research and Design Institute of Ren Jinchuan Group Co., Ltd. from 2006 to 2009. From 2009 to 2011, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Process Engineering, China Academy of Sciences. He is mainly engaged in hydrometallurgy, microwave energy, and microfluid technology applications. In 2018, he was selected as a leading talent in industrial technology under the Yunnan Xingdian Talent Support Program. He is currently the Vice Chairman of the Precious Metals Branch of the Nonferrous Metals Society and an expert in the Nonferrous Metals Industry Alliance.