Donghai Xu is a full professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. He received his Ph.D. Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics from Xi’an Jiaotong University (2011) and completed his Post-Doctorate at the School of Nuclear Science and Technology (2016). He ever studied at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI, USA) as a Visiting Scholar (2013–2014). He has 57 China invention patents and two USA patents. His research fields include biomass energy, hydrogen energy, hydrothermal treatment, supercritical water technology, and alloy corrosion, etc. He has awards such as the Gold Award in Technology Workers Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition in Shaanxi Province, the Gold Award in the 8th International Exhibition of Inventions, the Excellent Doctoral Thesis of Shaanxi Province, China Patent Excellence Award, Global Best Innovation 100 Excellent Prize (Team Award), First prize of science and technology in Shaanxi Universities, and Young Talent Support Plan of Xi’an Jiaotong University.