Chengyu Chen is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, South China Agricultural University. He is mainly engaged in research on the sustainable environmental behaviour, pollution remediation and sustainability of built environment within urban space. He has presided over 10 research projects including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, NJWRRI Fund and Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation. Since 2017, he has published 46 papers, including 27 papers as (co-)first or corresponding author, 12 papers in Zone I and 7 papers in Zone II of CAS, and many papers in Environmental Science & Technology (2), Water Research (5), Chemical Engineering Journal (2 articles), Journal of Hazardous Materials, Environment International and other authoritative academic journals. He has been awarded the National Fund for Public Doctoral Study in China, the John J. Lagrosa Award of New Jersey, and the Summa Cum Laude Award of Rutgers University. He has served on the youth editorial boards of Biochar, Carbon Research and the Journal of Ecology and Environment, the special issue editorial board of Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry, and the editorial boards of Eco-Environment & Health and Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, and has served as a reviewer for more than ten journals.