Dr. Yaoyu Zhou is a Full Professor in the College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University (the youngest professor ever), Changsha, Hunan province, China. Prof. Zhou is the academic leader of Resources and the Environment Department in the College of Resources and Environment Hunan Agricultural University. Prof. Zhou's academic background covers waste management and decontamination of aqueous effluents. Prof. Zhou also has experience in fundamental soil science and remediation of various contaminants in soils and Fate of C and N in soil systems. Prof. Zhou enters Stanford’s list of Top 2% Scientists in the World (2020-2021). Together with graduate students and colleagues, Prof. Zhou has published over 220 academic papers, 23 of which were ranked as ESI top papers (22 nominated as "Highly Cited Papers" and 9 nominated as "Hot Paper"). After being supporting by Hong Kong Scholar Program, Prof. Zhou worked in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 2018 to 2020. He also holds some international positions: Member of Editorial Board of Journal of Hazardous Materials, Environmental Technology, Carbon Research and Biochar; Associate Editor of Spanish Journal of Soil Science; Guest Editor of Environmental Research (JCR Q1, Soil Science and Environmental Research); Guest Editor of Journal of Environmental Management (JCR Q1, New Research on Soil Degradation and Restoration); Guest Editor of Science of the Total Environment (JCR Q1, Antibiotics and Heavy Metal).