Yanan Zhao received the B.S. degree in Human Geography & Urban-Rural Planning from Ningxia University, Yinchuan, China, in 2017 and the M.S. degree in Prataculture from Ningxia University, Yinchuan, China, in 2019. He received Ph.D degree in Grassland Science in December 2022 from the College of Forestry and Prataculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, China. Currently, he is working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His main research interests include grassland ecology and energy sustainability.