Guoying Zhou is a professor of medicinal plant resources, restoration ecology, and plant ecology at the Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy Science. He received a BS degree in Agriculture from the Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University, Xianyang, China, in 1998, and an MS degree and PhD degree in Ecology from the Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy Science, Xining, China, in 2004 and 2010, respectively. His research interests include: (1) Sustainable utilization and cultivation of the characteristic bio-resources. Geoherbalism medicinal material resources in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau were selected as the research object, and he mainly engaged in medicinal plant resources, seedling breeding, cultivation techniques, SOP regulations, and the mechanism of formation of geoherbalism. (2) Restoration of a degraded ecosystem, recovery techniques, and the mechanism of a succession process for a typical degraded alpine grassland ecosystem in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, discussed from the aspects of species selection and colocation, soil improvement, cultural practices, and technical management.