Yihua Xiao holds a Ph.D. from Tongji University and is currently a Full Professor at the School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology. Prior to joining Qingdao University of Technology in 2020, Yihua Xiao was a postdoc at the University of Helsinki (Finland) (2011–2014), a visiting scholar at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (2017–2018), and a research fellow (PI) at the University of Jyväskylä (Finland) (2015–2019). Yihua Xiao also serves as a member of the Finnish Society of Environmental Sciences, the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), the International Society of Limnology (SIL), and the International Society for Environmental Biogeochemistry (ISEB). Yihua Xiao’s main research areas are focused on the environmental behavior of dissolved organic matter; ecological risks of environmental pollutants; bio-Fenton wastewater treatment; and remote sensing.