Xuanhui Qu is a professor of the Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology at the University of Science and Technology Beijing. He earned his Ph.D. from the Central South University. He is also an executive director of the China Materials Research Society and chairman of the China Metal Society Powder Metallurgy Branch. He is the editor of Powder Metallurgy Technology and the deputy editor of Powder Metallurgy Industry. He is also the editor of more than ten magazines, including SciPowder Metall, Acta Metall Sinica, Rare Metals and Frontiers of Mater. He has won one first prize and one second prize for national teaching achievements, eight first prizes and ten second prizes for provincial and ministerial-level scientific and technological achievement awards. He has also won the "China Youth Science and Technology Award", the "National Excellent Science and Technology Workers" award, the "Beijing Excellent Teacher" award, the "Baosteel Excellent Teacher Award", and other honours.