Dr. Yongqiang Cao received his doctoral degree in an environmental field and is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor at the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Institute for the Development of Ecological Civilization, Tianjin Normal University, as well as an adjunct professor at the School of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University. He has led multiple national and regional research projects, including five funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He received several honors, such as the Dalian Water Science and Technology Award and the third prize of the Dalian Science and Technology Progress Award. His research topics primarily include water-energy-food nexus modeling, disaster assessment and risk zoning, regulation of water and soil carbon systems, and optimal resource allocation and environmental governance.