Su Zijia is an associate professor and master tutor, obtaining a master's degree and doctorate degree in mining engineering from Central South University in 2014 and 2017, respectively. His research interests include iron ore agglomeration and direct reduction, efficient and clean utilization of complex and refractory resources, tin extraction metallurgy, comprehensive utilization of tin-containing secondary resources, and preparation and characterization of tin-containing functional materials. In the past five years, he has published more than 30 SCI papers as the first/corresponding author; and has authorized more than 30 national invention patents. He presided over 6 projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, the Scientific Research Start-up Fund of Central South University, and the school/enterprise cooperation project. He has won the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation of Hunan Province, the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation of Central South University, the 12th Furong Student • Academic Innovation Award of Hunan Province, and the First Prize of Scientific and Technological Papers of the Chinese Society for Nonferrous Metals. He served as editorial board member of Journal of Central South University (Natural Science Edition), Journal of Iron and Steel Research (Chinese and English Edition), Journal of China University of Mining and Technology (Chinese and English Edition), etc.