Prof. Guining Lu received his Bachelor's, Master’s, and Doctoral degrees from South China University of Technology in 2003, 2005, and 2008, respectively. He was a visiting scholar at Rutgers University from 2007 to 2008. He is a researcher at the School of Environment and Energy of South China University of Technology and director of the Institute of Soil Pollution Control and Remediation. He is an editorial board member of Environmental and Sustainability Indicators and Processes, an associate editor of Frontiers in Microbiology, and an editor of Eco-Environment & Health. His research interests include structure–activity relationships of environmental behavior and environmental activity of organic pollutants; ecological restoration of water/soil polluted by heavy metals and organic matter; coordinated control and restoration technology of electronic waste pollution; and pollution control of rural and agricultural environments.