Dr. Mei Hong obtained her PhD from the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2007. Her primary research focuses on aquatic ecology monitoring and restoration, algal biotechnology, and environmental protection including the application of algal wastewater treatment. She has led various projects funded by the Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory, provincial key laboratory, as well as participated in over 10 national programs such as the National Natural Science Foundation and youth projects . Additionally, she holds two authorized patents and has published more than 10 a Dr. Wensheng Qin obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Zhejiang University in China. He earned his PhD degree from Queen's University in Canada. He further received his postdoctoral training at Stanford University in the USA. Apart from these studies, Dr. Qin worked in several other institutions, including the University of Waterloo and the University of Toronto in Canada, the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico, and Kansas State University and Yale University in the USA. He holds expertise in biomass conversion, microbial engineering and fermentation, and molecular biology and biochemistry. He currently serves on the editorial boards of 13 scientific journals. Dr. Qin has published over 230 peer-reviewed papers and 12 book chapters. He is now a professor at Lakehead University in Canada. For more information about his research, please click https://wqin.lakeheadu.ca.