Sikai Zhao entered Northeastern University to study for a Doctorate in Mineral Processing Engineering in 2017. From December 2019 to December 2020, he conducted joint doctoral training at the University of California, Berkeley. In January 2022, he received a Doctorate in Mineral Processing Engineering from Northeastern University and stayed at the school to teach in the same year. His main research direction is the safe and efficient utilization of mineral materials and mineral resources. He hosted one basic research funding project for central universities and participated in high-level scientific research projects such as the National Key R&D Program, the National Natural Science Foundation—Outstanding Youth Science Fund, the National Science Foundation (NSF), and TDK InvenSense. He served as the editor of the SCI journal Frontiers Review Editor in Materials—Ceramics and Glass, Sensors and Actuators B, and as a reviewer for SCI journals such as Chemical, Journal of Materials Science, and Membranes. He won the first prize in the Liaoning Province Natural Academic Achievement Award, the Shenyang Natural first prize in the Academic Achievement Award, the third prize in the Shenyang Natural Academic Achievement Award, and other awards.