Prof. Keji Wan is a Ph.D. in mineral processing engineering, a master’s tutor, an outstanding young backbone teacher at China University of Mining and Technology, and a doctorate jointly trained by the University of Albert in Canada. He is currently engaged in research on the enrichment and extraction of strategic metals from coal measures and the resource utilization of solid waste from coal measures. He has successively presided over scientific research projects such as sub-projects of the National Key R&D Program, the National Natural Science Foundation, the Inter-Governmental International Innovation Cooperation Project of the National Key R&D Program, the Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Foundation, and the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities. He has published more than 20 SCI papers as the first author or corresponding author in academic journals such as “Journal of Cleaner Production”, “Langmuir”, and “Separation and Purification Technology”.