Prof. Dr. Qiang Yue holds a bachelor’s degree in thermal engineering and management engineering (second degree), a master’s degree in thermal engineering, and a doctorate in thermal engineering (industrial ecology) from Northeastern University. He was a lecturer and associate professor at the National Key Laboratory of Ecological Industry of Environmental Protection at Northeastern University, a postdoctoral fellow at the Metallurgical Engineering Postdoctoral Station of Northeastern University, and a visiting scholar at the Sustainable Industrial Systems Research Group of the University of Manchester, UK. He is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor at the National Key Laboratory of Ecological Industry of Environmental Protection at Northeastern University. His main research directions are industrial ecology, theory and technology of energy conservation and emission reduction in process industries, and energy system optimization. As the project leader, he has undertaken research on more than 20 national, provincial, ministerial, and horizontal scientific research projects. He has published more than 100 articles, including more than 70 included in SCI/SSCI, EI, and CSSCI, and edited or co-edited eight books.