Prof. Xing Ding is an associate researcher at the State Key Laboratory of Isotope Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He obtained a master’s degree in mineralogy, petrology, and mineral deposits from the Department of Earth Sciences of Nanjing University and a Ph.D. degree in geochemistry (jointly trained by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). He was the PI to build and develop a hydrothermal laboratory, and his current research work mainly focuses on natural geological samples and high-temperature and high-pressure experimental samples to study the mobility of elements and isotope fractionation mechanisms, thereby exploring key scientific issues in rock formation and mineralization.