Zhongzhi Chen received his Doctor of Science degree in Environmental Science from Nankai University in 2010. He was a Visiting Ph.D. Student at the University of Montreal from 2008 to 2010 and subsequently served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institut national de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) from 2010 to 2014. He later worked as a Project Manager at H2O Innovation from 2014 to 2019. Since 2019, he has been a Researcher with the Environmental Services Division of InnoTech Alberta, Canada. Dr. Chen's research interests focus on ecotoxicology, environmental toxicology and chemistry, aquatic mesocosms, environmental risk assessment, environmental contaminants, aquatic ecosystem health, oil sands environmental impacts, environmental engineering, biotechnology, and water and wastewater treatment technologies. He has authored more than 30 peer-reviewed publications and has led or contributed to numerous industry- and government-funded environmental research projects.