Le Zhang, Ph.D. and Postdoctoral Researcher from the National University of Singapore, is currently an Associate Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, and Group Leader at the Biomass Energy Engineering Research Center, Department of Resources and Environment, School of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is selected as part of the Shanghai Overseas High-Level Talent Program. His research focuses on biomass energy, waste resource utilization, and environmental biotechnology, particularly on novel anaerobic digestion technologies for organic wastes and theoretical aspects of oil-producing microbial fermentation. He has led national and provincial projects including the National Natural Science Foundation, Ministry of Science and Technology International Cooperation Program. He has co-authored two English monographs, published over 80 academic papers, and holds more than 10 patents (pending or granted) in China and abroad. His work has been cited over 4,000 times with an h-index of 37. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Sustainable Mining. He has served as an organizing committee member for multiple international conferences and reviewed manuscripts for over 30 international journals. He has received the International Young Waste Researcher Award, the International Society for Bioprocesses Young Scientist Award, the China Biogas Society Outstanding Academic Paper Award. He is also listed in the "Top 2% Most Influential Scientists" global ranking.