Mingxing Shi received his Ph.D. degree in 2024 at Nanjing University of Science and Technology, and is currently an associate professor in School of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University. His current research focuses on the synthesis of nanomaterials for different applications in desalination and water resource utilization. He has published over 30 SCI-cited papers with more than 1000 citations (h-index of 18).