Dr. Bo Xu is an Associate Professor at the College of Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture, and Forestry University. He graduated from Shenyang Jianzhu University with a bachelor’s degree in ecology in 2005. He obtained his master’s degree in botany in 2008 from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University. In 2014, he received a Ph.D. in environmental science from the Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences. In August 2014, he joined the College of Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture, and Forestry University. His research topics mainly include (1) heavy metal pollution and prevention of farmland soil and (2) physiological ecology of plants under heavy metal stress.