Jinyang Xu, PHD, FIAAM, MSCS, is currently a Full Professor at the Faculty of Intelligence Technology in Shanghai Institute of Technology (SIT), China. He was ranked as the “Highly Cited Chinese Researchers” by Elsevier (2024-2025) and was listed as the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University for four consecutive years (2021-2024). He received his Ph.D. (2016) in Mechanical Engineering from Arts et Métiers ParisTech, France. His research interests concern composites machining, numerical modeling, micro cutting and surface texturing. He has published over 160 peer-reviewed articles and edited 11 special issues in refereed international journals and conference proceedings. He has delivered more than 20 keynote lectures at various international conferences. He now serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Coating Science and Technology (JCST), International Journal of Precision Technology (IJPTECH), and International Journal of Product Sound Quality (IJPSQ). He is an Associate Editor of Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng. Pt. E: J. Process. Mech. Eng. (SCIE/EI), Frontiers in Materials (SCIE/EI), and Int. J. Manuf. Mater. & Mech. Eng. (ESCI/SCOPUS). Presently, he is an Editorial Board Member of 7 SCI journals, including Green Materials, Journal of Superhard Materials, Coatings, Lubricants, etc. He is the Conference Chair of the 2nd and 3rd International Conference on New Materials, Machinery and Vehicle Engineering (NMMVE2023/2024).