Dr. Zhong Linglin holds a Ph.D. in Geology from Nanjing University. He is an associate professor (research) in the College of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Chengdu University of Technology. He currently serves as a core member of the Key Laboratory of Mathematical Geology of Sichuan Province. He is also a member of the Geological Society of China and the Chinese Society of Rare Earths. Dr. Zhong specializes in structural geology, tectonics, igneous petrology, and metallogeny. His featured studies are primarily located in the Chinese Tianshan range and the Tibetan Plateau. He has published over 20 SCI/Ei-indexed journal articles, including in Tectonics, Tectonophysics, Ore Geology Reviews, GSAB, Gondwana Research, and the Journal of Structural Geology. To date, his work has garnered over 800 citations, and he has an h-index of 16. As the primary inventor, he holds three Chinese patents and one U.S. patent (two of which are already granted). Additionally, he has one collaborative patent and one software copyright pending. He currently leads several projects, including an NSFC Youth Program and a sub-project of the National Science and Technology Key Project.