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Dr. Xiao-Chun Li is currently a researcher and doctoral supervisor at the State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Before that, he was an associate researcher at this institute from 2020 to 2023. He received a PhD at The University of Hong Kong from 2012 to 2016. After obtaining his Ph.D., he conducted Postdoctoral research from 2017 to 2019. In addition, he is a Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Geochemistry, an Editorial Board Member of Mineral Geology and Earth Science, and a member of the Youth Working Committee of the Chinese Society of Mineral, Rock and Geochemistry. He has won the “Grand Prize” of the China Rare Earth Association for basic research, the “Graduate Excellent Course Award” of the Chinese Academy of Sciences at the university level, the “Young Scientific and Technological Talents” of the Ministry of Natural Resources in the direction of geological prospecting, and the National Youth Talent Project (overseas). At present, his research mainly focuses on the origin of carbonate rocks and the magma hydrothermal evolution law, as well as the abnormal enrichment mechanism of key metals (rare earths, niobium, etc.).

Prof. Xian-Hua Li is currently a research professor at the State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric and Environmental Coevolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received a PhD at the Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences from 1985 to 1988. He has won awards such as Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Geological Society of America, Huang Jiqing Youth Geological Science and Technology Award of the Geological Society of China, Ding Ying Science and Technology Award of Guangdong Province, and Top Ten Outstanding Youth of Guangdong Province. He is responsible for scientific research projects such as the transformative new techniques for in situ microanalysis of mineral deposits, genesis and resource potential of main REE deposits in China, and spatiotemporal evolution and resources of the world-class REE-Nb deposit at Bayan Obo.