Zuoyi Liu earned his B.Sc in Environmental Science from Northeast Normal University and the University of Wolverhampton in the UK in 2010. He then obtained his M.Sc in Environmental Monitoring and Management from Royal Holloway, University of London, in 2012. In 2025, he completed his Ph.D in Environmental Sustainable Economy at the University of Rome Tre. Since 2012, he has been affiliated with the South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment. His research primarily focuses on green and low-carbon development policies, systems, standard frameworks, and key technologies.

Bo Hu received his B.Sc. in Environmental Engineering (2015) and M.Sc. in Environmental Chemistry (2018) from Jilin Normal University and his Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering (2024) from Jiangsu University. Currently, he serves as a Lecturer at the College of Chemistry, Baicheng Normal University (since 2024). His research focuses on molecularly imprinted polymers. He has published over 30 peer-reviewed papers.

Minjia Meng is an associate Professor at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University in China. Meng received her Ph.D. in 2014 from Jiangsu University. Her current research focuses on the functional membrane material in the application in separation and catalysis. Relevant findings from this research direction have been published in leading international academic journals, including Nano Energy, J.Membrane Sci., J. Mater. Chem. A, Chem. Eng. J., Inorg. Chem., J. Hazard.Mater., and Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.