Prof. Jun Yao of China University of Geosciences (Beijing) is a recipient of the National Outstanding Youth Fund, Chief Scientist of National Key R&D Projects, and a 2023 Fellow of the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences. She has led and completed over 20 national-level projects, including National Key R&D Projects, key programs of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and international cooperation initiatives. She has supervised more than 100 postgraduates (5 from Africa), holds over 20 invention patents (7 for African applications), and has published over 250 SCI papers (with an H-index of 49 on Google Scholar) as well as more than 10 monographs and co-authored works. Her achievements have earned her over 10 awards, including international honors and national/provincial/industrial scientific and technological progress prizes. Prof. Yao's research on "key technologies and applications for source pollution control and ecological restoration in non-ferrous metal mining and metallurgy" has been widely implemented at over 60 demonstration sites in China and mining/metallurgy sites in 10 countries. It has been recognized by an EU expert group and domestic specialists as "internationally leading." Personal website of Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&user=J1d6ouwAAAAJ
