**About the Editor**

#### **Wenbin Liu**

Prof. Dr. Wenbin Liu. After graduating from the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2005, Dr. Liu worked in the same institute, first as an assistant professor, and then as an associate professor and professor. In 2022, he transferred to the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) and now serves as a professor and Vice Dean of College of Resources and Environment, UCAS. His research focuses on environment policy, environmental processes and control technology regarding persistent organic pollutants (POPs). He has published more than 110 SCI papers and has won a series of awards, including the Second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award and Outstanding Science and Technology Achievement Prize, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
