Dr. Yong Wang is currently an associate professor of mining engineering at the University of Science and Technology Beijing. He is a member of the All-China Environment Federation, the youth member of the Chinese Society of Rheology, the youth editorial committee member of the International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy, and Materials, the youth associate editor of Mining Technology, the editorial member of Gold, and the member of the academic committee of youth experts of the Metal Mine. Dr. Wang received his B.S., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Science and Technology Beijing. Dr. Wang was a visiting scholar at the University of Ottawa, Canada, and also works as a postdoctoral researcher at the same institute. Dr. Wang has been engaged in the study of cemented paste backfill for metal mines for 12 years. Dr. Wang has presided over 20 projects, including the National Key R&D Program of China and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (2 projects).Dr. Wang has published more than 50 SCI and EI indexed papers, applied for 45 patents (28 authorized), and published two national standards (all ranked second) and one group standard (ranked third). His prolific research was well recognized by receiving 3 provincial ministerial special awards (ranked 1st in one award), 4 provincial first prizes (ranked 2nd in both awards), the winner of the Outstanding Youth of All-China Environment Federation (8 people nationwide), the Excellent Youth in the National Mining and Petroleum Safety Field (12 people nationwide), and the winner of the Youth Science and Technology Award for Green Mines. Dr. Suping Peng is a professor at the China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing and an expert in coal geology and coal mine engineering. Dr. Peng is a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a Changjiang scholar of the Ministry of Education, and the director of the State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining. He has long been engaged in the research of physical prospecting technology in mine geology and has made outstanding achievements in the research and engineering application of fine geological structure of coal mine and mine disaster source detection technology and equipment. In recent years, he has actively explored and made important progress in green mining technology and coal efficient conversion technology in coal mines. His outstanding research results in 1 National Technical Invention Second Prize, 3 National Science and Technology Progress Second Prize, 1 Provincial and Ministerial Science and Technology Progress Special Prize, 5 First Prize and 4 Second Prize, and 1 Military Science and Technology Progress Second Prize. He received 11 national invention patents and 4 software copyrights. He has published 5 monographs and more than 100 papers. He is also the recipient of the Sun Yuezaki Energy Award, China Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award, and National Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Supervisor.Liang Wang is the secretary-general of ZHONGGUANCUN Green Mine Industry Alliance, national registered examiner, senior engineer, deputy director of Resource Economics and Planning Professional Committee of China Society of Geology and Mineral Economics, vice president of Inner Mongolia Geological Environment and Land Space Ecological Restoration Society, visiting researcher of State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, visiting researcher of the State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining, distinguished professor of the 111 Talent Introduction Program of the Ministry of Education of the China University of Geosciences-Beijing, off-campus tutor for postgraduate students of China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing, Central South University, and Beijing Institute of Technology, and deputy director of the Green Mine Science and Technology Award Office. He is one of the main drafters of the green mine industry-standard framework, one of the drafters of "Smart Mine Construction Specifications," one of the drafters of green mine evaluation indicators, and one of the editors of the “Green Mines Series.”
