Editor-in-Chief

Yong Geng is Chair Professor of Circular Economy and Industrial Ecology and Dean of the China-UK Low Carbon College at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is also a member of the European Academy of Sciences. His main research field covers industrial ecology, environmental management, climate change, carbon emission accounting, and sustainable development.

He has published over 390 peer-reviewed papers in international journals such as Science, Nature, Nature Climate Change, Nature Communications, Science Advances, One Earth, Global Environmental Change, Water Research, Environmental Science & Technology, etc. In 2013, he received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars from the Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). He is a Cheung Kong Scholar Chair Professor of the Ministry of Education. He is also serving in various organizations and scientific communities, such as a lead author in IPCC AR-5 and AR-6, a reviewer for many international journals, an expert in UN organizations (UNEP, UNIDO, UNU, UNCRD), and a consultant for Chinese local governments. He has been one of Clarivate’s global most highly cited researchers since 2019.