Professor Qingle Zeng was born in 1970 in Zhangzhou, China. In 2002, he received his Ph.D. from the Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was an industrial postdoctoral fellow in pharmaceutical sciences at Chengdu Diao Pharmaceutical Group and Sichuan University (2002–2004) and in chemistry at Xiamen University (2004–2006). In 2006, he joined the faculty of Chengdu University of Technology as an associate professor (2006–2007) and then as a full professor (2008–2009). During 2008–2009, he worked as a visiting scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His research interests are focused on organosulfur chemistry, chiral synthesis, the synthesis of drugs and intermediates, and mineral chemistry. He has published more than 170 peer-reviewed journal papers.
Alex Adonis Nking’wa received his master's degree in materials science and engineering from the University of Science and Technology Beijing in 2023 and a holder of bachelor degree in chemical process engineering. He is interested in research in rare earth metals, organic chemistry, corrosion, alloys, and coatings. He has published three journal papers.