Dr. Guancheng graduated from Southwest Petroleum University with a Bachelor of Engineering in 1987, and later completed a Master of Engineering in Applied Chemistry from China University of Petroleum in 1993. He also obtained a Doctor of Science in Marine Chemistry from Ocean University of China in 2005. He has been involved in scientific research and teaching petroleum engineering with research interest in reservoir physics, oil-gas field chemistry and reservoir protection. He has been awarded with at least 30 awards including two People’s Republic of China Scientific and Technological Progress Awards.