Dr. Bin Liang is a professor at Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, P.R. China. He received his PhD from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2014. Dr. Liang’s research focuses on ecological risk assessment and management of water contaminants. He has systematically investigated the biodegradation mechanisms of emerging contaminants (e.g., antimicrobial agents, refractory organic nitrogen/halide) in water reclamation and treatment systems. He is especially interested in developing green technologies for environmental management and novel methods for environmental monitoring. He has published over 100 Science Citation Index (SCI) papers (18 in high-impact journals ES&T, Water Res and Appl Environ Microbiol), 1 Springer book (as the second editor), 1 standard, and has been authorized 5 patents. His publications have been cited 4000 times, with an H-index of 42. He is a member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and has won the second prize of the National Technological Invention Award (2020), the first prize of the Environmental Protection Science and Technology Award (2017), the Industry-University-Research Cooperation Innovation Award (2021), and the Microbial Ecology Youth Science and Technology Innovation Award (2015). Dr. Shuhong Gao is an assistant professor at Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, P.R. China. She received her PhD from The University of Queensland in 2017. Dr. Gao’s research focuses on emerging contaminants in urban water, as well as antibiotic resistance, and pathogens related to wastewater epidemiology. She has systematically investigated microplastic-mediated ecological risks and biosafety in aquatic environments. She is particularly interested in “omics” analysis of environmental microbes. She has initiated the construction of Global Water Pathogen Database to unravel the occurrence of pathogens in aquatic systems and to clarify the mechanisms between bio-pollutants transmission and health risks. She presided or participated in over 10 (inter)national/provincial projects. She is the Early-Career Editorial Board member of journal of Environmental Science and Ecotechnology. She has won the Travel Award of 2017 ASM Microbe and the Travel Award of 2019 Chinese Environmental Scholars Forum and was recognized as Overseas high-caliber personnel (Level C) in 2020. She has published over 50 SCI papers (12 in high-impact journals ES&T and Water Res, total citations over 1450), with an H-index of 21.