Dr. Xinmei Hou is currently Professor and Associate Dean of Institute for Carbon Neutrality, University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), Beijing, China. She has conducted research primarily in the field of design and application of auxiliary materials for green and low carbon smelting with emphasis on the test device and kinetic theory for high-temperature interface reaction. Dr. Hou has made co-authored over 30 patents and 230 publications, edited 3 books and issued 5 national standard. Dr. Hou is the winner of National Outstanding Young Scientists Foundation, China and she got the Youth Science and Technology Award of Metallurgy in 2019 together with two Awards of Ministry of Education in 2020 and 2022. Dr. Hou has been invited to become the associate editor of Ceramics International and editorial board for multiple journals.