Dr. Yonglong Lu is a Chair Professor of Xiamen University, Dean of College of the Environment and Ecology, and Director of International Institute for Sustainability Science. He is an elected Fellow of TWAS (The World Academy of Sciences); a foreign member of Academia Europaea (AE) and the Russian Academy of Sciences; an elected fellow of International Science Council; a member of UN Secretary General’s 10-member Group for SDGs (sustainable development goals); past President of Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE); President of Pacific Science Association (PSA); Member of International Resource Panel, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP/IRP); Vice President of Ecological Society of China. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Ecosystem Health and Sustainability - a Science partner journal, an Associate Editor of Science Advances, and the founder and Associate Editor of Environmental Development.

His research interests include sustainability ecology, environmental geography, and environmental ecology. He has published 360 papers in peer reviewed journals such as Science, Nature, Science Advances, PNAS, Nature Sust. and Nature Comm. He is a highly cited international scientist. He has obtained various awards and honors, including the 2nd Prize of National Award for Advancement of Science and Technology, 1^st Prize in Science and Technology for Promoting Development by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2nd Prize and 3^rd Prize for Advancement of Science and Technology by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Green Design International Contribution Award, SCOPE Distinguished Achievement Award, and Scientific Chinese 2019 Outstanding Contribution Award.