Hu Li received a Ph.D. in Geological Resources and Geological Engineering from Southwest Petroleum University in 2020, conducted postdoctoral research at Southwest Petroleum University from June 2021 to May 2024, and is now an Associate Professor and Master’s Supervisor at Sichuan University of Science & Engineering. He was listed among the “World’s Top 2% Scientists” (Stanford University and Elsevier database) in 2023 and 2024. His research interests are petroleum geology, fracture and fault analysis, shale gas, carbon capture and storage, geomechanics, artificial intelligence, geology, and interdisciplinary studies. He serves as the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Geo-Energy and Environment; Associate Editor of Geoscience Data Journal (SCI), Journal of Petroleum Geology (SCI), and Frontiers in Earth Science (SCI); Academic Editor of PLOS ONE (SCI) and International Journal of Energy Research (SCI); Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports (SCI), Frontiers in Energy Research (SCI), Geotechnical and Geological Engineering (ESCI, EI), AIMS Geosciences (ESCI), The Scientific World Journal, among others; youth editorial board member and guest editor of more than ten professional journals; and reviewer for over 50 professional journals. He is a distinguished editor with Springer Nature and a distinguished young editorial board member of Advances in Geo-Energy Research.