Longyi Shao is a professor of geology at School of Geoscience and Surveying Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing). He has obtained his PhD at China University of Mining and Technology in 1989, majoring in Coal Field, Oil and Gas Geology and Exploration.

His research interests include lithofacies palaeogeography, sedimentology and coal geology of Chinese coal basins as well coal-related environmental geology. He is currently serving as a member of the Geological Teaching Guidance Committee of the Ministry of Education, Vice Chair of the Lithofacies Paleogeography Professional Committee of the Chinese Mineral and Rock Geochemistry Society, Vice Chair of the Nano-geology Professional Committee of the China Geological Society, Deputy Secretary General of the Sedimentary Geology Professional Committee of the China Geological Society, member of the Coalbed Methane Professional Committee of the China Coal Society, member of the Standardization Technical Committee for Coalbed Methane in the Energy Industry, and standing member of the Geological Society of Beijing.

He is acting as editorial board members of a number of Chinese journals including Science China Earth Science, Acta Geologica Sinica (2013-2019), Geological Review, Geoscience Frontiers (Chinese version), Acta Sedimentologica Sinica, Petroleum Exploration and Development, Journal of Mining Science and Technology, Coal Science and Technology, Coal Geology & Exploration, and Coal Geology of China, and deputy editor-in-chief of Journal of Palaeogeography (Chinese version). He also serves as members of international journals, including members of Journal of Palaeogeography (English) and Atmosphere, as well as co editor-in-chief of Journal of Sedimentary Environments. He has published 16 monographs and over 500 papers, including 150 international papers in SCI-indexed journals, with an H-index of 47.