Du Zhanwei, born in Shenqiu, Henan in 1985, Han nationality. From 2005 to 2014, he studied in the Department of Archaeology at the school of Arts, Jilin University, and received a bachelor's degree and a doctoral degree successively. He is now a lecturer at the School of History and Culture of Sichuan University. His research field is archaeology of the Neolithic Age.

Practice courses and experiments undertaken by Du: Introduction to Field Archaeology, Field Archaeological Excavation, and Field Archaeological Investigation.