Author Biographies

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Minhong Zhang is a doctor, researcher, and doctoral supervisor. He received a bachelor's degree from the Institute of Animal Science of Zhejiang University in 1985, a master's degree from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 1988, and a doctorate from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 1996. Since 1988, he has been working at the Beijing Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He is mainly engaged in research on chicken nutrition and feed in different environments. He is currently the chief scientist of the "Chicken Nutritional Metabolism and Regulation Innovation Team" of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, a scientist for the nutritional needs and feeding standards of the national broiler industry technology system, the vice president of the Livestock Ecology Branch of the Chinese Society of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, and a senior expert of the China Association for the Promotion of International Agricultural Cooperation. He won the title of National Advanced Individual in Scientific and Technological Research.
Jinghai Feng is a Ph.D., associate researcher, and master's tutor. He received his bachelor's degree from Beijing Agricultural College in 1992 and his doctorate from the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 2006. Since 1992, he has been working at the Beijing Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He is mainly engaged in research on environment, nutrition and livestock product quality. Currently, he is focusing on the impact of environmental stress on poultry intestinal health and bacterial flora structure; the mechanism of action and comprehensive evaluation of prebiotics; summer-specific prebiotic screening; etc. He is currently a key expert in the innovation team of the livestock nutrition and regulation team. His research results won the first prize of the 1998 National Science and Technology Progress Award for "Synthesis and Application of Rumen Microbial Urease Inhibition" (sixth completer).
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