Prof. Yuanzheng Yue is an
associate professor, doctoral supervisor, and deputy director at the Department
of Horticultural Plants, College of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry
University, Nanjing, China. He served as a national public postdoctoral fellow at the
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, from 2019 to 2021,
and as a lecturer and Master supervisor at Nanjing Forestry University from
2015 to 2018. From September 2009 to July 2015, he pursued a Master's and
Doctoral degree in Agronomy at the College of Horticulture and Forestry,
Landscape Architecture, Huazhong Agricultural University. From July to September, 2014,
he worked as assistant director in the Beibu Gulf Planning and Construction
Management Committee Office, Fangchenggang City (Guangxi). His main research
directions include: the genetic breeding and biotechnology of garden plants,
landscaping, and the application of garden plants.
Prof. Xiulian Yang is a
professor at the College of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry
University, Nanjing, China. She served as an associate professor at this university,
Nanjing Forestry University; as a visiting scholar at Kyushu University, Japan,
in 2009; and at the University of Tennessee, USA, from 2017 to 2018, respectively.
Her research directions include: 1. Innovation and breeding theory and
technology of germplasm resources such as osmanthus, haizhou changshan, and
lycoris; 2. Research on technology regarding the reproduction, cultivation, and
application of garden plants.