Xiaoliang Shan, a Ph.D. candidate, received his Bachelor's degree in Forestry from the College of Forestry, Shandong Agricultural University. He then obtained his Master's degree in Forest Protection from the Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry. Currently, he is pursuing a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology at the College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University. His research topics mainly include non-coding RNA identification, functional genomics, and plant–pathogen interactions.
Xia Shengge, a Ph.D. student, holds a Bachelor's degree in Agriculture from the College of Agriculture, Jiangxi Agricultural University. Subsequently, she obtained a Master's degree in Plant Pathology from Nanjing Agricultural University. Currently, she is pursuing a doctoral degree in Botany at the School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University. Her research topics mainly include identifying new influencing factors in miRNA synthesis pathways and functional genomics.
Dr. Long Peng currently works as an associate researcher at the Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, China. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in biotechnology at Hebei Agricultural University, a Master of Science in Botany at Hebei Agricultural University, and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Beijing Forestry University. His research interest is in fungal–plant interactions and the development of fungal biostimulants.
Prof. Hongwei Zhao currently works as a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the State Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Forestry Biosecurity, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, China. He obtained a Bachelor of Engineering in Microbial Pharmacy at Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, a Master of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Nankai University, and a Ph.D. in Botany at the University of Miami. He also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California. His research interest is in microbe–plant molecular interactions, specifying the role of non-coding RNA.
