Prof. Dr. Yantao Liang is a professor at Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China. He earned his Ph.D. at the Environmental Science, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University since 2011–2014. He is currently a professor at the School of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China. His research field focus on viral diversity and evolution, the community structure, distribution patterns, regulatory mechanisms, and ecological roles of viruses and their hosts in different marine habitats, as well as microbial-driven marine carbon sequestration.