Jiatao Xie holds a B.A. in Plant Protection (2003) and a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology (2008) from Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU), and he has been a Professor at the College of Plant Science and Technology of the same university since 2017. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Kentucky, USA (2010–2013), and served as an Associate Professor at HZAU (2012–2016). His research interests include fungal virus diversity and their interactions with hosts, and he is committed to research related to the use of fungal viruses for the green prevention and control of crop mycosis.