Prof. Dr. Shumei Zhao is the Deputy Director of the Department of Agricultural Architecture and Environmental Engineering and was promoted to Associate Professor in December 2006. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Beijing Agricultural Engineering University in 1990, a Master’s degree in Engineering from China Agricultural University in 1995, and a Ph.D. in Agronomy from the Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan in 2005. She is a Senior Member of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering and an Overseas Member of the Japanese Society of Facility Agriculture. Her research interests include agricultural bio-environmental engineering and agricultural architecture.