Dr. Fan Zhu is a Luojia Scholar Distinguished Professor (2013–present), and professor and director at Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Wuhan University, China (2007–present). His specialties are neurovirology and oncovirology. His research areas are DNA and RNA retro-viruses (Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and Human Endogenous Retrovirus (HERV)). His interests include detection, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases (especially hepatocellular carcinoma and schizophrenia) caused by DNA and RNA retro-viruses and the molecular mechanisms of these viruses in tumorigenesis and neurologic diseases. Professional memberships: (1–3) editorial board member of Scientific Reports (2015–present), Oncology Letters (2022–present), and World Journal of Hepatology (2021–present); (4) visiting professor at Harbin Medical University (2017–present); (5) executive member of Microecology and Health Education Professional Committee of China, Medical Education Association Standing Committee (2018–present); (6) deputy director of Academic Committee of Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research of Guangdong Province (2022–present); (7) deputy head of Virology Group of Medical Microbiology and Immunology Professional Committee of Chinese Society for Microbiology (2018–present); (8) Council Member of Hubei Society Microbiology/Wuhan Society Microbiology (2011–present); (9) Infectious Diseases Committee of Hubei Society of Medical Bio-Immunology Standing committee member (2020–present).