Dr. Jikai Wen received his bachelor's degree from Hubei University in 1999, a master's degree from Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2002, and a doctor's degree from the University of Birmingham, UK, in 2010. Engaged in long-term research on gene and RNA expression regulation. He is currently a professor (doctoral supervisor) at the School of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, the head of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and the PI of the Key Laboratory of Protein Function and Regulation in Agricultural Biology, Guangdong Province.