Jingyu CHEN is currently a Full Professor at the College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University. She received her Ph.D. in Biology from Tsinghua University and her B.S. in Biotechnology from Shandong University. Before becoming Full Professor in 2024, she served as Associate Professor (2008–2023) and Assistant Professor (2006–2008) at China Agricultural University. She has also been a Visiting Scientist at the USDA Western Regional Research Center and a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Davis, and Wageningen University. Dr. Chen is a Council Member of the Chinese Society for Microbiology, a member of the American Society for Microbiology, and a Council Member of both the Beijing Society for Microbiology and the Beijing Food Institute. She received the Qilu Agricultural Science and Technology Award (First Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress) and the  CGCC Science and Technology Award (First Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress).