Prof. Yili Liang is currently working as an Associate Professor at the School of Mineral Processing and Bioengineering at Central South University. She received her Master's Degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Hunan Agricultural University in 2005 and obtained a Ph.D. in Microbial Engineering from Central South University in 2009. She was a visiting scholar at the University of Oklahoma from 2006 to 2009. Her research interests mainly focus on the fields of bioremediation and environmental microorganisms.