Lei Cui received his BSc degree in Plant Protection from Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China, in 2009; his MS degree in Plant Pathology from Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China, in 2012; and his PhD in Plant Pathology from China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, in 2017. His research interests include wheat germplasm enhancement, the molecular characterization and map-based cloning of wheat disease resistance genes, and resistance to wheat diseases caused by fungi and nematodes.