Dr. Yanqi Wu is a Regents Professor and holds the Meibergen Family Professorship in plant breeding in the Plant and Soil Sciences Department at Oklahoma State University. His current research is focused on the development of new cultivars, and genetic and genomic research on important agronomic traits in bermudagrass used for turf and forage, and switchgrass for bioenergy. Dr. Wu completed a two-year (2004–2006) postdoctoral research with the USDA-ARS Plant Science Research Laboratory, Stillwater, Oklahoma. He received his PhD in Crop Science (Grass Breeding and Genetics) from Oklahoma State University in 2004. Before coming to the US, he held a faculty position at Sichuan Agricultural University in China from 1988 to 2000, with research and teaching responsibilities in Forage and Turfgrass Sciences. Dr. Wu authored and coauthored 123 refereed journal articles, 11 book chapters and one book. He was granted the 2010 Early Career Award by the National Plant Breeders Association, the 2017 Tengtou Agricultural Science Award by the American Society of Agronomy, and the 2018 Breeder’s Cup Award by the Turfgrass Breeders Association.