Jingliang Xu received his Ph.D degree in Microbiology in 2006 from Nanjing Agricultural University (Nanjing, China). He once worked at the Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and is now working in the College of Chemical Engineering and Energy, Zhengzhou University. His research works are related to biorefinery with lignocellulosic biomass. He is the principal investigator of more than 20 scientific research projects. He has published over 100 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals and has been issued 22 Chinese patents, 1 USA patent, and 1 Australian patent. He also published 2 monographs as chief editor.  His research fields include biorefinery with lignocellulosic biomass, cellulase immobilization and hydrolysis reactor design, cellulose simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) technology; cellulase high-producing microorganism screening and preparation; long-chain alcohol biosynthesis with engineered Corynebacterium glutamicum; bioethanol production from biomass syngas; bioethanol production from microalgae with industrial waste gas; itaconic acid/succinic acid biosynthesis/production; rare sugar biocatalysis and biotransformation.