Hongyan Xu is a Ph.D. srudent from Yanbian University. The objectives of his research are Bioactives, Disease and Health, and Nutraceuticals/functional foods. She has a Doctoral degree from Northeast Forestry University in Forest Plant Resources and a MSc degree in Basic Veterinary Medicine from Yanbian University. Work Experience: (i) Dec. 2019 to Mar. 2020: Investigation, Michigan State University-Michigan, USA. (ii) Jan. 2019 to present: Head of an emerging cross discipline about Ethnic and Characteristic Food Science and Engineering of Jilin provincial characteristics and of a high-level subject; she is also a Dean of Food Science and Engineering as well as the Ethnic Food cross-discipline, Yanbian University. (iii) Nov. 2018 to present: Dean of Ethnic Food (cross-discipline), Yanbian University, Yanji, China She is a proactive and social person. If you are interested in her research topics, please feel free to contact her via email: xuhongyan@ybu.edu.cn