Wenxin Liu received his Bachelor’s degree in Plant Genetics and Breeding from China Agricultural University in 1999 and his Doctorate in Biostatistics from China Agricultural University in 2004. He is currently an associate professor of biostatistics and quantitative genetics at China Agricultural University. His research interests include biostatistics, quantitative genetics, and population genetics. He presided over the national key research and development project project “Research and Engineering Application of Common Technology for Utilizing Hybrid Advantages in Maize” from 2016 to 2020, and presided over the national key research and development project project “Research and Application of Breeding Technology for Maize with High-quality and Mechanized Harvesting” from 2018 to 2020. In 2018, he won the Excellence Award in Comprehensive Teaching in the First Young Teachers Teaching Skills Competition of the National Agricultural College North China Region. The textbook he co-edited, Plant Quantitative Genetics, won the Beijing Higher Education Excellent Textbook Award.