Dr. Xinqiang Zheng is an associate professor in the Tea Research Institute, Zhejiang University. She received her M.S. in life science from Zhongshan University in 2001 and her Ph.D. in human environmental sciences from Ochanomizu University, Japan, in 2005. From 2005 to 2009, she conducted postdoctoral research at the Tea Research Institute, Zhejiang University. Then, in 2009, she joined the Tea Research Institute, Zhejiang University, as an associate professor. She has presided over more than 20 scientific research projects, including 6 national projects and more than 10 provincial and ministerial projects. She serves as a post scientist of China Agriculture Research System, director of the Genetic Improvement Laboratory. Her research direction is tea biotechnology and tea resource utilization.