Prof. Dr. Guoqing Zhang graduated from the National Science Base Class of the College of Life Sciences of China Agricultural University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science degree; and graduated from the Department of Microbiology of the College of Life Sciences of China Agricultural University in 2008 with a Doctor of Science degree; from 2008 to 2010, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Beijing Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; from 2010 to the present, he has been engaged in teaching and scientific research at Beijing Agricultural College and is currently a Professor. His research directions mainly include the following: using biochemistry, microbiology, and bioinformatics techniques to carry out biological basic research on the utilization of substrates for the cultivation of lignocellulosic edible fungi; large-scale fungal resource surveys and their physiological and biochemical research and applications, including fungal laccases, proteases, lectins, polysaccharides, etc.; research and development and promotion and demonstration of high-quality and high-yield technologies for rare edible fungi, including red pine mushrooms, morels, maitake mushrooms, and Cordyceps militaris.