Dr. Nalin Wijayawardene joined the College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, China in 2019 as a Professor in Mycology. Dr. Nalin completed his B.Sc. special degree in Biodiversity Conservation at the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka. Dr. Nalin obtained his Ph.D. in Mycology from Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand in 2016 under the supervision of Prof. Kevin D. Hyde. His Ph.D. topic was, ‘Taxonomy and phylogeny of dematiaceous coelomycetes and nomenclature of asexual fungi’. Dr. Nalin has published more than 130 SCI publications and his H’ index is currently 37. Dr. Nalin has been nominated as one of the best 2% scientists in the world in 2022 and 2023. He is serving as an editor of the top two journals of mycology, i.e. Fungal Diversity, and Mycosphere. Besides, he is also serving as an editor of Current Research of Environmental Applied Mycology, Studies in Fungi and MycoKeys. He has been a member of the International Commission of Taxonomy of Fungi (ICTF) since 2022. Dr. Nalin’s current research interests are the taxonomy and phylogeny of asexual fungi, fresh water and marine fungi, and fungi from extreme environments.