Hanlin Zhou has been the Deputy Director of the Zhanjiang Experimental Station, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS) since 2022. Before that, he served as the Assistant Researcher, Associate Researcher, and Researcher/Vice Director at the Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, CATAS from 2002 to 2022. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Huazhong Agricultural University in 1994 and his Master’s degree in Animal Nutrition and Feed Science from the College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University in 2005. His main research areas include Livestock and Poultry Healthy Breeding, Livestock and Poultry Nutrition, and Feed Science.