Junhong Zhang received her B.Sc. from Jiangxi Agricultural University in 2006, her M.Sc. in Tree Genetics and Breeding from Zhejiang Forestry College in 2009, and her Ph.D. from the Forestry Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry in 2012. From 2016 to 2017, she was a visiting scholar at Cornell University, USA. Currently, she is a professor at Zhejiang A&F University. Her main research directions include genetic improvement of precious tree species and breeding of new varieties, research on genetic regulation of miRNA in the abiotic stress of precious tree species, and cultivation physiology of precious tree species. She won the 5th Zhu Zhiti Academician Fund Outstanding Young Scientist Award from the Beijing Forestry University Education Foundation in 2021.