Prof. Yubang Shen graduated from Yancheng Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Marine Technology in 2003. He graduated from Shanghai Fisheries University with a Master of Agronomy in Aquaculture in 2006, and from Shanghai Ocean University with a Doctor of Agronomy in Aquaculture in 2013. He worked as a postdoctoral visiting scholar at Temasek Institute of Life Sciences, National University of Singapore from June 2014 to July 2015. He is an Associate Professor at Shanghai Ocean University. He is engaged in research on grass carp and black carp germplasm resources and genetic breeding, and conducts research on molecular breeding using genomics and quantitative genetics methods.