Prof. Qingwu Shen graduated from Nanjing Agricultural University in 1997. From June 1997 to August 2001, he taught at Hunan Anjiang Agricultural School (now Hunan Huaihua Vocational and Technical College). In September 2001, he entered China Agricultural University and obtained a master's degree in June 2004. In the same year, he entered the Department of Animal Science at the University of Wyoming in the United States to pursue a doctorate degree and obtained a doctorate degree in May 2007. From May 2007 to August 2009, he conducted postdoctoral research at Purdue University, focusing on muscle biology. From September 2009 to August 2010, he conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Washington, Seattle School of Medicine, focusing on muscle stem cell biology. From September 2010 to February 2015, he taught at the College of Animal Science and Technology of Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University. In March 2015, he was transferred to the College of Food Science and Technology of Hunan Agricultural University. Currently, he is mainly engaged in research work in muscle biology and meat science.