Dr. Ran An works as an Associate Professor at the State Key Laboratory of Marine Food Processing & Safety Control, College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China. She completed her Ph.D. at Ocean University of China in 2017. From 2015 to 2016, she was jointly appointed at Nagoya University in Japan. Her main research areas include the application of novel nucleic acid detection technology in food safety, the preparation of functional nucleic acids, and structural and functional analysis. Her main achievements include the preparation and application of circular functional nucleic acids and the development of novel nucleic acid detection technology and its application in high-sensitivity on-site rapid detection of food-borne pathogenic microorganisms, microRNAs, and heavy metal ions.