Dr. Chao Yan received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees from Northeast Agricultural University in 2009, 2012, and 2015, respectively. From 2015 to 2020, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Agricultural Engineering Postdoctoral Station, Northeast Agricultural University. He is an Associate Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of the Department of Agriculture. His research interests mainly focus on conservation tillage and soybean cultivation physiology.