Prof. Fuping Lu is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the College of Bioengineering, the deputy secretary of the Party Committee, and the president of Tianjin University of Science and Technology. His research areas and directions include the development and application of enzyme preparations, genetic modification of important industrial strains, biotransformation of steroid hormone drugs, screening of probiotics, and development of functional foods. He has participated in key national R&D program projects, National Natural Science Foundation of China general projects, and National Natural Science Foundation of China international (regional) cooperation and exchange projects. He has won more than 20 scientific and technological awards, including the second prize of the National Technological Invention Award, the China Patent Excellence Award, the first prize of the China Light Industry Federation Science and Technology Progress and Technological Invention Award, the first prize of the Tianjin Science and Technology Progress Award, and the Tianjin Patent Gold Award. He is also the vice president of the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology, chairman of the Enzyme Preparation Branch of the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology, chairman of the Brewing Branch of the Chinese Society of Microbiology, and chief expert of the China Bio-fermentation Industry Association.