Research Professor with a Ph.D. and postdoctoral training from Nanjing University and serving as a Master's Supervisor at Nanjing Normal University and Shanghai Ocean University. A recognized UNESCO OceanExpert and UN Seaweed Breakthrough Initiative Expert Panel Member with extensive international collaboration experience. Dedicated to long-term research in algal biology and cultivation. He has clarified the taxonomy and species diversity of Bangiaceae in China, identified the "thermal-gradient distribution" pattern within Bangiaceae and used this pattern to revise its taxonomic system, and proposed an East Asian origin for the crown group of the family. He has also advanced the understanding of stress adaptation in Bangiales by elucidating carotenoid metabolic pathways in Porphyra sensu lato and functionally characterizing nine enzymes involved in the pathway. He has contributed to the development of two nationally approved cultivars of Neopyropia yezoensis. He has led 10 national and provincial research projects, received nine academic awards, published 40 papers, and co-authored three books.