Prof. Zongli Hu graduated from Chongqing University (Ph.D. in biomedical engineering, 2005.06). Later, she joined Chongqing University (2005.10) to carry out teaching/research. She has presided over one project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and four projects supported by the Ministry of Education, Chongqing Science and Technology Commission. She has published over 130 papers in SCI journals such as Plant Physiology, Journal of  Experimental  Botany, Plant and Cell Physiology, etc. (containing one ESI paper). Many papers were highlighted by media such as plant research, etc. Moreover, she has applied for and obtained 17 patents for inventions. Her research interests are the study of the molecular mechanism of plant growth and development and fruit ripening; the study of the molecular mechanism of resistance genes and stresses; and applied research of gene engineering and protein expression and purification.