Dr. Zhenyuan Zhu is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the College of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, where Zhu has taught since 2006 and has been a full professor since November 2011. Zhu holds a B.Sc. in Biology from Central China Normal University, an M.Sc. in Microbiology from Guizhou University, a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Zhejiang University, and a Ph.D. in Molecular Chemistry from the University of Paris VI (Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University). Zhu was a visiting scholar at the Pacific Northwest Research Institute, University of Washington (2005), and at the University of Paris VI (2008). Zhu's research interests focus on understanding the structures and functions of complex carbohydrates in foods, including their roles in growth and development, host–pathogen interactions, and disease processes, with applications in bioactive polysaccharides from edible and medicinal fungi.