Dr. Yunxiao Zhao received the B.Sc. degree in Landscape Architecture from Shandong Agricultural University, in 2014, the M.Sc. degree in Forestry from Shandong Agricultural University, in 2016, and the Ph.D. degree in Forest Genetics and Breeding from Chinese Academy of Forestry, in 2020. She is an Associate Research and a Master's Supervisor at Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry. She engages in research on the genetic breeding and molecular mechanism analysis of important economic traits in forest trees. Her research focuses on prominent issues such as the shortage of superior varieties of Lauraceae trees, innovation in essential oil synthesis and regulatory mechanisms, and insufficient development of natural dye plants. Her research includes the creation of new germplasm and targeted breeding of Lauraceae plants, the analysis of molecular regulatory mechanisms of essential oil synthesis, and the evaluation of natural dye plant resources and the analysis of staining mechanisms.