Dr. Guoqiang Zhu is a professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, China. He is also the director of the Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine at Yangzhou University, one of the first batch of leading talents in the Yangzhou University High-end Talent Support Program, the director of the Animal Pathogenic Microbiology Laboratory of Yangzhou University, Jiangsu Province, a key member of the innovation team of the Ministry of Education for major animal epidemic research, and the deputy director of the Jiangsu Provincial Public Technology Service Center for Healthy Breeding of Large-scale Pig Farms. He holds a Ph.D. in Infectious Diseases and Preventive Veterinary Medicine from PLA Agriculture and Animal Husbandry University. He is a member of the World Avian Disease Society and a member of the American Society for Microbiology. His research topics mainly include (1) veterinary microbiology and microbial disease, (2) animal pathogen molecular pathogenesis, (3) interaction between microorganisms and host cells, and (4) E. coli and adhesin vaccine.