Prof. Yong Wang is a professor at the Institute for Ocean Engineering, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University. He graduated from Lanzhou University with a degree in biochemistry in 1997, received a master's degree in marine biotechnology from Zhejiang University in 2000, and received a doctorate in bioinformatics from the University of Hong Kong in 2004. From 2004 to 2007, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Hong Kong University Gene Center; in 2008, he worked as a senior research assistant at the Queen Mary Hospital, the University of Hong Kong; from 2008 to 2012, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia; from 2012 to 2013, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; and from 2013 to 2022, he worked as a researcher at the Institute of Deep Sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Since 2022, he has been a professor at Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University. He is a member of the Biological Resources Committee of the China Ocean Commission; a member of the expert group of the National Medium- and Long-Term Science and Technology Development Plan for 2035; a member of the Fourth Marine Microbiology Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Microbiology; deputy editor-in-chief of Frontier Marine Sciences; deputy editor-in-chief of Deep Sea Research I; and editorial board member of Microorganisms.