Dr. Xiang Ji Lin received his Ph.D. in Grass Science from Northeast Normal University in 2012. He then worked as a Lecturer and Postdoctoral Researcher at Northeast Forestry University before being promoted to Associate Professor in 2016. From 2017 to 2018, he was a Visiting Scholar at North Carolina State University, USA. In 2020, he became a Professor at Northeast Forestry University. Dr. Lin's research focuses on the physiological ecology and stress tolerance of salt-tolerant grasses, turfgrasses, and energy plants in the Northeast region. His work also explores the molecular mechanisms of plant adaptation to environmental stress, seed germination dormancy, and soil ecology in saline grasslands. He has received several honors, including the Second Prize of the Liang Xi Youth Paper Award (2018) from the China Forestry Society and recognition as a Young Talent of Heilongjiang (2019). In 2020, he was awarded the Youth Innovation Award at Northeast Forestry University.