Prof. Fangrui Lou received the Bachelor's degree from Qingdao Agricultural University in 2013, the Master's degree from Guangxi University in 2016, and the Ph.D. degree from Ocean University of China in 2020. He was a lecturer at Yantai University from 2020 to 2023. He is currently an Associate Professor at Yantai University. His main areas and directions of research are assessment of offshore fishery resources, marine biosystem development, population genetics and habitat adaptation.