Prof. Hongwei Liang is currently Deputy Director of the Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences. He graduated from Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University in 2002, obtained his master's degree in 2005, and obtained his doctorate in 2012. In 2015, he was a visiting scholar at Ohio State University, USA. He has been working at the Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, since 2005, and he has served as a research intern, assistant researcher, and associate researcher. His research areas include aquatic animal germplasm resources and genetic breeding. He has published more than 90 papers as the first or corresponding author in journals such as "Frontiers in Cell And Developmental Biology", "Antioxidants", "Biology", "Frontiers in Marine Science", "Reproduction", "Fertility and Development", etc.