Prof. Menglei Xu is an associate professor and master’s supervisor at the College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University. She holds a PhD in Food Science from Jilin University and a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structures and Materials. She currently focuses on teaching and research in food nutrition and safety. She has published 25 SCI-indexed papers as the first or corresponding author, co-edited two English monographs, and has authorized and transferred one invention patent. She has presided over eight national, provincial, and ministerial research projects and participated in five National Natural Science Foundation of China general projects and international (regional) cooperation and exchange projects. She was awarded the third prize of the 2023 Jilin Province Science and Technology Natural Science Award (she is the fifth person to complete the award).