Tingtao Chen, doctoral supervisor, received the B.S. degree in Sericultural Science from Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China, in 2006; the M.S. degree in Zoology from Southwest University, Chongqing, China, in 2009, and a PhD in Food Science and Engineering from Nanchang University, Nanchang, China. He has published more than 85 academic papers as the first author/corresponding author, including 31 papers IF2020>5 and 17 CAS top journals. His work has been positively reviewed or cited by many authoritative journals such as Nature, the New England Journal of Medicine, and the Lancet. His research interests include the role of engineered and natural microorganisms in cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, psychiatric diseases, cancer, pulmonary fibrosis and burns, and the development of traditional fermented food and probiotics-based products/drugs.