Zunchun Zhou, male, Professor, PhD., major marine biology, graduated from the Ocean University of China in 2006. He currently works at the Liaoning Ocean and Fisheries Research Institute. Publications: 1. Association of intestinal fungal communities with the body vesicular syndrome: An emerging disease of sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus), Aquaculture, 2021, 530: 735758. Corresponding author. 2. Divergent metabolic responses to sex and reproduction in the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D: Genomics and Proteomics, 2021, 39 :100845. Corresponding author. 3. Chromosome-level reference genome of the jellyfish Rhopilema esculentum, GigaScience, 2020, 9(4): 1-10. Corresponding author. 4. Proteomics reveals the gender differences in humoral immunity and physiological characteristics associated with reproduction in the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus, Journal of Proteomics, 2020, 217: 103687. Corresponding author. 5. Temporal dynamics of bacterial communities in the water and sediments of sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus) culture ponds. Aquaculture, 2020,528:735498. Corresponding author. 6. Gender specific differences of immune competence in the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus before and after spawning. Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 2019,90:73-79. Corresponding author.