Yanfeng Zhao was born in 1981. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Shandong University of Science and Technology. He received a Ph.D. degree from Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China, in 2018. His current research interests include stability theory for differential equations, delay differential equations, neural networks, complex networks, fractional differential equations, and control theory. He moonlights as a commentator on American mathematics.