Prof. Yuanqiang Guo is a professor at the College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. He obtained his PhD from the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, in 2004. In November 2017, Prof. Yuanqiang Guo joined the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), as a visiting scholar to conduct research on the mechanism of metabolic diseases. His research interests encompass active substances and the efficacy of natural medicines, including the discovery, structure–⁠activity relationship, biological activity, and mechanism of action; the discovery of lead molecules from natural medicines; and the research and development of new drugs.