Hongtao Bi, Ph.D., is a researcher and doctoral supervisor at the Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He currently serves as the Deputy Director of the Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Tibetan Pharmacology and Safety Evaluation, Editorial Board Member of Food Research International (SCI journal, CAS Zone 1, IF2024 7), Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports (SCI journal, CAS Zone 2, IF2024 3.8), Academic Editor of PLOS One (SCI journal, CAS Zone 3, IF2024 2.9), Youth Editorial Board Member of iMeta (SCI journal, CAS Zone 1, IF2024 23.7), Deputy Director of the Youth Committee of the High Altitude Medicine Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, Standing Committee Member of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Toxicology and Safety Research Branch of the Chinese Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Deputy Secretary-General of the Qinghai Pharmaceutical Association, and one of the first batch of Intellectual Property Technical Investigators in Qinghai Province. He has been selected for the Chinese Academy of Sciences Regional Development Young Scholar Program, the CAS Distinguished Research Fellowship, the Qinghai "Kunlun Talent · High-End Innovation and Entrepreneurship Talent" Leading Talent Program, the "Western Light" Talent Cultivation Program, the Qinghai Outstanding Academic Leader Program, and the CAS Youth Innovation Promotion Association. His research primarily focuses on carbohydrate compounds unique to the Qinghai-T