Jie Cheng is a Lecturer at Jiangsu University of Science and Technology (since September 2024). He received his B.S. in Animal Science from Shandong Agricultural University (2013–2017), followed by his M.S. (2017–2019) and Ph.D. (2019–2024) from Northwest A&F University, both under the supervision of Professor Hong Chen. His research focuses on the molecular and epigenetic mechanisms underlying muscle development in cattle, key genes and biomarkers associated with superior meat quality traits, germplasm identification and genetic relationships in cattle and sheep through high-throughput sequencing and multi-omics approaches, molecular markers for growth traits in livestock, and genetics and breeding of silkworms. Dr. Cheng has led or participated in over 14 research projects at national, provincial, and institutional levels. He currently serves as principal investigator on one National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Fund, one Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Foundation Youth Fund, and two horizontal projects in Tibet. He has authored 14 first-author publications (including co-first-author papers), among which 5 appear in CAS Top-tier journals, 3 in CAS Zone 1 journals, and 12 are SCI-indexed. He has been granted 1 patent in a developed country as the first inventor, along with 1 registered software copyright, and has co-authored 2 textbooks and monographs.