Dr. Mingyi Zhao received a Ph.D. in Design (specializing in Cultural Heritage Conservation) from the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) in 2025. She graduated from the College of Arts at Qingdao University with a master's degree in Design Art. She has a multidisciplinary background in literature, fine arts, and design. She has been involved in various fields such as arts and crafts, design, history, and cultural heritage protection and has also participated in a number of provincial and municipal projects, holds computer software copyrights, and has won many design awards at home and abroad. She has published several papers as the first author or co-author in journals such as Heritage Science and Frontiers in Microbiology. She serves as a board member or advisor to various historical, archival, and art associations in China. Her main research interests focus on cultural heritage preservation, humanities, history and culture, arts and crafts, and interactive design. She hopes to enable cultural heritage preservation through a multidisciplinary and comprehensive research path.