Chunping XU obtained his master’s degree in 2003 from the Department of Biotechnology, Daegu University, Korea. After his graduation, he worked as a researcher in the Department of Biological Functions and Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan. In 2005, he joined the University of Groningen, Faculty of Medicine, Netherlands, where he finished his PhD studies in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Then, he switched to work as a scientist in Philip Morris International R&D, Switzerland. Since 2010, he has been working in the School of Food and Biological Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, China, as a professor. Dr Xu has a wide experience in natural products, biotransformation and food processing. He has produced more than 200 publications in the journals with significant impact factors. He is experienced scientist in Bioprocess Technology and Fermentation Engineering, Pharmaceutical Engineering and Separations Technology, Biotransformation and Biocatalysis, Microbial Metabolomics and Microbial Controlling, Biomaterials and Biomolecular Engineering, Food Processing Engineering and Food Conservation, Bioadhesion and Biofilm Modeling, Protein and Antibody Engineering, and Synthetic Biology. Over 25 years in the upstream process and downstream process provides a wide experience of independent design, supervision and conduct of research on animal cell culture, bacterial fermentation, purification of biological products and food processing.