Dr. Qingli Dong is a professor and doctoral supervisor of the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST), P. R. China. His research is focused on predictive food microbiology and its application in quantitative microbiological risk assessment (QMRA), mainly supported by the MoST, Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA), and Shanghai Municipal Natural Science Foundation. Dr. Dong is a member of FAO/WHO JEMRA Expert Meetings on Listeria monocytogenes, and a member of the 2nd National Food Safety Risk Assessment Commission of the National Health Commission (NHC) of P. R. China. He is also on the editorial board of journals such as Food Science and Human Wellness, Journal of Future Foods, Food Science of Animal Products, Food Microbiology, and Journal of Microbiological Methods, among others. He has published over 350 papers in food science journals and peer-reviewed over 1500 manuscripts for over 50 international or Chinese journals. Finally, every year, Dr. Dong has sponsored and (co)hosted a Workshop on Predictive Microbiology and Risk Assessment in Foods (MicroRisk) in China.