**About the Editors**

#### **Yuya Kumagai**

Dr. Yuya Kumagai received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Fisheries Science from the Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Japan in 2005, 2008, and 2010, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor of Faculty of Fisheries Science with Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Japan. His research interests include Marine Biology and Biochemistry, the characterization of functional materials from seaweed, enzymes, and the modification of them.

#### **Hideki Kishimura**

Dr. Hideki Kishimura is a Professor of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University in Hokkaido, Japan. His research fields are the "purification of biochemical compounds from fisheries by-products and underused marine organisms" and the "determination of their structures and investigation of their health benefits". He is a society board member of the Japanese Society for Marine Biotechnology and a secretary board member of the Hokkaido Branch of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science and serves on the Editorial Board of Marine Drugs.

#### **Benwei Zhu**

Dr. Benwei Zhu is a Professor at College of Food Science and Light Industry, Nanjing Tech University in Nanjing, China. He was also a Visiting Researcher in Prof. Kishimura's laboratory in 2020-2021. His research interests include the discovery and enzymatic and structural characterization of new marine polysaccharide-degrading enzymes.
