**Zhiming Guo**

Dr. Zhiming Guo is a full professor in the School of Food and Biological Engineering at Jiangsu University, China. He is a principal investigator in food analytical and detection sciences. He was awarded as the first batch of "Shennong Young Talents" by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, the outstanding young teachers of "Qinglan Project" in Jiangsu universities, and the National Excellent Teacher Team in Universities by the Ministry of Education of China. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal publications and holds 45 patents. He is the Vice Director of China Light Industry Key Laboratory of Food Intelligent Detection & Processing, the Deputy Secretary-General of Jiangsu Institute of Food Science and Technology (JIFST), the Deputy Secretary-General of the Agricultural Products Processing Machinery Branch in the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering (CSAE), and a member of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). His research interests focus on the fast and non-destructive detection of food quality and safety, optical sensing and automation for food quality evaluation, the Internet of Things (IOT) for food quality and safety, and advanced chemometrics methods. He has been funded by more than 20 national and provincial projects such as the National Key R&D Project, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the Jiangsu Provincial Key Research and Development Program. His research achievements have seen him be awarded second prize for the Natural Science of the Ministry of Education in 2020 (2/6), first prize for Science and Technology of Jiangsu Province in 2016 (6/10), first prize for Technological Invention of the China Light Industry Federation in 2020 (1/6), and a special prize for the China Business Federation in 2021 (4/14).
