**About the Editor**

### **Jianfeng Xu**

Dr. Jianfeng Xu is a research professor at the Arkansas Biosciences Institute (ABI). He was tenured in the College of Agriculture at Arkansas State University (A-State). He earned his PhD degree in Biochemical Engineering from Dalian University of Technology in China and his Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering from the same university. Before joining the faculty at Arkansas State University (A-State) in 2008, he worked as a Senior Research Associate at Cornell University and a Research Scientist/Postdoctoral Fellow at Ohio University and the State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering in the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing). In addition, he also worked at Beijing Kaizheng Biotech Development Co Ltd for a short period of time.
