Boyang Qin is a tenure-track associate professor in the Department of Microbiology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2018 and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University primarily under the guidance of Prof. Bonnie L. Bassler. His research focuses on the formation, differentiation, and metabolism mechanisms of bacterial biofilms using advanced microscopy technologies. His has published in leading journals such as Science, PNAS, Nat. Commun., and Sci. Adv.. and received numerous awards including the Burroughs Wellcome Fund CASI Career Award, Shanghai High-level Talent Award, and Shanghai Pujiang Talent Award.