Welcome Prof. Gong Cheng from Tsinghua University to the Editorial Board of Microbiome Research Reports

We are delighted to announce that Prof. Gong Cheng from the School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tsinghua University, has officially joined the Editorial Board of Microbiome Research Reports (MRR), effective January 2025, for a renewable two-year term.

Prof. Gong Cheng received his Ph.D. in microbiology from Fudan University in 2008, followed by postdoctoral research in the Department of Infectious Diseases at Yale University. In 2011, he joined Tsinghua University, where he is currently a tenured professor and doctoral supervisor. He also serves as vice dean of the School of Medicine and deputy secretary of the party committee.

Prof. Cheng is a distinguished scientist with numerous accolades, including the “National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars” awarded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the “Young Yangtze River Scholar” from the Ministry of Education, the First Prize of Natural Science of Beijing Science and Technology Award, Mao Yisheng Beijing Youth Science and Technology Award, C. C. Tan Life Science Innovation Award, VCANBIO Award for Innovations and Breakthroughs in Life Sciences and Medicine, and SHUSEN LANJUAN Medical Youth Award, among others.

Prof. Cheng's research focuses on the pathogenesis of arboviral infectious diseases and vaccine research and development. He has published more than 40 research papers in prestigious international journals, with a series of groundbreaking findings that provide a biological basis for the prevention and control of important mosquito-borne viruses. His work has advanced the conceptual system of virulent mosquito-borne viral infectious diseases, a globally significant area of life sciences, and facilitates the application of related research findings to the development of novel medicines and vaccines.

We are confident that Prof. Cheng’s expertise in microbiome and health research will bring exceptional insights and innovative perspectives to Microbiome Research Reports. His involvement will strengthen the journal’s academic quality, foster interdisciplinary collaboration, and promote the global development of microbiome research.

Editor: Fiona Yin
Language Editor: Catherine Yang
Production Editor: Ting Xu
Respectfully submitted by the Editorial Office of Microbiome Research Reports