杨世辉，博士，湖北大学生命科学学院教授，博士生导师，湖北省“楚天学者”特聘教授及湖北省“百人计划”专家。湖北大学生物学学士（1993年），武汉大学微生物学硕士（2000年），美国加州大学河滨分校微生物学博士（2005年）。曾先后任职美国能源部橡树岭国家实验室副研究员（Research Associate，2007-2011）及美国国家可再生能源实验室研究员（Staff Scientist，2011-2016）。主要从事微生物代谢工程、合成生物学、系统生物学以及生物能源及重大平台化合物的绿色生物制造等方面的研究，先后在Nature Biotechnology, Science Advances及PNAS等期刊发表论文 48篇，引用1700多次，H-index 23。担任国际学术期刊PLoS ONE 学术编辑，Energies 编辑，Frontiers in Microbiology 主题编辑，Frontiers in Energy Research及Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology副编辑；Science, PNAS, PLoS Genetics等学术杂志审稿人；多次应邀在国际学术会议上做大会报告并作为会议主持人。

Prof. YANG is "Chutian Scholars" distinguished professor and recipient of Hubei Province "Hundred Talent Program". He received Ph.D. degree in microbiology from University of California at Riverside in 2005. He joined Bioenergy Science Center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a Research Associate in 2007, and then National Bioenergy Center at National Renewable Energy Laboratory as a staff Scientist in 2011. He joined Hubei University as a professor of Microbiology since 2016, and his research interest focuses on metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, and renewable bioproducts. He has published 48 papers in prestigious journals including Nature Biotechnology and PNAS with a citation more than 1700 and H-index of 23. He also serves the scientific community as an editor of international journals such as PLoS ONE, Energies, Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, and Frontiers in Energy Research; and a reviewer for journals like Science, PNAS, PLoS Genetics, and Biotechnology for Biofuels.