Dr Fangbin Cao has been working in Zhejiang University since 2014 after receiving PhD degree, including a three and a half years’ post-doctoral work. He was a visiting scholar in University of Tasmania from Aug 2016 to Aug 2017. His main research interest is molecular and physiological mechanisms of heavy metal tolerance in crops. Currently, he is responsible for three research projects granted by National Natural Science Foundation and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project. He is reviewer of Journal of Hazardous Materials, Environmental Pollution, Chemosphere, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Functional & Integrative Genomics, Environmental Research, Environmental Science and Pollution Research and PLos ONE.