Chenxu Yu received his Ph.D. in biological systems engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA in 2003. He then did post-doctoral training at Pennsylvania State University and Purdue University, USA before joined the faculty at Iowa State University, USA in 2007. He has been serving as an editorial board member of seven reputed journals. His research interests are in the areas of bionanotechnology and biosensors, food and bioprocess engineering, spectroscopic imaging and biodiagnostics, environmental monitoring and engineering.