Shijie received his PhD degree from the Maastricht University under the co-supervision of Prof. Mark Post and Prof. Guanghong Zhou. He studied meat science, stem cell biology and tissue engineering in NAU, SIBCB and UM. He is the first PhD in cultured meat field. He is now working in NAU to develop cultured meat technologies. He participated in the development of China’s first cultured meat product in 2019.