Zhong Wei completed his BS, MSc and PhD in soil science and plant nutrition department at the Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) during 2003-2012. He has a 12-year research experience in applied soil microbial ecology to develop beneficial microbes based bio-products for eco-evolutionary control of bacterial wilt, a typical soilborne plant disease caused by Ralstonia solanacearum. Dr. Wei has made valuable contributions to our understanding of the ecological interactions between microbiome and the pathogen R. solanacearum and the mechanisms involving in suppression of pathogen invasion by soil microbial consortia in plant rhizosphere. Dr. Wei has set up a theoretical and technological multidisciplinary framework to ecologically improve soil healthy threatened by soil-borne plant pathogens and increase future food security. He has published 50 peer-reviewed papers since 2011, being a first-author or a corresponding author for 19 research SCI articles published on Nat Commun, Ecol Lett, Sci Adv, and mBio etc.