Zitong Yu, from China, is a postdoctoral research associate with Eduard Akhunov at Wheat Genetics Resource Center (WGRC) and Department of Plant Pathology in Kansas State University (KS, USA). Her current research program focuses on the development of strategies and tools for improving wheat grain yield and quality using the CRISPR-based high-throughput genome editing approaches. She received her Ph.D. from Murdoch University (MU) in Western Australia with research activities funded by Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC). At MU, she worked under the supervision of Wujun Ma at State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre (SABC) to study sulphur and nitrogen fertilization strategy for wheat grain quality improvement and the underlying mechanism.