Dr. Yong Tao is the researcher and Doctoral Supervisor, he received the bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Nanjing University in 1985, and received the master’s degree in biochemistry and enzymology from the Institute of Microbiology of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1988, and received the Ph.D degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from Rutgers University in USA in 1995. From 1995 to 1997, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Rockefeller University Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory. From 1997 to 2010, he was a senior biochemistry researcher at DuPont in USA.
In June 2010, Dr. Tao was introduced to China by the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and served as the director of the Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology Research Office of the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the R&D Director of the Technology Transfer and Transformation Center of the Institute of Microbiology. In 2018, he cooperated with the team to establish Nanjing Ascend Biotechnology Research Institute Co., Ltd., and founded Nanjing Institute of Advanced Biotechnology and Life Sciences and served as the President of the Institute, mainly engaged in the research and development of biocatalysis technology and microecological preparations. In December 2018, he was selected into the Nanjing "Top Scientist" Talent Program.