Baolong BAO obtained his B.Sc. (Agr) from Zhejiang Ocean University, M.Sc. (Agr.) from Shanghai Ocean University, and Ph.D. from Fudan University, China.

He has been a visiting scholar at Auburn University and a postdoctoral researcher at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is currently a professor and the head of the Department of Biology at Shanghai Ocean University. He holds several positions such as the editorial board member of Marine Biotechnology, Vice Chairman of Chinese Ichthyological Society, the council member of Chinese Aquaculture Biotechnology and Genetic Breeding Professional Committee. Over the past 20 years, his research has focused on postembryonic development in fish, especially flatfish metamorphosis, body pigmentation, and intermuscular bone formation.