Prof. Xixu Peng is a distinguished academic and researcher in the field of plant sciences at Hunan University of Science and Technology. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Biological Education from the College of Life Sciences at Hunan University of Science and Technology (1995–1999) and later completed his Master’s degree in Ecology at Hunan Agricultural University (2002–2005). To further enhance his international research exposure, he served as a Visiting Scholar at The Ohio State University, USA, within the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science and the Center for Applied Plant Sciences (2016–2017). Prof. Peng began his academic career as a Teaching Assistant in 2005 and progressed through the ranks of Lecturer and Associate Professor before being promoted to Professor in 2022. He currently serves as the Head of the Master’s Program in Biological Education. His research focuses on plant resistance physiology and molecular biology, plant–microbe interactions, and the identification and detection of phytopathogenic fungi.