Dr. Liuji Wu received her PhD degree from Zhejiang University in 2009, and later conducted collaborative research as a visiting scholar at Huazhong Agricultural University and the University of California, San Diego. She is currently a professor at Henan Agricultural University, focusing on the discovery and functional characterization of non-canonical proteins and peptides, particularly in maize stress resistance. Dr. Liuji Wu has published more than 35 research articles as the first or corresponding author in high- impact SCI journals, providing new insights into plant proteome diversity and novel mechanisms of plant stress resistance.