Zhaoyu Lin received his Ph.D. degree in 2012 from Nanjing University under the mentorship of Dr. Gao Xiang. He was a visiting scholar at the Medical School of Washington University in St. Louis for three years. In 2014, he joined the Model Animal Research Center (MARC) of Nanjing University as a Research Associate Professor. In 2019, he became an Associate Professor and a Principal Investigator in MARC.