Prof. Yu is Director, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plants Growth, Development and Quality Improvement, the Ministry of Agriculture, China Professor,?Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University. He is?? one of the leading scientists in the area of brassinosteroid research and has received a number of honors and awards such as Excellent Youth Instructor (2007), Yangtze River Scholar (2007), National Natural Science Award (2006), Science and Technology Advancement Award (2006), Science and Technology Advancement Award of Zhejiang Province (first class, 2005), National Outstanding Youth Scholar (2002), and so on. He has published more than 200 research articles in peer-reviewed journals, and is an Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports, Plant Biology Section and Associate Editor of Frontiers in Plant Science.