Jing obtained her master’s degree in Food Science: functional food and bioactive components at Chinese Academy of Agriculture Science in 2022. She started her PhD in December 2022, and is investigating a new selection pipeline for the discovery of high biocontrol bacteria against B. cinerea in tomato. The project is funded by the China Scholarship Council (CSC) and her supervisors are Kris Audenaert, Sarah De Saeger, and Caroline De Tender.
