Yang Weiren, Ph.D., Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Shandong Agricultural University, formerly served as Deputy Director of the Department of Animal Nutrition. Member of the Political Consultative Conference of Tai'an City, Vice Chairman of the 8th Committee of the National Revolutionary Committee of Tai'an City, Secretary General of the Feed Science and Technology Professional Committee of the Shandong Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Society, and an outstanding figure in the 40 years of feed reform and opening up in Shandong. The main courses taught include "Animal Nutrition", "Feed Science", "Aquatic Animal Nutrition", "Feed Processing Technology", etc. Research directions: animal nutrition, feed formulation design and processing, application of feed additives, aquatic animal nutrition, bee nutrition, and artificial feed. He has successively presided over more than 20 national "Ninth Five Year Plan" research projects, national 863 Program, sub projects of National Science and Technology Support Program, National Natural Science Foundation of China, public welfare industry research projects of the Ministry of Agriculture, and horizontal projects. He is currently an expert in nutrition and feed positions in the modern agricultural pig industry system in Shandong Province. At present, the total funding for the horizontal projects under my leadership is over 10 million yuan, with a fixed annual research fund of over 1.4 million yuan. I have trained more than 80 graduate students. Has won 11 awards including the second and third prizes of Shandong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, the first prize of Shandong Provincial Science and Technology Spark Award, the first prize of Shandong Provincial Excellent Scientific Research Achievement Award, the first prize of Linyi City Science and Technology Progress Award, and Qingdao City Science and Technology Progress Award. Has edited 3 books and published more than 250 academic papers, including more than 30 SCI papers. Professor Yang Zaibin, Chief Designer of Science and Technology Innovation at Shengdao Biotechnology Group, participated in the completion of the "Illustrated Livestock and Poultry Standardization Scale Breeding Series Series" project, which won the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award.
Famous teachers guide the way, technology takes the lead. SD BIOTECH GROUP has been deeply cooperating with the teams of Professor Yang Zaibin and Professor Yang Weiren through project cooperation, technical exchange, and talent cultivation. As a unit that completes technology assembly and industrialization demonstration cooperation, the group participated in the key technology research and application project of environmentally friendly pig and poultry antibiotic free feed and alternative breeding led by Professor Yang Zaibin in Shandong Province. During this period, two achievements, "Research and application of key technologies for functional premix and high-quality eggs for laying hens" and "Research and application of key technologies for star anise feed utilization", have reached the "international advanced level". Among them, "Research and application of star anise feed utilization and key technologies" won the "Shandong Province Livestock Science and Technology Research and Application" award. Third Prize in Technology Award.
On January 1, 2021, SD BIOTECH GROUP officially hired Professor Yang Weiren as its technology innovation consultant. In the future, SD BIOTECH GROUP will continue to follow the guidance of technology, promote the deep integration of industry, academia, and research, assist in the development of animal husbandry, and contribute to improving the modernization level of livestock and poultry production, standardizing production technology, and enhancing the quality and safety of livestock products.
