Weiren Luo, MD, PhD, Professor, Director, Cancer Research Institute, Department of Pathology (former), The Second Affiliated hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology, National Clinical Research Center for infectious diseases, Shenzhen, China. Prof. Luo advocates that "Cancer is not a genetic disease but an ecological disease", and he proposes "Cancer ecology tree" , "Nasopharyngeal carcinoma ecology" （the first systematic theory in NPC research） and "Ecological pathology"(that is " Apply the ecological (-evolutionary) principles and approaches to study the etiology, pathogenesis, pathological changes and outcomes of human diseases) (ESI Highly Cited Paper, Cover paper). Additionally, 1) To reveal the morphological characteristics of NPC cancer stem cells (CSCs), Neoplastic spindle cells (sarcomatoid) have features of EMT and CSCs, and should be considered as the more aggressive subtype in NPC (“mobile/migratory CSCs” and “invasive/metastatic NPC”). 2) Aberrant expression of EMT and CSCs-related markers and their prognostic impacts were clarified. 3) Circulating disseminated NPC cells could exhibit EMT and CSCs properties. A novel molecule-morphology model of tumor progression was proposed. A potential "Anti-Warburg Effect" (AWE) in CTCs-a metabolic shift is firstly proposed. 4) The concepts of "invasive front", "CSCs niche" and "migratory CSCs" were introduced in the research field of NPC. 5) ALDH1, a functional marker for identifying cancer stem cells in NPC. 6) Computer-aided pathologic diagnosis of NPC based on deep learning. These findings (first author, or corresponding author) were published on Theranostics, IEEE J Biomed Health Inform, JECCR, Histopathology, Am J Pathol, Int J Cancer, Cancer Lett , Oncogene, etc, which had been cited by Nat Rev Clin Oncol and other journals, the total impact factor > 230.0. Prof. Luo served as Evaluation Expert of Ministry of Education Degree and Graduate Education, Bentham Science Publishers editor, Front Med Associate editor, J Cell Mol Med Associate editor, BMC Cancer Editorial board, CytoJournal Editorial board and actively peer-reviewed for over 100 journals such as Semin Cancer Biol, Cancer Communications, J Exp Clin Cancer Res, Clin Transl Med, Int J Cancer, Histopathology， and was invited to participate in Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma ecology · Ecological pathology I have been serving as the department head of a hospital for many years, and I possess strong abilities in administrative management, communication, and problem-solving. Reading, exercising, watching movies, and traveling.