Laiyu is a sandwich PhD student from China. Regarding her backgroud, she got her bachelor's degree at Beijing Forestry University, China. In 2018, she started a MSc in Food Technology at Wageningen University.

After obtaining her master degree in 2020, she got the PhD position at WUR. During her PhD she will study the characterization and authentication of Tibetan pork based on flavor compounds analysis, under the supervision of Prof. ir. Saskia van Ruth and dr. Sara Erasmus.