US Edition2 Chinese researchers charged with smuggling biological pathogen to study at University of Michigan lab
- In 2024, two Chinese scientists, Yunqing Jian, a 33-year-old postdoctoral researcher, and Zunyong Liu, aged 34, were accused of illegally importing the fungus Fusarium graminearum into the United States through Detroit airport with the intent to conduct research on it at the University of Michigan.
- Liu was stopped and sent back to China after customs found red plant material containing the fungus in his backpack, while investigators uncovered prior discussions about smuggling and planned research at the university lab.
- Jian worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Michigan and exchanged messages indicating she handled the pathogen without the university having the necessary federal permits; investigators also discovered evidence of her allegiance to the ruling party of China.
- Federal prosecutors described the charges—including conspiracy, making false statements, and visa fraud—as raising the gravest national security concerns because the fungus potentially threatens the U.S. Food supply by causing billions in crop losses and livestock illness.
- Jian was ordered detained pending a bond hearing, Liu remains at large since the U.S. Lacks an extradition treaty with China, and the University of Michigan is cooperating but found no indication the pathogen entered its facilities.
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