Guangyuan holds a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University and a master's degree in Microbiology from Anhui Medical University. He conducted research on the Zika virus under Professor Chengfeng Qin, publishing as the first author in Nature Communications. Currently pursuing a PhD at Westlake University in Professor Dapeng Li's lab, Guangyuan focuses on immunology and virology of emerging infectious diseases.