Professor using soldier flies to help protect environment

The waste-eating insects help cut emissions and are used as a raw material for aviation fuel

Most people consider university professors to have "decent" working conditions. However, Zhang Jibin, a microbiology professor at Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, might beg to differ.

His laboratory is set on top of a building, where the foul smell of rotten kitchen waste fills the air.