Dr. Chi is an associate professor at First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, China. He earned his PhD degree from Nanjing University. His research interests mainly focus on the island ecosystems and ecosystem-based island management. He has published more than 30 peer-reviewed papers as the first author in academic journals, including Land Use Policy, Geoderma, Catena, Journal of Cleaner Production, Science of the Total Environment, and Ecological Indicators.