Prof. Yu Zhang is an associate professor at the College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2010 and his Doctoral degree from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2016. He is a director of the Guangdong Meteorological Society. His research interests include stratospheric climate dynamics, polar climate environment, sea–air interaction, cloud radiation climate effect, and typhoon dynamics.