Prof. Dr. Fadong Li, born in 1972, is a professor at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), a doctoral supervisor, a professor at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), the director of the Shandong Yucheng Agro-ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, the director of Yucheng Comprehensive Experimental Station of the CAS, and the deputy director of the Center for Agroecosystems Research (CERAE). He returned to China with the support of the Overseas Talents Support of CAS from Japan in 2010. He graduated from the Department of Agro-meteorology of the China Agricultural University in 1996, Shijiazhuang Institute of Agricultural Modernization of CAS in 2002, and IGSNRR-CAS in 2005, with a Bachelor of Science, Master of Ecology, and Ph.D. of Physical Geography, respectively. He is mainly engaged in the research of ecosystem processes and environment, and has made important achievements in the ecosystem processes of farmland, the impact of agriculture on the environment, ecohydrology and water environment. He is currently on the editorial board of Carbon Research, Sustainability, Resource Science, Journal of Ecology and Environment, Chinese Journal of Ecological Agriculture, Journal of Agricultural Resources and Environment, South-to-North Water Diversion and Water Resources Science and Technology, and People’s Pearl River.