Kaichang Di received a Ph.D. degree in photogrammetry and remote sensing from Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping, Wuhan, China, in 1999. He is currently a professor with the Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, and he is the founding director of the Planetary Mapping and Remote Sensing Lab at the institute. He was the chair of the Inter-Commission Working Group III/II “Planetary Remote Sensing and Mapping” of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing from 2016 to 2022. His research interests include planetary photogrammetry and remote sensing, visual localization and navigation, and planetary science.