Prof. Yanbin Li is a Professor at the College of Water Conservancy, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power. He completed his PhD studies at the School of Hydropower Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, and has been awarded the Third Prize of the Henan Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award and the First Prize in the Agricultural Water Conservation Technology Award. He has published 110 academic papers and authored 6 monographs and textbooks, and serves as a Member of the Teaching Guidance Committee for Water Resources Disciplines in Higher Education Institutions, Ministry of Education. His research topics mainly include the crop coefficient method, meteorological drought, Shuttleworth–Wallace, and evapotranspiration.