Dr. Fang Chen is a “Hundred Talent Program” professor at the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). His interdisciplinary work combines remote sensing, ecology, and other fields of study to assess spatial patterns of disaster risk. He is currently serving as the Executive Deputy Director of the CAS-TWAS Centre of Excellence on Space Technology for Disaster Mitigation (SDIM), Secretary-General of IRDR Chinese National Committee, and Deputy Secretary-General of “Digital Belt and Road” Program (DBAR), coordinating and partaking in multiple collaborative projects related to disaster risk management in developing countries. He has been involved in numerous professional activities, and speaks worldwide on a broad range of Earth observation and disaster issues.