Prof. Dr. Zongli Jiang received a master's degree in tectonic geology from Central South University, Changsha, China, in 2004, and a PhD degree in cartography and GIS from the State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineer Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China, in 2011. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Hunan University of Science & Technology, Xiangtan, China. His research interests include velocity monitoring and stability analysis of glaciers using SAR technology.