Ertao Gao, Ph.D., Associate Professor. Deputy Secretary-General and Council Member of the Guangxi Society of Remote Sensing, China. His primary research area is remote sensing of coastal wetlands. He has published over 30 papers in major journals, including IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica, and Journal of Remote Sensing. He serves as a reviewer for several internationally renowned journals, such as International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation (JAG), Expert Systems With Applications, Remote Sensing, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (JSTARS), Ocean and Coastal Management, and Smart Agricultural Technology.