Prof. Xuanlong Ma is a Professor at the College of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Lanzhou University, China. He holds a Ph.D. in Ecology (2014) from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the UTS Climate Change Cluster and Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, respectively. His research interests involve integrating measurements from spaceborne sensors, field instruments, and flux towers to study and analyze vegetation phenological and functional responses to hydroclimatic impacts, with the overarching aim of assessing ecosystem resilience. He received the Kamide Lecture Award from the Asia-Oceania Geoscience Society and the Best Reviewer Award from the Journal of Remote Sensing.