Huichao Yin received the Ph.D. degree in geo-information science from China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing. He is currently a researcher with New Mexico State University, where he focuses on deep/machine learning-based hydrological and geophysical data modeling and spatiotemporal analysis, as well as data-driven approaches of predicting mining hazards. His research interests include geoscience data analysis, AI and deep learning algorithms, and computational geoscience. He has a publication record on journals including GRL, JoH, IEEE-TGRS, and WR.