Dr. Jonathan H. Jiang is an Earth and space scientist, author, and educator. He serves as Project Scientist at UCLA’s Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering (JIFRESSE) and President of the American Geophysical Union’s Global Environmental Change section. He previously served as a Senior Research Scientist and Group Supervisor at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. He has authored or coauthored more than 300 peer-reviewed publications on satellite remote sensing, atmospheric and climate processes, astrophysics, planetary habitability, and humanity’s future. His honors include two NASA Exceptional Achievement Medals, the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, and JPL’s Edward Stone Award for Outstanding Research Publication. He is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. Dr. Jiang served on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on a Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars. He is Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Humanity’s Future in the Cosmos, founder and CEO of Beacon in the Cosmos LLC, and author of Avoiding the Great Filter. His work connects planetary stewardship, scientific discovery, and humanity’s long-term survival on Earth and beyond.