Dr. Ali Darvishi Boloorani is an Associate Professor at the Department of Remote Sensing and GIS, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. He earned, a Bachelor’s Degree at the University of Tehran, Iran, Cartography in 1998, a Master’s Degree in Remote Sensing and GIS at the Tarbiat Modares University, Iran in 2001, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Remote Sensing at the Georg-August University, Germany in 2008. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Tehran, specializing in Geoinformatics and Environmental Remote Sensing. With nearly two decades of experience, he has managed over 13 projects, supervised 40 theses, and published over 50 peer-reviewed papers. Ali has led national and international projects on climate change impacts on land degradation and dust storms. His current research focuses on GeoAI-based climate-smart environment monitoring, water resource management, and land use planning, addressing critical issues like climate change, water scarcity, land degradation, and dust storms.