Prof. Dr. Zhidong Zhang received his Bachelor's and Master’s degrees from the College of Forestry, Hebei Agricultural University in 2001 and 2004, respectively, and his PhD from the Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry in 2007. From 2007 to 2012, he was an Assistant Researcher at the Yantai Institute of Coastal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. From 2015 to 2016, he was a Visiting Scholar at the University of British Columbia, College of Forestry. Now he is an Associate Professor at the College of Forestry, Hebei Agricultural University. His research interests include species diversity conservation, landscape patterns and processes, and multifunctional forest management.