Prof. Zhaoli Wang received his Ph.D. degree in Physical Geography in 2007 and is currently an Associate Director at the South China University of Technology, focusing on the remote sensing of the water environment, urban hydrology, flood and drought disaster prevention and control, and big data in water resources. Prof. Wang is currently the executive director of the Guangdong Water Resources Society, a member of the Land–Air Relations Sub-committee of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) China Committee, a member of the Youth Committee of the China–Africa Water Association (CAWA), and the Guest Associate Editor of the Journal of Hydrology's Special Issue on Urban Floods, an SCI journal. In addition, Prof. Wang was awarded the Second Prize in Natural Science by the People's Government of Guangdong Province in 2022.