Zhidan Wen received a B.Sc. degree from Northeast Forestry University in 2007, an M.Sc. degree from Shenyang Agricultural University in 2010, and a Ph.D. degree from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2014. She works at the Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences as Assistant Researcher, Associate Researcher, and Project Researcher. She is a Master Supervisor at Jilin University of Architecture and Changchun Normal University. She is a Director of Jilin Geographical Society. Her research interests mainly focus on carbon cycles in inland waters, remote sensing estimations of carbon dioxide partial pressure and flux in inland waters, and optical absorption characteristics of inland waters.