Dr. Seunghyun Son received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in oceanography from Pusan National University, Pusan, South Korea, in 1996 and 1998, respectively. He received his Ph.D. in oceanography from the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA, in 2004. He completed his postdoctoral appointments at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography and the University of Maine. He is now working at the Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS), University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, and also at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Center for Satellite Applications and Research, College Park, MD, USA. His research interests include algorithm development and application for ocean remote sensing, water quality monitoring, validations of ocean color retrievals, and climate-/human-induced changes in the marine ecosystem using various satellite remote-sensing data.