Xiaotao Hu is the head of the College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering at Northwest A&F University, China. He received his Ph.D. in Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering Resources from the Northwest A&F University in 2012, and he became a professor at Northwest A&F University in 2015. He went to Hong Kong Baptist University for scientific research collaboration in December 2003, Colorado State University for 1 year of collaborative research in 2008, and was a visiting scholar at Aarhus University and the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, from June 2015 to May 2016. His research interests include water-saving irrigation theory and technology, water-saving and quality adjustment mechanisms and technology for greenhouse cash crops, crop water deficit diagnosis, and intelligent water conservancy.