Prof. Long Ma received a BS from East China University of Technology in 2004, an MS from The First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration in 2007, and a PhD from Nanjing Institute of Geography & Limnology Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2010. He is a researcher at the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and deputy director of the Silk Road Green Development Research Center. His research interests include lake-basin systems and global change.