Zhigang Sun received an M.E. degree from the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, in 2004, and a Ph.D. degree in environmental modeling and remote sensing from the University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Tsukuba, in 2008. From 2009 to 2011, he was a Post Doctoral Researcher for the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA. From 2011 to 2014, he was an Associate Researcher for the Center for Regional Environmental Research, Tsukuba. Since 2014, he has been a Professor for the CAS Engineering Laboratory for Yellow River Delta Modern Agriculture, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His recent research interests include multiscale observation, modeling, and evaluation of agroecosystem and big data applications in agriculture.