Prof. Dr. Ri Jin currently works as an associate professor at the College of Geography and Ocean Sciences, Yanbian University, China. He obtained a Bachelor's degree at Yanbian University and a Master's degree and a Ph.D. at Sungkyunkwan University. His main research areas include the temporal and spatial variation characteristics and impacts of natural disasters in the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia, disaster risk assessment and ecological security, and wetland pattern evolution and environmental effects. He serves as the Director of the Jilin Province Geographical Society and the Jilin Province Remote Sensing Society.