Jianbo Chang, Ph.D., is a professor in fish ecology and conservation biology research, leading the Institute of Hydroecology of the School of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering at Wuhan University. He was once a fundamental and 1st – 2nd board member of the World Sturgeon Conservation Society (WSCS) and the International Society for River Science (ISRS). He is currently a board member of the Ecological Society of China (ESC), a board member of the Chinese National Committee on Large Dams (CHINCOLD), and the Chairperson of the Committee of Fish Passage Facilities of CHINCOLD. He had been the chief scientist of both the major program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Basic Research Program of China, coordinating research on human impact on river ecosystems and endangered species conservation. He is currently the chief scientist of a National Key Research and Development Program of China focusing on restoring fish passages all along the main channel of the Yangtze River.