Prof. Chung-Ru Ho received his Ph.D. in applied ocean science from the University of Delaware, USA, in 1994. He is now a Professor in the Department of Marine Environmental Informatics, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan. ​He is currently serving as a Committee Member of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) and the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). His research interests include eddy–current interaction, typhoon–ocean interaction, global change and climate variability, and ocean dynamics.