Heyi Wei received his Doctor of Engineering degree from Wuhan University. He is currently a Professor and Master's Supervisor at Jiangxi Normal University, where he also serves as the founding director of the Geodesign Research Centre. He has held academic appointments as a Research Associate at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and as a Visiting Professor at the University of Glasgow. His research interests primarily include Geodesign, data mining, management, and analytics, as well as GIS and remote sensing (RS) applications for urban science. He also focuses on urban and regional planning, digital landscape planning, and digital simulation of urban biodiversity. Additionally, his work involves the development and application of decision support systems.