Prof. Jialin Li received his MS and PhD from Nanjing Normal University in 1999 and 2004, respectively. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, from 2004 to 2006. He was a Senior Visiting Scholar at the University of South Florida in 2012. Prof. Li is the Executive Dean of the School of Civil Engineering and Geography and Environment of Ningbo University and the Vice President of the Zhejiang Geography Society. He was selected as an important talent in Zhejiang Province and first-level talent in Zhejiang Province. His main research direction is coastal resource and environmental management.