Jihong Sun received his M.Eng. degree in Cartography and Geographic Information Engineering from China University of Petroleum (East China) in 2009. He is currently a researcher at the Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology and serves as a part-time Master's supervisor at China University of Petroleum (East China). He is also a council member of the Coastal Remote Sensing Branch of the China Association of Remote Sensing Application. His research focuses on the construction and application of marine geological big data. He has led or participated in more than ten research projects, including the National Marine Geological Survey Program, projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), sub-projects of national oil and gas special programs, and research projects supported by the Laoshan Laboratory. To date, he has published more than 30 academic papers, been granted 4 national invention patents, and obtained more than 10 software copyrights. He has received one First Prize and two Second Prizes for provincial- and ministerial-level scientific and technological achievements. In 2021, he was awarded the title of “Advanced Individual in Geological Survey Informatization Construction during the 14th Five-Year Plan Period” by the China Geological Survey.