Baolei Zhang is an Associate Professor at the College of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, and a master's supervisor in Cartography and Geographic Information Systems, Vocational and Technical Education-Resources and Environment. He graduated from the Chengdu Mountain Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and received his Ph.D. His main research areas and directions are remote sensing and GIS applications, regional ecological environment monitoring and evaluation, and land use planning and management.