Jinping Liu, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor, works in the North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power and is a visiting scholar at Katholieke Universiteit (KU) Leuven, Belgium. His research activities include cryosphere remote sensing, remote sensing of vegetation, climate change, and hydrological modeling, with particular research experience and a knowledge background in the use of remote sensing and geographic information tools for the identification, impacts, and mechanisms of extreme climatic events, as well as risk assessment. As a supervisor of masters, he has contributed significantly to academia and mentoring students. Also, he has served as a reviewer for several SCI journals and has organized several Special Issues with international scholars as a guest editor.