Leiku Yang received the M.S. degree in photogrammetry and remote sensing from China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China, in 2005, and the Ph.D. degree in remote sensing and GIS from Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, in 2013. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Remote Sensing Science and Technology, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, China. His research interests include aerosol retrieval from satellite data, remote sensing of air quality, BRDF modeling, and atmospheric radiative transfer.