Dr. Junri Zhao is currently a Designated Assistant Professor at Nagoya University, Japan (since March 2025). He worked as a postdoctoral researcher from October 2022 to October 2024 in Tsinghua University. His research focuses on emission inventory estimation and atmospheric composition and climate modeling across regional to global scales. He has made original contributions to understanding the climate and health impacts of natural aerosol emissions, such as those from wildfires and ocean sources, and to reducing uncertainties in aerosol–cloud–radiation interactions. Dr. Zhao has published 18 peer-reviewed papers as first author, including in Nature Communications, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, and Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.