Dr. Jianping Li, distinguished professor of the first level of the Peak Building Project, Ocean University of China, Dean of the Academy of the Future Ocean, Deputy Director of the Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Director of the Center for Ocean Carbon Neutrality, Outstanding Scientist of Aoshan Talent in Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Pilot National Laboratory, National Distinguished Young Scholar, Winner of the first National 100 excellent thesis,
Matthew (Mat) Collins is Head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and holds the Joint Met Office Chair in Climate Change in the Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter. His research interests are in physical aspects of climate change, with a focus on future projections. He has served twice as Coordinating Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, on the Firth Assessment Report of Working Group 1 and on the Special Report on Oceans and Cr
Bibhya Sharma was born on November 29, 1970 in Fiji and he received his Masters and Ph.D. degree in Mathematics from the University of the South Pacific (USP). He is currently a Professor of Applied Mathematics and Head of School of Information Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Physics at USP. He also served as Associate Dean for Learning and Teaching within the ex-Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment at USP since 2010- 2019. He is a researcher who has led both International and
Prof. Gan Jianping received his PhD from the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at McGill University in Canada in 1995. He worked at the University of Oregon in the United States and joined the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2003. He is currently a chair professor in the Department of Ocean Science, Chair of the Department of Oceanography and Director the Center for Ocean Research in Hong Kong and Macao in HKUST. Over more than thirty-five years of his care
Dr. Luzhen Chen is a professor in the College of Environment and Ecology at Xiamen University. Her research focuses on the ecology of coastal wetland ecosystems under global change. She is interested in the carbon cycling processes of mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrass beds, and has set up monitoring stations for blue carbon to systematically understand the carbon storage and carbon sequestration of coastal wetlands on the coasts of China. She is interested in the studies of the impact of sea
Pierre Failler serves as a professor of Economics at the Business School of University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom. Now as the director of the Centre for Blue Governance at University of Portsmouth, he is also the UNESCO Chair Holder in Blue Governance and the Blue Economy and Climate Change Expert appointed by the EU under the Global Climate Change Action. His research fields focus on the marine and coastal biodiversity and ecosystem services, climate change, international and regional fish t
Dr. Ding He is a male researcher and doctoral supervisor, currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Oceanography at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He is also a member of the Ocean Chemistry Branch of the China Society of Oceanography. Dr. He has led over 20 national and provincial-level research projects, including grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong, and various ec
After earning his Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences from Seoul National University (SNU), South Korea, in 2005, Sang-Woo Kim pursued postdoctoral work at Frances Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de lEnvironnement (LSCE). He is currently a Professor in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at SNU. His research focuses on atmospheric aerosols and clouds, studying their optical, physical, and radiative properties, as well as their climate effects, using both in-situ and remote sensing mea
