Dr. Mingjie Ma received his undergraduate degree in
Geographic Science from Tianshui Normal University, graduating with a Bachelor
of Science (B.Sc.) in June 2017. He then went on to complete a Master of
Science (M.Sc.) degree in Physical Geography at Xinjiang Normal University
(September 2017–June 2020). He has been working at the Institute of Desert
Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Urumqi, China, from September
2020 to the present. His research interests include the thermal initiation
mechanism of desert surfaces, the emission and transport of sand and dust
aerosols, and boundary layer meteorology.
Dr. Chenglong Zhou graduated from Nanhua University with a
Bachelor's degree in 2009 and from Xinjiang University with a Master's degree
in 2013. He has been pursuing his Doctoral degree at Lanzhou University since
September 2020. From July 2013 to February 2016, he worked as an engineer at
the Tazhong Weather Station. From March 2016 to February 2017, he worked as an
engineer at the Bazhou Meteorological Station. From March 2017 to November
2018, he worked as an assistant researcher at the Institute of Desert
Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Urumqi, China. He has worked
as an associate researcher at the Institute of Desert Meteorology, China
Meteorological Administration, Urumqi, from December 2018 to the present. His
research interests include the fine-scale observation of sand initiation and
dust radiation, as well as their effects on weather and climate.
Dr. Fan Yang received his Bachelor's degree in Agronomy from
the College of Forestry at Gansu Agricultural University between September 2005
and September 2009. He then went on to complete a Master’s degree in Agronomy
at the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of
Sciences between September 2009 and September 2012, specialising in Soil
Conservation and Desertification Control. From September 2018 to the present
day, he has been conducting his PhD studies in atmospheric physics and
atmospheric environment at the College of Atmospheric Sciences at Lanzhou
University. His research interests include land gas fluxes in desert regions,
the desert carbon sequestration mechanism, and desertification control for
carbon sinks.
Dr. Wen Huo received a BSc in Atmospheric Science from the
Department of Atmospheric Science at the Nanjing Meteorological Institute
(September 1999–June 2003), an MSc in Physical Geography from the Department of
Geography at Xinjiang Normal University (September 2008–June 2011), and a PhD
in Meteorology from the Department of Atmospheric Science at the Nanjing
University of Information Technology (September 2014–June 2020). Since July
2003, he has worked as a researcher at the Institute of Desert Meteorology,
China Meteorological Administration in Urumqi, China. His research interests
include disastrous weather and climate, the observation of sandstorms, and the
desert boundary layer.
Dr. Qing He is a second-class researcher at the China
Meteorological Administration. His main research interests are desert climate,
sandstorm disasters and defence, and climate resources in arid areas. From May
2008 to December 2017, he served as Director and Researcher at the Institute of
Desert Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Urumqi, China. From
December 2017 to July 2019, he served as Director of the Meteorological Station
in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Since 2019, he has served as Deputy
Director of the Meteorological Bureau of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. He
has won four second-place and two third-place prizes for scientific and
technological progress in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. He has also
been honoured with the titles of “National Advanced Individual in Field
Scientific and Technological Work” by the Ministry of Science and Technology
and “Outstanding Meteorological Youth in the Western Region” by the China
Meteorological Administration (CMA).
