He holds a PhD, is a Research Professor and doctoral supervisor. He received his PhD from the Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2007. His research focuses on ocean–atmosphere radiative transfer and satellite ocean colour remote sensing. He was selected as a Leading Talent in Scientific and Technological Innovation of the National “Young and Middle-Aged Talents Program” in 2014. He currently serves as a member of the IOCCG Working Group on Atmospheric Correction for Turbid and Optically Complex Waters and as an editorial board member of Acta Oceanologica Sinica (Chinese and English editions).
He has led four projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, three projects under the National 863 Program, and more than ten national and provincial-level projects. As first author, he has published over 30 papers in journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, Biogeosciences, and Optics Express, and has authored one monograph. As the first awardee, he has received two First Prizes and two Second Prizes of the Marine Innovation Achievement Award, as well as a First Prize of the Marine Science and Technology Award (ranked 4th), and a Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award.