He is Director of the MNR Key Laboratory of Submarine Science, a PhD holder, Research Professor (Second-Class), doctoral supervisor, and the academic leader in high-resolution seafloor geomorphology.
He has conducted research in high-resolution seafloor geomorphology for 24 years and has led more than 30 national projects, including key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), the National 863 Program, and major programs on basic scientific and technological research. His work has contributed substantially to continental shelf delimitation, seafloor exploration, and seafloor geomorphology, resulting in a comprehensive body of outputs including academic papers, patents, technical standards, monographs, software, and instrumentation.
He developed China’s first electronic charting system for multibeam seafloor topography and co-developed the country’s first full-ocean-depth multibeam echosounding system. He led the formulation of national specifications and a series of industry standards for seafloor topographic and geomorphological surveys. He has made breakthroughs in key technologies including seafloor topographic and geomorphological detection, data processing, feature extraction, and visual computing, and has built an extensive intellectual property portfolio in high-resolution seafloor geomorphology.
He has published more than 100 papers in leading domestic and international journals such as Geomorphology, Marine Geology, and Global and Planetary Change. He has authored two monographs on high-resolution seafloor topography and geomorphology, co-authored ten additional books, and holds four international patents and nearly thirty Chinese patents.