Prof. Haijun Qiu is a Professor and Deputy Dean of the College of Urban and Environmental Sciences at Northwest University, Xi'an, China. He obtained his B.Sc. (2007) and Ph.D. (2012) from Northwest University and completed postdoctoral research at the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) from 2014 to 2017. He was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Michigan and the University of Montana during 2017–2018 before becoming a full Professor at Northwest University in 2019. His research focuses on mountain hazard monitoring, landslide early warning, remote sensing, InSAR, geohazard risk mapping, climate change impacts, and disaster prevention. He has been recognized as a National-level Young Talent, High-level Scientific and Technological Leading Talent of the Ministry of Natural Resources, Leading Talent in Scientific and Technological Innovation of Shaanxi Province, Outstanding Young Scientist of Shaanxi Province, and recipient of the "Most Beautiful Geographical Science and Technology Worker" award from the Geographical Society of China. He has published 85 SCI journal articles as first/corresponding author, including 11 ESI Hot Papers and 15 Highly Cited Papers, and has obtained 17 invention patents, 5 software copyrights, and authored 5 books.