Dr. Lei Bi obtained his Ph.D degree in 2011 in Physics Department at Texas A&M University, USA, and then conducted research as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Atmospheric Sciences between 2011 and 2014 and as an Assistant Research Scientist between 2014 and 2015 before joining the Department of Earth Sciences at Zhejiang University. Dr. Lei Bi’s primary research interest focuses on electromagnetic wave scattering by non-spherical ice crystals and mineral dust aerosols in the atmosphere. Such work has a wide variety of applications in atmospheric radiation and remote sensing. In 2015, he received Richard Goody award for his contribution to atmospheric radiation research. In 2016, he received Xieyibing young scientist award. He serves as Internation Radiation Commission (IRC) commissioner, an associate editor of Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, and an editor of Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences.