Lei Luo graduated from Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China in 2010 and received his Mater degree and Ph.D. degree at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Beijing, China in 2013 and 2016, respectively. He currently is an Assistant Professor in the topic of remote sensing and GIS at the Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He researches earth observation technologies and big earth observation data for natural and cultural heritage mapping, monitoring and conservation. He was a member of HIST and published a series of peer-viewed papers related to natural and cultural heritage.