Name:Yubin Lan

Citizenship: United States of America

Research Area: Precision Agricultural Aviation Technology

Present Occupations:

——Member of European Academy of Sciences, Arts and Humanities

——the Academician of the Georgian National Academy of Science

——the Academician of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences

——Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor in South China Agricultural University

——Associate President and Professor in Shandong University of Technology

——Director and Lead Scientist of the National Center for International Collaboration Research on Precision Agricultural Aviation Pesticide Spraying Technology (NPAAC)

——Adjunct Professor, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845

——Founder and Chairman of CIGR Precision Aerial Application Working Group

——President of International Society of Precision Agricultural Aviation (ISPAA)

——Co-Editor of International Journal of Precision Agricultural Aviation (IJPAA)

Achievements:

Dr. Yubin Lan first proposed the concept of “precision agricultural aviation” in the world (2010) and took the lead in research work on the combination of agricultural aerial remote sensing and precision aerial spraying in the world.Dr. Lan has long been engaged in the research and application of precision agricultural aviation, aerial spraying technology and airborne remote sensing technology, and more than 300 academic papers have been published. Dr. Lan was the recipient of “Young Professional Engineer” award from ASAE TX Section (1994),the Texas Section Engineer of the Year Award from the ASABE (2012), and the Distinguished Career Award (2013) and Outstanding Contribution Award (2014) from the AOCABFE, the Distinguished Service Award from USDA-ARS=AATRU (2014); the “Outstanding Merit Awards” from USDA-ARS for 8 consecutive years from 2006 to 2013. Outstanding Contribution Awards of Agricultural Aviation from the Agricultural Aviation Working Group of the CSAE (2015); Dr. Lan has been committed to the development of precision agricultural aviation in the world for over 15 years, and made outstanding contributions to the development of agricultural aviation in the USA and the promotion of the world's precision agricultural aviation disciplines, especially the development of agricultural aviation and plant protection UAV in China.