Mingjiang ZHOU is a Distinguished Professor in the Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), located in Qingdao, China. He was elected as the Chair for the Chinese LOICZ from 2005-2011, served as members in the GEOHAB SSC from 2004-2010 and has been working in the SCOR WG 132 since 2008. His main research interest is focused on how to understand the ecological and oceanographic mechanisms of large scale HABs repeatedly occurring along Chinese coast and to find ways to better assess and mitigate HAB’s impacts. He has published about 130 peer-reviewed academic papers. He received several academic awards including the Second Prize of Natural Science Award of CAS in 1996, the First Prize of the Ministry of Education of China in 2003 and the First Prize of Science and Technology advances of Shandong Province.  He is now taking the role as the PI again for second phase of the CEOHAB (Chinese Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms, a project in the National Basic Research Priorities Programme – “973” project) sponsored by the MOST (Ministry Of Science and Technology of China).