Mingshi Li is a professor in the College of Forest Resources and Environment Associate at Nanjing Forestry University (NFU). He received his Ph.D. in 2005 from Nanjing Forestry University in Ecology. Mingshi is interested in research collaborations and has been invited by Dr Zhiliang Zhu, with support from USGS, to engage with the CBI modeling team to learn about the MC1 model.  His has extensive experience working with remote sensing both in the USA and China.