Zhibao Dong is a professor of aeolian research with State key Laboratory of Soil and Water Conservation and Desertification Control, Northwest A&F University. He is a lead aeolian geomorphologist in China and his decades of research on aeolian geomorphology have taken him to every corner of China's deserts, as well as the deserts of Africa, Central Asia, Australia, and the western United States. Ping Lü is a professor of aeolian research with the School of Geography and Tourism at Shaanxi Normal University. Her research specializes in the formation and evolution of dunes on both Earth and Mars. She employs a multidisciplinary approach that combines discrete numerical simulations with statistical data analysis informed by terrestrial field experiments and Martian exploration data. Qi Lu is a counselor of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, chief scientist with the Chinese Academy of Forestry. He is a lead expert in desertification control and macro-ecological strategy in China, and his more than three decades of research have profoundly shaped national ecological initiatives.