**About the Editors**

#### **Shuanggen Jin**

Shuanggen Jin is the Vice-President and a Professor at Henan Polytechnic University, China, and a Professor at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, CAS, China. He is a Member of Academia Europaea, the European Academy of Science, the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, and the Turkish Academy of Sciences, and is also a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences, the Electromagnetics Academy, IUGG, and IAG. He received a B.Sc. in Geodesy from Wuhan University in 1999 and a Ph.D. in Geodesy from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2003. His main research interests are Satellite Navigation, Space Geodesy, Remote Sensing, and Space/Planetary Exploration. He has published over 500 papers in ESR, JGR, IEEE TGRS, EPSL, RSE, JG, etc., and 12 books/monographs with over 12,000 citations and an H-index 58; he has also published more than 20 patents/software copyrights, and has been invited to speak at over 100 talks. He has led over 30 projects from Europe's ESA, China–Germany (NSFC-DFG), China's National Key R&D Program, and NSFC. He teaches Geodesy and Geophysics at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels and has supervised over 30 Ph.D. and 50 M.Sc. candidates, as well as 20 Post-Docs.

#### **Gino Dardanelli**

Gino Dardanelli (BSc in Civ. Eng., Ph.D. in Geodesy and Topography) was an Associate Professor (full position) at the University of Palermo (Italy) with experience in navigation positioning systems (GNSS). He participated in the surveying of two archaeological missions in partnership with La Sapienza University of Rome, Elaiussa Sebaste, Turkey (2012, 2013).

He has experience with more than 50 projects at the department involved in the acquisition, processing, and interpretation of survey data since 2002. With reference to research work, he has produced more than 100 publications, many of which have been presented at national and international seminars and congresses.

He serves on numerous Editorial Boards of scientific journals, including *Geographia Technica*, *Survey Review, ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information* MDPI, *Civil Engineering Journal* (C.E.J), *Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences*. .
