**About the Editors**

### **Tao Jiang**

Tao Jiang, Ph.D., is a Professor at the College of Marine Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences. His research interests lie in marine geology and resources and luminescence dating on marine sediments. He received his BSc and PhD degrees in Mineral Exploration and Exploration from China University of Geosciences in Wuhan in 2000 and 2005, respectively. From 2006 to 2008, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Ocean Research Institute, Tokyo University, and began his teaching career in 2005 at China University of Geosciences in Wuhan.

### **Ming Su**

Ming Su, Ph.D., is a Professor at the School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University. His research interests lie in deep-water sedimentology and resources, sediment routing systems and source-to-sink systems. He received his BSc in Mineral Resource Prospecting and Exploration, MSc in Resource Exploration Engineering and PhD degrees in Marine Geology from China University of Geosciences in Wuhan, in 2005, 2008 and 2011, respectively. From 2011 to 2016, he worked as an Assistant Researcher and Associate Researcher at Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He began his teaching career in 2016 at the School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University in Zhuhai.

### **Zenggui Kuang**

Zenggui Kuang is a Senior Engineer at the National Engineering Research Center of Gas Hydrate Exploration and Development, Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey. His research interests lie in gas hydrate accumulation and deep water sedimentology. He received his BSc degrees in Mineral Exploration and Exploration from China University of Geosciences in Wuhan in 2008 and 2010. He began his research work in 2010 at Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey in Guangzhou.
