Mr. Tran received his master’s degree in Cartography and Geography Information Systems from the Capital Normal University, China. His master’s dissertation leverages Earth observations in mapping and monitoring the surface water and flood dynamics in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. He is currently a PhD. candidate at the Department of Geography and Geospatial Sciences, South Dakota State University, US. His current work focuses on the development of high-resolution gap-free time series for evaluating long-term continuity in the NASA 500 m land surface phenology products.