Biographies of the guest editors

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Gang Tian received a BS (1982) and an MS (1988) in applied geophysics from the Changchun College of Geology, China and a PhD (1995) in geophysics from the University of Durham, UK. After that, he returned to the Changchun University of Science & Technology in China in 1996. He became the Deputy Dean of the college of Geo-Exploration and Information Technology of the University. From 2001 to 2002 he was a visiting professor at the University of Kansas, USA. At present, he is a full Professor of Geophysics at the Zhejiang University and the Deputy Director of the Institute of Geology & Geophysics of the University. His research interests include near-surface geophysics, inversion of seismic data and polar geophysics. He is a member of SEG, EAGE and CGS. Jianghai Xia received his PhD (1992) in geology with emphasis in geophysics from the University of Kansas. He was a Post-doctoral Researcher at the Kansas Geological Survey, the University of Kansas from 1993–1995. He was an Assistant Scientist (1995–2001), an Associate Scientist (2001–2007), and has been a Senior Scientist since 2007 at the Kansas Geological Survey, the University of Kansas. He has been a Consultant Professor at the Jilin University and a Visiting Professor at the China University of Geosciences since 2004. He taught several short courses on high-frequency surface-wave techniques, surface- wave inversion, geophysical data analysis and gravity and magnetic prospecting. He was a Co-chair of the International Conference on Environmental and Engineering Geophysics (ICEEG) 2004, 2006, and 2008 and a Guest Editor of the Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics (June 2006). He is a referee for 23 professional journals and scientific foundations. He is an author and co-author of more than 60 peer-reviewed articles. His main research interests include high-frequency surface waves, shallow seismic reflection and refraction, ground penetrating radar, potential fields and applications to near-surface material characterization and engineering and environmental problems by integrated geophysical tools. He currently focuses on analysis of high-frequency surface waves, including 2D/3D surface wave analysis, surface wave diffraction and inversion of 2D surface-wave data. He is a member of SEG, KSGS and NSG.