Prof. Xiang JI, from college of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, China, with his research focusing on physiological and evolutionary ecology of reptiles. Due to his outstanding academic achievements, Prof. Xiang JI has been appointed the associate editor of Asian Herpetological Research since 2010.

Recently, he has accepted our another invitation as the executive editor of the special issue for the 8th World Congress of Herpetology (WCH8) with the responsibility of manuscript solicitation and academic scrutiny