Dr. Yubin Lan, the member of European Academy of Sciences, Arts and Humanities (EASAL), Academician of the Georgian National Academy of Science, a Scientist in precision agriculture, who has long been engaged in precision agricultural research for 30 years, especially in precision agricultural aviation. He first proposed the concept of “precision agricultural aviation” in the world (2008) and took the lead in research work on the combination of agricultural aerial remote sensing and precision aerial spraying in the world. He had served as an Agricultural Engineer in the USDA-ARS and won the “Outstanding Merit Awards” for 8 consecutive years from 2006 to 2013. Appointed as the USA representative for the International Society of Precision Agriculture for his outstanding performance in precision agriculture. He has been committed to the development of precision agricultural aviation in the world for many years, and made outstanding contributions to the development of agricultural aviation in the USA and the promotion of the world’s precision agricultural aviation disciplines, especially the development of agricultural aviation and plant protection UAV in China. Dr. Lan, the Director and the Lead Scientist of the National Center for International Collaboration Research on Precision Agricultural Aviation Pesticide Spraying Technology, the Founder and Chairman of International Society of Precision Agricultural Aviation (ISPAA), International Conference of Precision Agricultural Aviation and CIGR Precision Aerial Application Working Group, the Founder and Co-Editor of International Journal of Precision Agricultural Aviation (IJPAA). Dr. Lan was the recipient of “Young Professional Engineer” award from ASAE TX Section in 1994. Dr. Lan has received the Texas Section Engineer of the Year Award from the ASABE (2012), and the Distinguished Career Award(2013) and Outstanding Contribution Award(2014) from the AOCABFE, the Distinguished Service Award from USDA-ARS-AATRU(2014); Outstanding Contribution Awards of Agricultural Aviation from the Agricultural Aviation Working Branch of the CSAE(2015); Scientific Chinese’s Person of the Year；China Industry-University-Research Institute Collaboration Association ’Development Award；First Global UAV Contribution Award from Drone World Congress(2017); Contribution Awards for Agricultural Aviation Development in China from TISAAA(2018).