Mahdi Hasanlou received the B.Sc. degree in surveying and geospatial engineering and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in remote sensing from the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, in 2003, 2006, and 2013, respectively. Since 2013, he has been as an Assistant Professor with the School of Surveying and Geospatial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, where he is currently the Head of the Remote Sensing Laboratory (http://rslab.ut.ac.ir) and also the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Group. His research interests include hyperspectral, thermal, optical, and SAR remote sensing for urban and agroenvironmental applications.