Samuel Jansson was born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1988. He received the M.Sc. degree in engineering physics and the Ph.D. degree in optical remote sensing of insects from the Department. of Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, in 2015 and 2020 respectively. He has authored or coauthored 22 papers, obtained one patent, and co-supervised four student thesis. He is currently a Researcher with the Department of Biology, Lund University. His research interests include entomological lidar, radar, and machine learning techniques, and their applications in studying vector ecology, migration ecology, and insect decline.