Dr Alex Lechner is Professor in landscape ecology based in the College of Resources and Civil Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang China. He is experience in the application of integrated socio-environmental approaches, along with spatially explicit modelling (i.e. GIS) to natural resource management. His current research includes sustainable urban planning, biodiversity conservation in Southeast Asia and extractive resources. He is also an adjunct Professor at Monash University and an honorary Associate Professor at the School of Environmental and Geographical Sciences at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. He has held a variety of different roles at the Monash University Indonesia, Lincoln Centre for Water and Planetary Health at the University of Lincoln UK, Regional Water and Land Resources program and Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation at the University of Queensland, Centre for Environment at the University of Tasmania, and the Mathematics and Geospatial department at RMIT University. Alex has completed a BSc majoring in Ecology at the University of Queensland, and a MAppSci specialising in Geospatial Science and a PhD in Landscape Ecology at RMIT University.