Dr. Xianhong Meng is a scientist in Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou, China. She is interested in how land surface conditions respond to climate change, and affect weather and climate substantially, based on observations, satellite data and modelling, particularly over the arid and semi-arid regions, including the high-altitude and cold Tibetan Plateau regions. Now she leads a field observational station called “Zoige Plateau Wetlands Ecosystem Research Station” in Northeast Tibetan Plateau in China. In this podcast Dr. Meng discusses her career path and talks about her research and gives information on the iLEAPS conference March 2021 session that she is co-convening related to research in the arid and semi-arid environments.