Jinbin Cao is a Yangtze river scholars Distinguished Professor, the winner of National Science Fund for Outstanding Young Scholars in 2000, and the director of the innovation group in "magnetospheric dynamics" of the National Foundation of China. Graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1986, Cao received a master's degree from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1989, and a doctorate degree in science from the Third University of Toulouse in France in 1996.

Jinbin Cao has long been engaged in magnetospheric physics and space environment exploration. Cao established a space steady-state cyclotron anisotropic particle model which had a significant impact on the international academic community; and he made a major breakthrough in the field of magnetotail dynamics. Besides, his research results had been listed as the Top Story of the Cluster Constellation Program by the European Space Agency three times. Jinbin Cao led a research team which had developed a medium and low frequency electromagnetic wave detector for Chinese "Double Star Program" successfully, making a historical breakthrough in Chinese space-based detection technology in magnetic fluctuation. He has won the  Zhao Jiuzhang Award for Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Scientific Work in 1998, the Fu Chengyi Award for Youth in Science and Technology from Chinese Geophysical Society in 1999 ,the "Memorizing Cheng Zhongjie" Award from Chinese Astronomical Society in 2003, the French Toulouse City Medal of Honor in aerospace in 2008, the Laurels Team Achievement Award from the International Astronautics Academy in 2010. He is now a director of the Chinese Society of Space Research, a director of the Chinese Committee for Space Research, a member of  a working group on Radiation Belt Patterns of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), the Chairman of  Chinese Committee for Plasma Wave of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI), and a member of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) . He is the responsible scientist of the low-frequency wave detector of the China-esa cooperationed ”Double Star Program”, a cooperative scientist of Cluster constellation satellite of the European Space Agency, the Venus Express, and the French Taranis satellite as well.