Merrick Lex Berman was appointed as an Institute Fellow, serving as the Project Manager for China Biographical Database (CBDB).

Previously Lex also managed many East Asian geospatial data projects such as  CHGIS, TGAZ, the Skinner Archive, and JapanMap. He studied Asian Languages and GeoSciences at UMASS - Amherst and was a Fullbright Scholar at Academia Sinica (Taipei) in Chinese Geography.

Personal website:  Diamond Bay Research