Jian-qun Wang was born in Huanggang, Hubei Province, China. He graduated with a Ph.D. from Hunan University in 2011, majoring in Civil Engineering. He studied at the University of Houston as a visiting scholar in the USA (2019–2020). He worked at Hunan University of Science and Technology for 9 years. In 2016, he became an associate professor. His main research fields are bridge engineering, structural health monitoring, ultra-high performance concrete, etc.