Prof. Jiawen Zhou received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in geotechnical engineering from Hohai University, Nanjing, China, in 2005 and 2008, respectively. He is a Professor at the College of Water Resources and Hydropower of Sichuan University, Sichuan, China. He leads the engineering technology and disaster prevention team of Sichuan University. His main research interests include the monitoring, risk assessment, early warning, and emergency management of geologic hazards. He is an editorial board member of international journals such as the Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Landslides, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, and the Journal of Mountain Science.