Prof. Dr. Huifeng Yang is a professor, doctoral supervisor, deputy dean of College of Civil Engineering of Nanjing Tech University, and also was a visiting scholar at Lund University in Sweden. He received his BSc degree in Engineering from Yantai University in 2001, and his PhD degree in Engineering from Nanjing Tech University in 2007. He is a member of the Architectural Society of China, Committee of Timber & Complex Materials Structures of China Association for Engineering Construction Standardization, and Committee of Prestressed Engineering of China Association for Engineering Construction Standardization. Moreover, he is an expert of the China Association for Engineering Construction Standardization and the deputy director of Committee of Bamboo and Timber Structure of Jiangsu Civil Engineering & Architectural Society. He was awarded the first prize of the Jiangsu Provincial Science and Technology Award in 2017 and the second prize of China Construction Science and Technology Award. His main research areas include timber structure and hybrid timber structure, joints and connections for timber structures, and structural behaviors of reinforced timber members and joints.