Zhen Cui, postdoctoral fellow, research fellow, received his Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Wuhan Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics) in 2013. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow at PowerChina East China Engineering Group/Tianjin University from 2013 to 2015, and conducted research at the ITASCA International Consulting Group (Hangzhou). In 2019, he was awarded the title “Youth Innovation Promotion Member” by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is a researcher in the Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China. He serves as a director of the Soft Rock Branch, the Underground Engineering Branch, and the Rock Dynamics Committee of the Chinese Society of Rock Mechanics and Engineering; a member of the Geotechnical Engineering Earthquake Disaster Prevention and Reduction Committee and the Infrastructure Earthquake Disaster Reduction Committee of the Chinese Seismological Society; a director of the Hubei Underground Enginee