Professor Hengxing Lan is the Chief Scientist of a Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, a Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor, a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and a leading scientist selected for the National Ten Thousand Talents Program. He received his Ph.D. degree in Geological Engineering from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has led several national research projects, including NSFC Major Programs, the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and NSFC major research-instrument development projects. He has published more than 200 academic papers, including over 100 SCI/EI-indexed papers, and has received several honors, including the 7th Huang Jiqing Young Geological Science and Technology Award. He currently serves as Chair of Commission C37 of the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG), and serves on the editorial boards of Engineering Geology, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, and the Journal of Mountain Science. He is also an Associate Editor of Geoenvironmental Disasters. His research interests include geohazard dynamics, landslide susceptibility and risk assessment, geohazard process modelling, engineering geology, and deformation and failure mechanisms of rock and soil masses.