Dr. Liyaning Tang obtained her bachelor's degree at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, and her Ph.D degree at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China. After post-doctoral research experience at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, she worked at West Virginia University for three years. She has rich experience in collaboration with government departments in both China and the U.S. Research projects including public–private partnership projects, highway pavement construction, dust control on construction sites, environment impact assessment for construction projects, and carbon footprint in construction. She is now a Senior Lecturer at The University of Newcastle. She teaches Construction courses and supervises both undergraduate and graduate students. She is a Member of CIB and a Fellow of Advance Higher Education. She is also a World Bank Group/APMG certified PPP Professional (CP3P) Foundation trainer and facilitator. Her current research focuses on “Improving Mental Health of Construction Site Workers and Construction Site Safety by Using Big Data Analytics”.