Prof. Dr. Xiaoshuang Li received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mining Engineering from Henan Polytechnic University in 2005 and 2008, respectively. He received his Ph.D. in Mining Engineering from Chongqing University in 2010. From 2011 to 2016, he served as a Senior Engineer and the Minister of the National Engineering Technology Research Center for Phosphorus Resources Development and Utilization in Yunnan Phosphide Group Co. From 2017 to 2021, he served as an Associate Professor at the School of Resource and Environmental Engineering of Jiangxi University of Science and Technology. From 2021 to 2023, he was a Professor at Shaoxing College of Arts and Sciences and the academic leader of the Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Rock Mechanics and Geological Hazards. Currently, he is a Professor at the School of Urban Construction, Changzhou University. He is also the initiator and a standing member of the Open Pit Mining and Slope Engineering Committee of the Chinese Society of Rock Mechanics and Engineering. His research interests include geotechnical engineering, surface mining and slope engineering, and engineered rock safety.