Jiahong Zhao is an Associate Professor and Deputy Director of Intelligent Transportation and Construction Department at the School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology. She received her Bachelor of Transportation from Southwest Jiaotong University in 2009. She completed her joint doctoral training in Operations Management at McGill University from 2012 to 2014 and obtained her Doctor of Engineering degree in Transportation Planning and Management from Southwest Jiaotong University in 2015 through a combined master–doctor program.