Lan Cui is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and is affiliated with the State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Safety. Her research focuses on the deformation mechanisms and support design of surrounding rock in excavations.Dr. Cui has published 90 papers, including 32 SCI papers as first/corresponding author (23 in JCR Q1), with 2 Cover Papers, 3 ESI Highly Cited Papers, and 1 Hot Paper. She holds 27 patents and 4 software copyrights. She has hosted 13 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and other high-level programs, and 4 industry-funded projects. She was selected for the Hubei Province High-level Talent Program in 2024, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Youth Talent Program in 2023, and the China Association for Science and Technology Youth Talent Support Project in 2022. She has also received two provincial and two industry awards.She also serves as Deputy Director of the Committee on Development of Numerical Methods for Geo-disaster Assessment, International Consortium on Geo-disaster Reduction (ICGDR), Member of the Council, Underground Engineering Branch, Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering, and Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports.