Prof. Dr. Zhen-Dong Cui is the Dean of Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology. In July 2008, he obtained the PhD from School of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. He is the specialized committee member of the soft soil engineering of the geotechnical engineering branch of the Civil Engineering Society of China, the member of international society for soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering (ISSMGE) and the member of international association for engineering geology and environment (IAEG). He published in “Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering”, “Computers and Geotechnics”, “Engineering Geology”, “International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences” and “Cold Regions Science and Technology”. 128 research papers have been published, among which 88 have been indexed by SCI. 11 national invention patents have been authorized. His research interests focus mainly on the land subsidence, the urban subway tunnel, the deformation of soft foundation, the soil dynamics, the centrifuge model test and the artificial frozen soil.