Prof. Jia He received his Bachelor's and Master’s degrees from Hohai University in 2005 and 2008, respectively. He obtained a PhD from Nanyang Technological University in 2013. He was a research fellow at Nanyang Technological University from 2012 to 2015. He is the deputy director of the Department of Civil Engineering, School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, Hohai University. He is on the editorial board of the journal Biogeotechnics. His research interests include bio-geotechnologies, geo-environmental engineering, and ground Improvement technologies.