Prof. Dr. Peng Lin is a Professor on the faculty of Geosciences and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China. He earned his Ph.D. at the City University of Hong Kong in 2005. From 2006 to 2014, he held the positions of Senior Engineer and Chief Fire Engineer in internationally renowned consulting firms (Meinhardt, 2006–2009; AECOM, 2009–2014). His research focuses on rail transit fire and prevention, special building fire safety assessment, personnel mass evacuation and emergency management, and tunnel fire dynamics.