Tao Ma is an assistant dean and a professor at the School of Transportation at Southeast University, China. He has hosted research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Key Technology R&D Program, the National High-Tech R&D Program of China (863 Program), the Special Fund for Basic Research on Scientific Instruments of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, etc. He was selected by the Fok Ying-Tong Foundation Program by the Ministry of Education. He was awarded the 333 High-Level Talent Cultivation Project, Six Talents Summit Program, and Double Talents Program in Jiangsu Province. He also received the Zhongying Young Scholars and the Excellent Young Teacher Funding project at Southeast University. He has won several scientific awards, such as first prize in the Technical Invention of the Ministry of Education, second prize in Science and Technology of Jiangsu Province, and first prize in Science and Technology of China Highway Society. He won many teaching awards, such as first prize in the national micro-teaching competition, first prize in the Jiangsu Province micro-class teaching competition, second prize in the Jiangsu Province undergraduate teaching achievement, first prize in the Jiangsu Province postgraduate teaching reform achievements, and so on. He also serves on technical committees and as an active journal reviewer for many international high-impact journals.