Mengfen Shen is currently an Associate Professor at the College of Civil Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, China. She earned her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Clemson University, USA (2018). Dr. Shen’s research focuses on soil liquefaction, ground improvement, uncertainty and risk analysis, intelligent monitoring, and robust design in geotechnical engineering. She has led projects including the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Project) and two Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation grants, and has published extensively in top journals such as Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Engineering Geology, and Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. She actively serves in academic societies, occupying positions such as Director of the 4th Council of the Engineering Risk and Insurance Research Branch (CCES), Member of the Geotechnical Earthquake Disaster Prevention Committee (China Earthquake Society), and Director of the Geological and Geotechnical Engineering Monitoring Branch. Her teaching and mentoring have been recognized with awards including Most Popular Teacher among International Students (2021), provincial Excellent Graduate Teaching Case awards, and honors for supervising student competitions in geotechnical engineering and technological innovation. Personal homepage: https://homepage.zjut.edu.cn/smf_en