Prof. Dr. Jian Zhang is a professor and deputy director of the Institute of Geotechnical Engineering Science at Hohai University. He is the backbone of the Huang Danian-style teaching team in universities across the country and has been selected for the Jiangsu Association for Science and Technology’s Young Scientific and Technological Talent Support Project and the Hohai University’s “Dayu Scholars” talent program. He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, and a master’s and doctoral degree in bridge and tunnel engineering from Central South University. He is mainly engaged in scientific research in low-carbon intelligent construction of geotechnical and underground engineering. He has presided over eight vertical projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation, China Postdoctoral Foundation, and Jiangsu Postdoctoral Foundation, and five horizontal projects. He won one first prize, four second prizes, and one third prize in provincial and ministerial science and technology progress awards. He has authorized more than 30 patents and software copyrights, co-edited two monographs, and published more than 50 SCI and EI papers. He is a member of the World Transport Congress-Underwater Tunnel Design and Construction Division.