Zhen Zhang, Doctor of Engineering and Lecturer. His research interests include the structural properties and road performance of new pavement materials and research on the structural performance of roads under extreme conditions. He has participated in the completion of two projects for the National Natural Science Foundation of China, two projects for the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province, one project for the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, as well as the revision of the Design Code for Highway Cement Concrete Pavements (JTG D40-2011); he has presided over one project through the Doctoral Scientific Research Initiation Fund of Jiangsu University of Science and Technology and one project through Jiangsu University of Science and Technology's Special Fund for Young Teachers' Scientific Research. At present, he has published 14 papers, including 6 SCI search papers in CAS 1, 2 SCI search papers in CAS 3, 1 EI search paper, and 1 Chinese core paper as the first author; he has one authorized invention patent and one utility model patent. He is now the reviewer of Construction & Building Materials, Ceramics International, and the Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering.