Prof. Xinjian Shan is the Deputy Director, Researcher, and Doctoral Supervisor at the Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Xinjiang University, a Master of Science degree from the Graduate School of the University of Science and Technology of China/Analysis and Prediction Center of the China Earthquake Administration, and a Doctor of Science degree in Solid Earth Geophysics from the Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration. He previously worked at the Postdoctoral Research Station of the Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration. He visited the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Hong Kong and was a visiting scholar at the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford. His research focuses on crustal movement and dynamics, acquisition and analysis of seismogenic fault parameters, evolution of inter-seismic-co-seismic-post-seismic active tectonic deformation and seismic hazard analysis, joint inversion of focal rupture characteristics, multi-source remote sensing (InSAR, thermal infrared, hyperspectral) and fault activity. He has received 10 provincial and ministerial-level awards for outstanding achievements and scientific and technological progress.