Dr. Xiong Xu is an associate professor at the School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan Institute of Technology. He completed his PhD studies at the Wuhan University of Technology (2018). He completed his postdoctoral studies at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2020. During his doctoral studies, he obtained several achievements and honors, such as the school’s Outstanding Doctoral Thesis and the school’s “Excellence Scholarship”. He has chaired and participated in many provincial projects, such as the Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation project, the Hubei Provincial Department of Education's scientific research plan project, etc. His research areas include sustainable pavement materials and technologies, recycled concrete, rubberized asphalt pavement materials, and solid waste recycling. He has published more than 40 articles in high-impact journals, including Engineering, the Journal of Cleaner Production, and Construction and Building Materials. He has also been invited to serve as a reviewer for more than 30 peer-reviewed journals.