Xugang Lian is an Associate Professor at Taiyuan University of Technology. He graduated from Yangquan College of Taiyuan University of Technology with a Bachelor's degree in Surveying and Mapping Engineering in 2007, and he graduated from the Chinese University of Mining and Technology (Beijing) with a doctorate in Geodesy and Surveying Engineering in 2012. He jointly trained a doctor at Curtin University, a visiting scholar at the University of New South Wales, and an engineer at Asphar Surveying Group in Australia. He is mainly engaged in mining subsidence, ground disaster monitoring, and disaster-causing mechanism research using InSAR, UAV, 3D laser scanning, and other methods. He has published more than 30 papers, one monograph, two textbooks, and four software copyrights.