Dr Xiangming Zhou is a Professor and Head of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences at Brunel University London. He joined Brunel in October 2008 as a lecturer and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2011, Reader in 2016 and Professor in 2018. Before joining Brunel, he was a Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering at the University of Greenwich from January 2007 to September 2008. He conducted post-doctoral research at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Hong Kong Polytechnic University from January 2005 to January 2007. At Hong Kong Polytechnic University, he received a University Post-doctoral Fellowship. He received his PhD in Civil Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in December 2004. He also holds two degrees, BEng in Civil & Structural Engineering and MEng (Res) in Structural Engineering awarded in 1997 and 2000, respectively, from Tongji University, Shanghai, China. Xiangming’s research covers a broad range of fields in construction materials and technology, focusing on cement and concrete, and structural engineering.