Lingwei Kong obtained his BSc degree from Wuhan Institute of Chemical Technology in 1990, Master degree and PhD from Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics (IRSM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 1993 and 1997, respectively. He was employed by IRSM immediately after his Master degree as an Assistant Engineer, and trained in in-situ testing at Fugro Geotechnical Services (HK) Ltd from October 1994 to April 1995. He obtained the position of professor of IRSM in 2000, worked in Ecole des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC), France as a senior visiting scholar in 2003, and has been vice director of IRSM (2005-2014).
Dr Kong is now Editor-in-Chief of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Vice Editorial Board Chairman of Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, member of editorial board of Chinese Journal of Solid Mechanics, Journal of Engineering Geology.
Since 1998, he has been principal investigator for 8 projects sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China and more than 40 specific projects. His research interests cover unsaturated soil mechanics, soil dynamic, road engineering, slope engineering, etc., currently concentrated on behaviors of problematic soils and disaster prevention in geotechnical engineering, including expansive soil, laterite, granite residual soil, structural clay, gassy sand and rock-soil mixture deposit. He has published more than 260 journal papers and 90 papers in proceedings, 8 books or book chapters.
Lingwei Kong obtained his BSc degree from Wuhan Institute of Chemical Technology in 1990, Master degree and PhD from Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics (IRSM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 1993 and 1997, respectively. He was employed by IRSM immediately after his Master degree as an Assistant Engineer, and trained in in-situ testing at Fugro Geotechnical Services (HK) Ltd from October 1994 to April 1995. He obtained the position of professor of IRSM in 2000, worked in Ecole des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC), France as a senior visiting scholar in 2003, and has been vice director of IRSM (2005-2014).
Dr Kong is now Editor-in-Chief of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Vice Editorial Board Chairman of Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, member of editorial board of Chinese Journal of Solid Mechanics, Journal of Engineering Geology.
Since 1998, he has been principal investigator for 8 projects sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China and more than 40 specific projects. His research interests cover unsaturated soil mechanics, soil dynamic, road engineering, slope engineering, etc., currently concentrated on behaviors of problematic soils and disaster prevention in geotechnical engineering, including expansive soil, laterite, granite residual soil, structural clay, gassy sand and rock-soil mixture deposit. He has published more than 260 journal papers and 90 papers in proceedings, 8 books or book chapters.