Jinping Yang is an Associate Professor at the College of Civil Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, China. She received her B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Xinyang Normal University in 2011, an M.Sc. in Structural Engineering from Chongqing University in 2014, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Tongji University in 2018. She attended the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The University of Auckland (New Zealand) as a Visiting Scholar from February 2024 to February 2025. Her research interests include grain lifeline engineering toughness improvement, soil–structure dynamic interaction, and structural earthquake prevention and mitigation.