Dr. Yulong Shao received his Ph.D. degree in February 2025 from Seoul National University and has since been supported by the BK21 postdoctoral fellowship program in South Korea. His research interests include the application of 3D printing (3DP) technology in rock mechanics and rock engineering, real-time crack evolution analysis of rocks at the microscale, and thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) modeling of fractured rock masses. In recent years, he has published more than 20 SCI-indexed papers in leading international journals in the field of rock mechanics, with 12 as first author or corresponding author. These include journals such as Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, and Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.