Dr Yingqi Liu is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Transportation and Logistics at Wuhan University of Technology (WUT), Wuhan. He obtained the degree of Bachelor of Engineering from WUT in 2014. Then he carried out research work in tunnel engineering and graduated with the degree of Master of Engineering from WUT in 2017. He received his Ph.D. degree at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 2021, where he had worked on a special earthquake-resistant design of post-tensioned concrete bridge piers. He won an Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award during his study in HKU, and one of his work was selected as the annual best paper (2 out of 1000) by Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE). He has published more than 20 SCI/EI journal papers including recognition from ES, EESD, TWS Q1 top journals. His current research interests include rigid body dynamics, seismic isolation and reduction for precast segmental bridges, structural design for MiC buildings, construction techniques for prefabricated structures, and innovative expandable structures as bridge accessories.