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Prof. Yu Huang, born in 1973, received his Ph.D. in geotechnical engineering from Tongji University, Shanghai, China. He is now a "Distinguished Professor of Changjiang Scholars of the Ministry of Education" in geological engineering in the College of Civil Engineering at Tongji University. Professor Huang's primary research area includes earthquake geotechnical engineering, geologic disasters, computational geomechanics, foundation engineering, and environmental geology. He has authored more than 150 papers in international refereed journals. As first author, he has written four monographs entitled "Slope Stochastic Dynamics", "Geo-disaster Modeling and Analysis: An SPH-based Approach", "Hazard Analysis of Seismic Soil Liquefaction", and "Social Infrastructure Maintenance Notebook" published by Springer. He now serves on the editorial board for Engineering Geology, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, Geotechnical Research, and Geoenvironmental Disasters. Professor Huang received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars from the National Natural Science Foundation of China for his research on geological disasters triggered by earthquakes.Co-author Min Xiong, born in 1986, received his Ph.D. from Tongji University under the supervision of Prof. Yu Huang. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in civil engineering at Three Gorges University. He is currently working at Tongji University as a post-doctoral research fellow.Co-author Hongqiang Hu, born in 1993, received his Ph.D. from Tongji University under the guidance of Prof. Yu Huang. He received his bachelor's degree in geological engineering at Chang'an University. He is currently working at Zhejiang University and the Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University Co., Ltd. as a post-doctoral research fellow.
