Bio: Chaofeng Zeng, Ph.D., Professor, and Doctoral Supervisor, is a leading talent in scientific and technological innovation in Hunan Province, recognized as one of Hunan's "Top Three Innovation Talents," a Hunan Huxiang Youth Talent, a recipient of the Hunan Provincial Excellent Young Scientist Award (Youqing), an outstanding young teacher in Hunan, one of the world's top 2% scientists, a Chinese Highly Cited Researcher (Top 1%), one of the nation's top 100 outstanding postdoctoral researchers, and a discipline leader (Xiangjiang Scholar) at Hunan University of Science and Technology. He currently serves as the Director of the Analytical Testing Center, Deputy Director of the State-Owned Assets and Laboratory Management Office, and Leader of the Innovative Team for Intelligent Flood Disaster Prevention and Control in Urban Underground Spaces at Hunan University of Science and Technology. He previously held positions as Deputy Director of the Office of Science and Technology and Director of the Institute of Future Environmental Geotechnical Disaster Mitigation and Remediation at the same university. He has led three national-level projects and more than ten provincial, ministerial, and industry-university-research collaborative projects. As the first or corresponding author, he has published 29 SCI papers and 53 EI papers in high-level journals in the field, including dozens of top F5000, highly cited, and top-tier journal articles. His papers have been cited over 2,152 times with an H-index of 30. He holds 32 authorized patents and software copyrights, has served as editor-in-chief for four SCI special issues, and has chaired or contributed to seven monographs, collections, textbooks, and standards. His research has earned two second-class provincial science and technology awards and one third-class provincial award. He has delivered more than 20 keynote and invited talks at domestic and international academic conferences. He also serves as a council member of the Environmental Geotechnical Engineering Branch and Youth Committee member of the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering, a member of the Soft Soil Engineering Committee and Youth Committee of the Chinese Society of Civil Engineering, and a member of the Transparent Geotechnical Technology Innovation Expert Team. He is Associate Editor of Frontiers in Built Environment, guest editor and advisory board member for special issues of Water, a young editorial board member, outstanding young editorial board member, and distinguished contributor for journals including International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, Deep Underground Science and Engineering, Intelligent Geoengineering, Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering, and Journal of China University of Mining and Technology. He also serves as a reviewer and outstanding reviewer for over 80 leading domestic and international journals such as Geotechnique, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, Computers and Geotechnics, and Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering. He is a long-term invited expert reviewer for the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, and various provincial and municipal science and technology evaluation committees including those in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Heilongjiang, and Hubei.