Jian Zhao

Jian Zhao is a professor of rock mechanics at Monash University since 2013, a Fellow of the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM) since 2015, and the Editor-in-Chief of Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology since 2001. After obtaining a PhD on rock mechanics at Imperial College London in 1987, he was on the faculty of Nanyang Technological University of Singapore for 15 years and then a professor of rock mechanics and tunnelling at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne of Switzerland for 10 years. He teaches and researches rock mechanics and underground technology at universities and practises geotechnical and underground engineering through consulting. He has supervised over 40 PhDs and authored/co-authored over 350 publications, including 15 book/edited volumes, and about 150 ISI journal articles. He has been actively involved in professional societies and industry, including serving as an independent director of a listed company in Singapore, on the Executive Board of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) and a Vice President of the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM).