Prof. Xia-Ting Feng received his PhD degree at Northeastern University of Technology (now Northeastern University since 1993), China in 1992, and then took the position of lecturer, associate professor, and professor at the same university. He joined the Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 1998 as a Professor of the Hundred Talent Program of the CAS and Deputy Director in Charge and Director during 2001-2005. He has worked as Director of the State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering since 2007. He has worked at Northeastern University, China, as a Vice President since September 2017. In February 2021, he became president of Northeastern University. He is President of the Federation of International Geo-engineering Societies (FedIGS), President of the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM) Commission on Design Methodology, member of the ISRM Commission on Testing Methods, and President of the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering (CSRME). He was the past President of ISRM from 2011 to 2015. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (JRMGE), and Associate Editor-in-Chief of Chinese Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. His research interests cover rock mechanics for deep rock engineering. He published more than 200 technical papers and the English books "Rock Engineering Design" and "Rock Engineering Risk" with Prof. John Hudson. He has edited five volumes of the book "Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering" (CRC Press) and the book "Rockburst" (Elsevier).