Dr. Yingchun Li joined Department of Civil Engineering, School of Infrastructure Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, China in 2017. Dr. Li obtained BE in engineering from School of Mines, China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT), and his PhD from School of Mining Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia in 2016. His research interests focus on fundamentals and applications of rock mechanics in deep underground space and geo-resources engineering. He received several grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Ministry of Science and Technology, China. He has published more than 90 scientific papers.