Hefu Pu is a professor at Shenzhen University. His main research fields include containment and remediation of contaminated sites, disposal and beneficial reuse of waste materials, improvement of soft soil (mud), and energy geotechnics. He has served as Principal Investigator (PI) for many research funds, including National Key R&D Program of China, general grants of National Natural Science Foundation of China, and others. He has published more than 70 peer-reviewed academic papers, including many top journal papers. His research outcome has been applied in various engineering projects and received multiple research awards, including First Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of Shanxi Province of China, First Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of Hubei Province of China, and Excellent Paper Award by International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics.