Xiaobo Zhang, Ph.D., Associate Professor. He is a recipient of the Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars, and recipient of the Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by Jiangxi Association For Science And Technology. He is a deputy director of the Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Hydraulic Geotechnical Engineering and safety. His research mainly focuses on the effect of structural planes and control of engineering rock mass stability, as well as the interaction between engineering structures and rocks or soils. He has led three projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, one sub-project funded by the National Key Research and Development Program, one provincial high-level young talent project, one project funded by the Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars, one project funded by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and six other provincial and ministerial level research projects. He has also participated in over ten national and provincial level research projects and key engineering projects. He has published 71 SCI/EI indexed papers in important academic journals, co-authored one textbook for higher education during the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan", authorized 18 invention patents, and received two software copyrights. He has won one Special Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of the China Society for Hydropower Engineering, one Second Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of the Ministry of Education, one Second Prize for Natural Science of Hubei Province, and one Third Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of the China Coal Industry Association. His main research interests include: (1) Mechanical behavior of weak interfaces in rock masses under complex stress, water and high-temperature environments; (2) Deformation mechanism and safety control of surrounding rock in underground engineering under complex conditions.