Keynote Speaker 6

Gaofeng Zhao

 

Research interests: Fundamental and applied researches of rock dynamics including discrete numerical models, Multi-scale and multi-physical modeling, High-performance computing, Laser-assisted rock cutting, rock blasting

 

Bio: Dr. Gaofeng Zhao is currently a professor of rock mechanics at Tianjin University. Dr. Zhao obtained his Ph.D. degree at EPFL in 2010 and joined UNSW Australia in 2011 as a lecturer and was promoted to senior lecturer in 2014. He has received more than six competitive grants from CNSF and ARC and published more than 100 publications which attracted more than 1,200 citations (Web of Science). His research fields include fundamental and applied researches of rock dynamics including discrete numerical models, multi-scale and multi-physical modeling, high-performance computing, laser-assisted rock cutting, rock blasting, etc. He is the co-president of the DDA committee of ISRM, vice director of the committee of rock fragmentation engineering of CSRME, co-president of the professional committee of highway engineering geology of the world transport convention, etc. He is the associate editor of IJRMMS, was the guest editor of TUST, IJG etc, and is the editorial board member of journals such as the journal of civil and environmental engineering and the journal of harbin institute of technology.