Dr. Junfeng Gao is an Associate Professor at Chongqing Jiaotong University. He is also the Young “Bayu Scholar” in Chongqing and the Young Top-notch Talent of Chongqing Jiaotong University. He earned his Ph.D. in Road and Railway Engineering from Chang’an University in 2020 and learnt as a joint PhD in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering at Michigan Technological University.

His main research interests are pavement materials and structures, green and low-carbon road materials, bio-asphalt, and polyurethane modified asphalt. Dr. Gao serves as a principal researcher in the research projects from NSFC, NSCQ, CPSF and the Fundamental Research Foundation of the Central Universities. He also participated some research projects from Fundamental Research Project of the Ministry of Transport, MnDOT, DEQ, and EGLE - State of Michigan. Dr. Gao has published over 40 papers in peer reviewed journals. These publications include prestigious journals such as the ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Journal of Cleaner Production, and Construction and Building Materials.

Dr. Gao is an active member in the professional community. He is currently a member of the editorial board of Advances in Civil Engineering (SCI), a guest editor of Applied Sciences-Basel (SCI), and a young editorial board member of Materials Engineering (EI), Journal of Aeronautical Materials, Journal of Northeast Petroleum University, Journal of Changsha University of Science and Technology (Natural Science Edition), Chinese and Foreign Highway, and Municipal Technology. He is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), International Association of Chinese Infrastructure Professionals (IACIP), international Society for Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Transport infrastructures (iSMRTi). He was invited to participate in over 20 international or domestic academic conferences such as TRB, SATC, WTC, and ASCE academic annual meeting. He has also reviewed technical papers for over 40 international journals. Dr. Gao has won the National Scholarship for Doctoral Students, the Scholarship for Study Abroad by the China Scholarship Council, and the Best Poster Award by the International Association of Chinese Infrastructure Professionals (IACIP).

Contact: jfgao@cqjtu.edu.cn; gaojunfeng@chd.edu.cn

Office Address: Chongqing Jiaotong University, No. 66 Xuefu Avenue, Nan’an District, Chongqing, China（400074）