Jian Zhou

Assoc. Prof. Jian Zhou received the Ph.D. degree from the School of Resources and Safety Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China, in 2015. From 2013 to 2014, he was a Visitor scholar with the McGill University, Montreal, Canaa. His current research interests in prediction and control of mining and geotechnical engineering hazards using machine learning methods, including rockburst in deep hardrock mining and high-stress conditions, pillar and stope stability analysis, blast vibration, slope stability analysis. He is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Resource and Safety Engineering, Central South University. He is a member of ISRM and invited to serve as the Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports, International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, Advances in Civil Engineering, Applied Sciences, Metaheuristic Computing and Applications. He has published more than 100 papers in well-established ISI and Scopus journals, national and international conferences. His citation and H-index are 3500 and 33, respectively.