Liming YANG, 1957-, Professor, Key Laboratory of Impact and Safety Engineering (Ningbo University), Ministry of Education, Ningbo University, Zhejiang, China. Research interest: stress-wave propagation, dynamic response of materials and structures, impact engineering. Experience: Lecturer of Beijing University of Science and Engineering, Associate professor of Peking University, Research Fellow of Dept. of Mechanical Engineering of the National University of Singapore, Qian-jiang Chair Professor of Ningbo University, Vice-Chairman of the Explosion Mechanics Committee of CSTAM. Education: Bachelor of Science, Master of Engineering, and Ph. D, Dept of Modern Mechanics, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, China. Publications: "Foundations of Stress Waves" (English Edition, Elsevier, 2007), "Dynamics of Materials" (The Press of USTC, 2017), etc. and more than 80 papers. Award: First prize of Ningbo Science and Technology Progress award (2006), First prize of Natural Science Award of Ministry of Education (2007).