Yongqin Li is currently a PhD candidate of Chongqing University, China, received her B.Eng degree in China University of Geosciences Beijing in 2014. She is mainly engaged in the field of Braced excavation stability and environmental impact, interested in numerical analysis and surrogate model predictions of braced excavation induced deformation. Published academic papers with the related theme in several international journals, including Computers and Geotechnics, Underground Space, Geoscience Frontiers, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.