Yang Xingguo, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Outstanding Expert with Outstanding Contributions in Sichuan Province, Dean of the College of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering of Sichuan University, Director of the Center for Smart Water Conservancy Research, Sichuan University, and concurrently Vice Chairman of the Hydraulic Power Generation Engineering Society of Sichuan Province and Vice Chairman of the Soil and Water Conservation Society of Sichuan Province.

Mainly engaged in research on disaster prevention and mitigation in mountainous areas, blasting engineering, underground engineering, engineering safety monitoring and protection, and first proposed the integrated technology of water-related interface protection and efficiency enhancement.

He has successively presided over more than 60 scientific research projects and engineering application projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation Regional Innovation and Development Joint Fund Project and the National Key R&D Program project, published more than 100 academic papers, and won more than 10 scientific research awards such as the first prize of Science and Technology Progress of the Ministry of Education and the special prize of Science and Technology Progress of the China Dam Engineering Society, and won honorary titles such as the National Advanced Individual in Earthquake Relief in the National Education System of the Ministry of Education.