Xingjian Jing is now a full professor with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong (CityU). Before joining in CityU, he was a Research Fellow with the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, followed by assistant and associate professor with Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His current research interests are generally related to nonlinear dynamics, vibration, control and robots, with a focus on exploring and exploiting nonlinear benefits in engineering with advanced theory, methods and applications. Prof Jing is the recipient of 2016 IEEE SMC Andrew P. Sage Best Transactions Paper Award, 2017 TechConnect World Innovation Award in US, 2017 EASD Senior Research Prize in Europe, 2017 the First Prize of HK Construction Industry Council Innovation Award, and 2019 HKIE Outstanding Paper Award etc. He has published 200+ refereed papers with 30+ patents filed in China and US. He currently serves as Associate Editors of Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, and IEEE Transactions on Systems Man Cybernetics-Systems. He is the Session EiC of Biomimetics and Frontier in Mechanical Engineering. He also served as Technical Editor of IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics during 2015-2020. He was lead editors of special issues on "Exploring Nonlinear Benefits in Engineering" published in Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing during 2018-2019 and 2021-2022, and the chair or co-chairs of several international conferences or conference sessions (e.g., CMAME 2018, ACMAE 2019, ICANDVC2021-2023).