Main research areas include the formation mechanisms and risk prevention and control of geological hazards such as landslides and debris flows. Holds a Ph.D. in Physical Geography from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at Chang’an University, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Has served as Principal Investigator for projects including a research project under the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Excellent Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Main academic appointments include Standing Council Member of the Intelligent Monitoring Branch for Geological and Geotechnical Engineering, Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering, and Deputy Secretary-General of the Geological Hazard Prevention and Control Branch, China Disaster Prevention Society. Serves as an editorial board member for journals such as Journal of Mountain Science and has been awarded titles including “Leading Talent” under the Tianfu Emei Plan of Sichuan Province and one of the first “Outstanding Young Talents” of regular higher education institutions in Shaanxi Province.
E-mail
jqzhuang@scu.edu.cn
Research achievements
[1] Zhuang J*, Wang Z, Zhan J, et al. Evolution and failure mechanisms of water-induced landslide sliding zones[J]. Engineering Geology, 2025: 108477.
[2] Heng S, Zhuang J*, Di B, et al. Landslide susceptibility assessment based on an explainable ensemble model[J]. Gondwana Research, 2026.
[3] Kong J, Zhuang J*, Peng J, et al. Influence of material with different components on the physical properties of the bound water of the loess[J]. Engineering Geology, 2026: 108697.
[4] Chen, S., Zhuang, J. *, Wu, J., Chang, L., Kong, J., & Peng, J. (2026). Study of the strength degradation of the saturation loess using ring shear tests: S. Chen et al. Landslides, 23(4), 1163-1177.
[5] Zhuang J*, Ma P, Chang L, et al. Mudflows due to liquefaction triggered by earthquakes in terrains with gentle lower slopes: a case study: Mudflows in terrains with lower slopes[J]. Landslides, 2025, 22(1): 95-108.
[6] Zhuang, J. *, Peng, J., Zhu, Y., Leng, Y., Zhu, X., & Huang, W. (2021). The internal erosion process and effects of undisturbed loess due to water infiltration. Landslides, 18(2), 629-638.
[7] Kong J, Zhuang J*, Peng J, et al. Failure mechanism and movement process of three loess landslides due to freeze-thaw cycle in the Fangtai village, Yongjing County, Chinese Loess Plateau[J]. Engineering Geology, 2023, 315: 107030.
[8] Du C, Zhuang J*, Peng J, et al. Numerical investigation of the fast shear behaviour of granular materials and its significance for rapid landslides[J]. Engineering Geology, 2024, 342: 107733.
[9] Zhuang J*, Peng J, Wang G, et al. Distribution and characteristics of landslide in Loess Plateau: A case study in Shaanxi province[J]. Engineering Geology, 2018, 236: 89-96.
[10] Zhuang J*, Peng J, Du C, et al. Shallow-landslide stability evaluation in loess areas according to the Revised Infinite Slope Model: a case study of the 7.25 Tianshui sliding-flow landslide events of 2013 in the southwest of the Loess Plateau, China[J]. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2024, 24(7): 2615-2631.
Awards & Honors
Awards received include the First Prize of the Shaanxi Science and Technology Progress Award (R8), the Gu Dezhen Youth Science and Technology Award of the Engineering Geology Committee of the Geological Society of China, and the Outstanding Scientific and Technological Achievement Award of the National Secretaries Disaster Reduction Conference. The related achievements have been applied to regional geological hazard prediction and forecasting, risk prevention and control, and comprehensive management.
Research projects
(1) General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: Failure Mechanism and Long-Term Stability Evaluation of Remolded Loess High Slopes under Water Action in Gully Consolidation and Tableland Protection (PI)
(2) Sub-project of the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: Sliding Initiation Mechanism and Instability Criteria of Statically Liquefiable Loess Landslides (PI)
(3) Excellent Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: Engineering Geology and Geological Hazards (PI)
(4) General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: Mechanism of Loess Liquefaction Induced by Strength Deterioration of Loess (PI)
(5) Key Research and Development Program of Tibet Autonomous Region: Key Technologies and Application Demonstration for Enhancing Grassroots Risk Prevention and Control Capacity for the Major Earthquake and Derivative Disaster System in Tibet (PI)
Talent Development
Recruits master's and doctoral students in Disaster Prevention and Mitigation and Protection Engineering, and Safety Science and Disaster Prevention.
