**Tao Bai**

Tao Bai is a Professor at the School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan Institute of Technology. His interest areas include structures and materials for asphalt pavement, solid waste and RAP resource utilization, and eco-friendly maintenance technologies. His research has been funded by the NSFC, Natural Science Foundation Youth Fund, Science and Technology Projects of the Department of Transportation of Hubei Province.

#### **Jizhe Zhang**

Jizhe Zhang is an Associate Professor at Shandong University. He is mainly engaged in the research of water damage mechanism of asphalt concrete, composite modification of asphalt materials, and regeneration technology of asphalt materials, amongst others. He has published more than 30 academic papers. He presided over the project of NSFC, Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation, and the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China. He also participated in the project funded by the Engineering and Natural Science Research Council (EPSRC) of the UK, where he conducted in-depth systematic research on the adhesion mechanism of asphalt–aggregate interface and the adhesion failure law after encountering water.

#### **Yangming Gao**

Yangming Gao is currently a Senior Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University, the UK. His research interests include the mechanics of pavement materials, molecular dynamics simulations, multiscale and multiphysics modelling, ageing, fatigue damage, and healing of bituminous materials, as well as durable, sustainable, and smart road materials and technologies. He serves on the RILEM technical committee (278-CHA) and is an active member on the Transportation Research Board (TRB) and American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). He was the recipient of the 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Individual Fellowships and 2019 ARMOURERS and BRASIERS'Prize.
