1. Personal Profile

  Educational experience:

2020.09 - 2023.07      Northwestern University  Geological engineering   Doctor

2014.09 - 2017.07    Chengdu Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences  Architecture and Civil Engineering  Master's degree

2010.09 - 2014.07    Xi'an University of Science and Technology  Geological engineering  Bachelor's degree;

Work experience:

2026.05-                    Northwestern University    Geological engineering major  Associate Professor

2023.07 - 2026.05      Northwestern University  Geological engineering major  Postdoctoral Fellow/Lecturer

2017.08 - 2020.08    Shaanxi Engineering Survey and Research Institute Co., Ltd  Geological hazard survey and design  Project leader.

2. Research situation

2.1Academic papers

[1]      Wang Daozheng, Wang Xingang, Zhan Hongbin, Huang Qiangbing, Wang Jiading, Lian Baoqin, Wang Fei. Experimental study on the failure pattern of loess mudflow and its critical conditions [J]. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2026.

[2]      Wang Daozheng, Wang Xingang, Chen Xiaoqing; Huang Qiangbing,. Continuous solid‐fluidization transition mechanism of loess mudflow: Insights from laboratory experiments and implications for geophysical processes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 2025, 130, e2024JF008123.

[3]      Wang Daozheng, Wang Xingang, Chen Xiaoqing; Huang Qiangbing, Wang Jiading. Solid–fluid phase transition characteristics of loess and its drag reduction mechanism [J]. Landslides,2024.

[4]      Wang Daozheng, Wang Xingang, Chen Xiaoqing, Wang Jiading, et al. " Laboratory flume experiments on the characteristics of large wood accumulations from debris flow and the backwater rise at slit-check dams" .  Landslides  19.9 (2022): 2135-2148.

[5]      Wang Daozheng, Wang Xingang, Chen Xiaoqing et al. " Influence of micromorphology and water content on the rheological properties and performance evaluation model of loess mudflow" .  Physics of Fluids (2024): 2135-2148.

[6]      Wang Daozheng, Wang Xingang, Chen Xiaoqing, Wang Jiading, et al. " Analysis of factors influencing the large wood transport and block-outburst in debris flow based on physical model experiment" .  Geomorphology  398 (2022): 108054.

[7]      Wang Daozheng, Baoqin Lian, Wang Xingang, Chen Xiaoqing, et al. " Influence of rheological characteristics on the fluidization catastrophe of tailings flows" . Journal of Mountain Science, 2023.

[8]      Zhang Nan, Wang Daozheng*, Wang Xingang, et al. " Study on movement characteristics and occurrence mechanism of seismic-induced high-position landslide debris flows" .  Physics of Fluids (2025).

[9]      Lian Baoqin, Wang Daozheng*. " Early Identification and Dynamic Stability Evaluation of High-Locality Landslides in Yezhi Site Area, China by the InSAR Method."   Land  13, no. 5 (2024): 569.

[10] Chen Jiangang, Wang Daozheng, et al. " Laboratory study on the characteristics of large wood and debris flow processes at slit-check dams."   Landslides  17 (2020): 1703-1711.

[11] Zhao, A., Wang, X., Wang, D., Hu, S., Liu, K., Lian, B., & Cao, Y. (2026). Formation of a typical landslide-debris flow disaster chain induced by rainstorm.  Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.

[12] Ai, Z., Wang, X., Wang, D., Liu, K., Yao, Z., Gu, C., & Li, J. (2026). Investigation on the role of waste water-based drilling geopolymer in improving the properties of loess: an experimental insight.  Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment,  85(2), 97.

[13] Ai, Z., Wang, X., Wang, D., Qi, Y., Wang, Z., Liu, K., ... & Ye, X. (2025). Improvement of Aeolian Sand Using Guar Gum: Mechanical Behavior, Plant Growth Response, and Microstructural Evaluation.  Geotechnical and Geological Engineering,  43(7), 375.

[14] Yang, J., Wang, X., Hu, S., Wang, D., Lian, B., Xue, C., & Liu, K. (2025). Controlling effect of sliding zone soil on rainfall‐triggered colluvial landslide in Qinling‐Bashan Mountains–A typical case study.  Earth Surface Processes and Landforms,  50(9), e70134.

[15] Luo, L., Wang, X., Lian, B., Wang, D., Xue, C., & Liu, K. (2026). Shear creep characteristics and constitutive model of loess under dry-wet cycles.  Geomorphology, 110344.

[16] Xue, C., Wang, X., Huang, Q., Lian, B., Wang, D., & Liu, K. (2026). Formation mechanism and failure modes of loess-mudstone landslides in fault-active regions of the southern loess plateau of China: Xue et al.  Landslides,  23(3), 575-594.

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