Dr. Linyi Yao has joined Prof. Leng’s group as a Research Assistant from October 2019. She obtained her PhD degree in Jan 2024 and MSc in Highway and Railway Engineering from Southeast University in June 2019. She is now a Post Doctoral Fellow in Prof. Leng's group. Her research work focuses on pavement asset management, including pavement performance modelling, maintenance optimization and intelligent decision-making, and pavement sustainability and life cycle assessment.