Xinxing Shao received his BS degree in engineering mechanics from Southeast University, China, in 2012 and PhD in experimental solid mechanics from Southeast University, China, in 2018. From May 2013 to March 2014, he was a visiting student in University of Science and Technology of China, China. From January 2015 to September 2015, he was a research assistant in Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore. From September 2016 to October 2017, he was a visiting PhD student in University of Toronto, Canada. In June 2018, he made an academic visit to Purdue University. Currently, he is an associate professor in the School of Civil Engineering at Southeast University. His current works are focus on real-time, high-resolution and fully automatic deformation measurement, development of scientific instruments and experimental fracture mechanics. He is a reviewer for more than 20 international journals and has published more than 60 journal and conference papers in the field of optical deformation measurement. His doctoral dissertation is selected as the Best Doctoral Dissertation of CSTAM in 2019. Now, He is the Deputy leader of Optical Measurement Group in CSTAM.