Junwen Zhang is a professor in mining engineering, specializing in road supporting and mining rock mechanics field at China University of Mining and Technology (BEIJING), China. Zhang is concurrently a member of the 8th Council of the Youth Committee of the Chinese Society of Rock Mechanics and Engineering and a member of the Coal Mine System Engineering Committee of China Coal Society. He has been engaged in research on deep coal mining, mine pressure and ground control, rock mechanics. Zhang hosted the key program, general program funded by the National Natural Science Foundation (NSFC), the sub-project of the National Key Research and Development Project and more than ten projects funded by companies. Zhang acquired the first prize of the Science and Technology Development of the Ministry of Education (No. 1), 2 second prizes of the Science and Technology Development of the Ministry of Education (Nos. 2 and 3), 6 second prizes of the Science and Technology Development of the China National Coal Association (Nos. 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4) and a second prize of the Science and Technology Development of the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering (No. 2). In the journals such as the IJMST, Zhang published 41 papers indexed by SCI/EI (as the first author/corresponding author, 34 papers were published.). Two monographs were published. Zhang acquired the honorary title of the Science Award for Youths in Coal Mining and was selected as award plan of the Yueqi Distinguished Academics.
