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Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Durability for Marine Civil Engineering (GDDCE) Shenzhen Durability Centre for Civil Engineering Chinese-Netherlands joint laboratory in Civil Engineering

Research Team

Research Team

The key laboratory improves team performance by the principles of “import, management and development”. The connection between research and teaching, as well as the formation of research teams with reasonable experience, knowledge and background distributions is highlighted in the laboratory. Academician Zhaoyuan Chen (Tsinghua University) and Prof. Ningxu Han (Netherlands) are employed as the principal academic advisors and Technical directors, respectively. In addition, the laboratory also employed many renowned researchers and experts as visiting professors to supervise our research work. The key laboratory implements the subject-responsibility system, focuses on the enhancement of research teams, and devoting with great effort to the researcher’s attraction and training. To date, the key laboratory has almost accomplished the research teams building.


The key laboratory implements a quantitative management system and evaluates the researchers through four aspects, teaching, research, publications and working attitude. In addition, the laboratory encourages, supports and provides appropriate facilities for personal academic development. In the past five years,
many people have earned a promotion on the basis of their accomplishments (seven promoted to professors, fifteen promoted to associate professors and three promoted to senior engineers).


The key laboratory has international experts in multi disciplinary, including materials science, structural engineering, life science, chemistry and physical etc. The research teams in the Key laboratory are mainly consist of mid-aged scientists and they have strong academic atmosphere



Multi-disciplinary and international team