Prof. Dr. Shen is the Dean of the College of Engineering, Shantou University. Dr. Shen is now a distinguished leading talent of Guangdong Province, China. Prof. Dr. Shui-Long Shen received his BSc. in Underground Space Technology from Tongji University in 1986 and his MPhil in Structural Engineering from the same university in 1989. He obtained his Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from Saga University, Japan, in 1998. 

After Dr. Shen received his PhD, he worked in the Institute of Lowland Technology (ILT) as a lecturer from 1998 to 2001. During this period Dr. Shen served as an Associate Editor of Lowland Technology International-an International Journal. From 2001 to 2003, Dr. Shen worked in National Institute for Environmental Studies in Tsukuba-the Science City of Japan. In 2003, he joined the Department of Civil Engineering (DCE) of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) as a faculty member and Department Head of DCE-SJTU from 2010 to 2018. Dr. Shen joined the College of Engineering, Shantou University. Since 2004, Dr. Shen has been keeping collaboration with other international organization, e.g., Saga University, Virginia Tech, The University of Kansas, The University of Hong Kong, Suranaree University of Technology Thailand, Ecole Centrale de Nantes France, Swinburne University of Technology, RMIT University, Australia as a guest/visiting/adjunct professor. 

Dr. Shen’s research interests focus on the urban underground infrastructural system, smart maintenance of urban underground facilities, and flooding hazards prevention and mitigation by use of intelligent approaches. He published/edited six books, of which three conference proceedings published by ASCE. Dr. Shen published more than 450 technical papers in Journals and International conferences, in which over 308 papers were published in International Journals. His stature is reinforced by the inclusion in Research.com listing of Best Scientists in two fields: Engineering and Technology and Earth Science. He has been selected as one of the ‘highly cited scholars in China’ by Elsevier. In 2024, Dr. Shen was elected as foreign Fellow of European Academy of Sciences. 

In 2023, Dr. Shen launched a new journal based on Springer Nature: Smart Construction and Sustainable Cities, and serves as Editor-in-chief. Dr. Shen also serves as an Associate Editor/Editorial board member of four International Journals, e.g. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Geotextiles and Geomembranes (Associate Editor), Computers and Geotechnics, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology (TUST), Elsevier; Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering, Acta Geotecnica, Springer Nature; Marine Georesources and Geotechnology, Taylor and Francis. and domestic journals, e.g. Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering.