Longbin Tao received his PhD from The University of Western Australia in 2002 for research on offshore hydrodynamics. He joined the University of Strathclyde in September 2017 as Professor of Offshore Engineering under the University’s “Global Talent Attraction Programme (GTAP)”. From January 2009 to September 2017, he had held the position of Lloyd’s Register Chair Professor of Offshore Engineering at Newcastle University. Before moving to the UK, he lectured at Griffith University in Australia from 2001 to 2008. Longbin’s primary research interests are in offshore engineering specializing in marine and offshore hydrodynamics. Prior to an academic career, he was employed as an engineer at Maritime Safety in China and naval architect at a shipbuilding company in Australia.