Prof. Jian Kang, FREng, MAE, FIOA, FASA, FIIAV, CEng, has been a full professor since 2003. He is President-Elect of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV), and he also chairs the European Acoustics Association Technical Committee for Noise, and the EU COST Action on Soundscape of European Cities and Landscapes. He was awarded IOA Tyndall Medal 2008 and Peter Lord Award 2014; NAS Lifetime Achievement Award 2014; and CIBSE Napier Shaw Bronze Medal 2013. He is Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering, and a Member of Academia Europaea -The Academy of Europe. He obtained his first and master degree from Tsinghua University and his PhD from the University of Cambridge and worked in the field of architectural and environmental acoustics for 35+ years, with 80+ research projects, 800+ publications, 90+ engineering/consultancy projects, and 20+ patents. He is recipient of the Advanced ERC Grant Award, currently working internationally on developing Soundscape Indices.