Jin Ooi received B.Eng.(Hons.) degree from The University of Auckland and PhD degree from The University of Sydney.  He is currently the Professor of Particulate Solid Mechanics, the Director of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Edinburgh and holds a Qiushi Chair Professor position at Zhejiang University China.  His principal research interests lie in the mechanics of particulate solids, from soils and rocks, to many industrial powders and solids.  He has published extensively and is on the Editorial Board of the Canadian Geotechnical Journal and edited special issues in Powder Technology and Granular Matter.  He co-founded DEM Solutions Ltd and Particle Analytics Ltd, bringing impact of his research on many industrial and scientific problems.  He collaborates actively with academic and industrial partners, providing leadership as Coordinator for the T-MAPPP European ITN Consortium on multiscale analysis of particulate processes, and the PARDEM ITN Project on DEM calibration and validation.