Dr Jimmy Jiao is a professor in Hydrogeology at the Department of Earth Sciences, at the University of Hong Kong. He obtained his BEng and MEng in Hydrogeology from China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) and PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Birmingham, UK. He worked as Editor (2008-2015) of Hydrogeology Journal and Associate Editor (2002-2008) for Ground Water. 

He was the 2023 recipient of O.E. Meinzer Award, the Hydrogeology Division, Geological Society of America and the M King Hubbert Award of National Ground Water Association. He was also the 2022 Ineson Lecturer of the London Geological Society. 

Dr Jiao was elected Fellow of the Geological Society of London, the Geological Society of America, and the American Society of Civil Engineers. He has published over 240 SCI journal papers and a book on Coastal Hydrogeology (Cambridge University Press, co-authored with Vincent Post).