Xiong Kangning, director and professor with doctoral supervisor position of School of Karst Science, State Engineering Technology Institute for Karst Desertification Control / Guizhou Normal University, is an expert with the special government allowance from the State Council, a national outstanding professional and technical talent, a national outstanding teacher, and a core expert of Guizhou Province. He holds part-time academic posts as vice chairman of the karst Professional Committee of Chinese Geological Society, vice chairman of the Karst Investigation and Foundation Engineering Committee of Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics & Engineering, member of the Teaching Steering Committee for Nature Conservation and Environmental Ecology Majors in Colleges and Universities of the Ministry of Education, expert of the National Sustainable Development Experimental Zone of the Ministry of Science and Technology, vice chairman of the National Innovation Alliance Council for Karst Rocky Desertification Control in Southwest China, and member of the World Heritage Expert Committee, the State Forestry and Grass Administration.

Prof. Xiong has successively presided over and completed 17 national projects for education, science and technology, 4 Chinese government-UNESCO projects for World Heritage nomination and protection, 118 national ministry key projects for science, technology, planning and design, 6 key provincial projects for education, science and technology and 35 others, 76 projects entrusted by central and local enterprises and institutions. with 6 bookes, 501 papers including 128 SCI/EI-indexed papers, 149 patents including 31 invention patents, and 33 computer software copyrights.