Prof. Fengshou ZHANG, a distinguished professor in the College of Civil Engineering at Tongji University, was named one of the 50 winners of the 2025 Xplorer Prize. Recently he received this award for his pioneering research in transportation and architecture.Prof. Zhang has long been engaged in research on the development and utilization of deep underground space and carbon sequestration. He has successfully simulated the thermal-hydraulic-mechanical-chemical (THMC) coupled fracture networks in