Professor Jian Kang, FREng, MAE, IMCAE, FIOA, FASA, DFIIAV, CEng, has been a full professor since 2003.
He is President 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 Rayleigh Medal 2022, 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, a Member of Academia Europaea -The Academy of Europe, and an International Member (Academician) of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.