Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Ph.D. in Civil Engineering
  The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, August 2016 - September 2020
  • Thesis: Multiscale modeling large deformation in granular media
  • Supervisor: Prof. Jidong Zhao
• B.Eng (honor)
  Sun Yet-Sen University, China, September 2012 - July 2016
  • Major: Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

Experience

• Research Assistant Professor
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, July 2022 - present
  • Cooperator: Prof. Zhenyu Yin
• Post-doctoral Fellow
  • The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, September 2020 - June 2022
  • Supervisor: Prof. Jidong Zhao
• Visiting Scholar
  • University of California, Berkeley, September 2019 - March 2020
  • Host supervisor: Prof. Kenichi Soga

Awards

• Top cited paper, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2022
• Top downloaded paper, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2020
• Oversea research grant, HKUST, 2019
• Best presenter award, KKHTCNN, 2018
• Postgraduate studentship, HKUST, 2016 ~ 2020
• Xu Zhilun outstanding students award, The Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2016
• Honors graduates, SYSU, 2016
• Third prize, National Zhou Peiyuan Competition on Mechanics, 2015
• Meritorious Winner in The Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM), 2014
• Miscellaneous scholarships and awards at SYSU, 2012 ~ 2016

Academic service

• Member, International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
• Member, Hong Kong Geotechnical Society (HKGES)
• Secretary, The 17th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), Dec 18 - 21, 2025, Hong Kong.
• Secretary, International Symposium on Innovations in Geotechnical Engineering towards Sustainability (IGES2023), Nov 30 - Dec 4, 2023, Hong Kong.
• Journal reviewer:
  • Computers and Geotechnics
  • Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
  • Engineering Computations
  • Soils and Foundations
  • International Journal of Geomechanics
  • Journal of Zhejiang University - SCIENCE A
  • International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
  • Transportation Geotechnics
  • Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering

(Last update at: March 2024)