About me
I am currently appointed as an Assistant Professor, Presidential Young Scholar at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong SAR and an Adjunct Lecturer at UNSW Syndey Australia. Therefore, I work closely with my colleagues and students from Hong Kong and Australia as a collective research team.
Feel free to read my CV via the link.
My Story
I graduated as a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering (Building Service Stream) student at The Hong Kong University (HKU) in the year 2011. Then, I went to The University of New South Wales (UNSW) to continue my study and acquired my PhD degree supervised by Prof Guan Heng, YEOH in Mechanical Engineering in the year 2015.
I started my academic career as a Research Associate at UNSW in 2015 working on large-scale fire simulation studies including bushfires, building and tunnel fires revolving around Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) techniques. After that, I started my role as the Centre Manager of the national theme-based ARC Training Centre for Fire Retardant Materials and Safety Technologies in 2018-23, managing the daily operation of the UNSW Fire Testing Laboratory and ensuring the timely completion of industry and partner projects. I was appointed as an academic staff in 2021 as a Lecturer at UNSW, specialising in the development of advanced bio-inspired functional materials with experimental characterisations combined with unique computational realisation techniques. Since Jan 2023, I joined The Hong Kong Polytechnic University as an Assistant Professor (Presidential Young Scholar) to continue my journey as an acdemic researcher.
I research on the development of computational material science modelling techniques to deliver in-depth characterisations of the atomistic physiochemical behaviours of nanocomposites such as interfacial and surface science reactions between molecules. In addition, he also contributes to the fabrication of novel, bio-inspired and multifunctional nano-architectured composite materials. I aim to synergise my expertise to formulate a systematic, state-of-the-art fire assessment platform to effectively and physically describe the flaming and degradation processes, thermal/electrical conductivities, charring and self-extinction behaviours of advanced materials.
My Academic CV
The following are my key research performance highlights since my Postdoctoral employment:
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Top 2% Scientists Worldwide 2023-2024 by Stanford University
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>150 research publications with >140 journal articles, 3 book chapter and >20 conference papers (Jan 2024)
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My H-Index is 42 in Google Scholar with >5,500 citations, H-index of 36 in Scopus, 33 in Web of Science, 34 in SciVal
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Published 5 highly cited papers from 2018-2023 (top 1% cited of the academic field)
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Published >70 in the top 10% journal by SJR from 2017-2024 according to Scopus
Please feel free to read and download my CV below:
Awards and Achievements
List of Recognitions
Being an internationally recognised fire researcher, I was invited as a partner for the National Science Foundation US-funded International Network - iFireNet: An international network of networks for prediction and management of wildland fires (https://sites.uci.edu/ifirenet/). In collaboration with the Hong Kong Fire Safety Department (HKFSD) and the Fire Research Unit of Fire & Rescue, New South Wales (FRNSW), Australia, I have contributed in multiple fire investigation studies including the aged-care facility in Quackers Hill, NSW 2011 causing 14 fatalities. The numerical results were presented as evidence in court to convict the suspect for the arson fire. I was also involved in the development of the Online Fire Safety Training Tool: E-fire Investigation for firefighters to understand the compartment fire development relating to fire loads. I have also assisted the fire investigation of the SC Mini Storage in Amoycan Industrial Building, Ngau Tau Kok, Hong Kong, 2016. In terms of media exposure, I was interviewed by the Guardian for the topic "Why are Sydney buses still going up in flames and what can be done about it?" In short, my achievements are detailed as follows:
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2024: Invited Speaker and Section Chair at the International Conference on Fire Safety Engineering Research and Practice (iCFSERP-2024) in Sydney, Australia.
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2024: Invited Speaker at the 1st International Conference of Engineering Structure (iCES2024) Syposium in Guangzhou, China (link).
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2024: World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University 2024
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2024: Invited by Phoenix Hong Kong Channel’s live news broadcast show “From Phoenix to the World” to share about future lithium-ion battery fire risks (link)
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2023: World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University 2023 (link)
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2022: Most Cited Paper Award 2022 for Journal "Experimental and Computational Multiphase Flow" (link)
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2021: Runner-Up for the AOSFST 2021 Best Presentation Award (video) (link)
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2021: Best Papers Award for section “Computational Fluid Dynamics 3” in 15th International ATE-HEFAT 2021 Conference Symposium
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2021: Best Papers Award for section “Nuclear Energy” in 15th International ATE-HEFAT 2021 Conference Symposium
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2021: Top 10 Cited Articles in 2021 for Journal "Fire and Materials" (link)
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2021: Certificate of Appreciation by Natural Hazards CRC Program (link)
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2020: First price award for the Makers Game (ENGG3060) Design Project participating as the academic mentor sponsored by Jabobs Engineering on topic Smart Fire Sprinklers
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2019: Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) Certificate of Acknowledgement for key-note Seminar talk for Fire Engineering Division
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2017: Distinguish speaker award for the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) Fire Engineering Division
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2011: Daikin Scholarship for outstanding performance in Building Design Project
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2011: Daikin Scholarship for outstanding performance in Applied Research Project
Contact
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