Qualifications
BE, MPhil, PhDEducation
- 2007
PhD, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- 2003
MPhil, Northeastern University, China
- 1997
BE, Northeastern University, China
Awards
- 2014
ARC Future Fellowship
- 2014
Pro Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research Performance, The University of Newcastle
- 2011
ARC CoE Early Career Researcher Support Award
Employment
- 2015
Associate Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering
- 2014
ARC Future Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering
- 2011
ARC CoE ECR Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering
- 2008
Research Associate, Centre for Geotechnical and Materials Modelling, University of Newcastle
- 2007
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Catholic University of America, USA
- 2007
Research Assistant, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Editorial Boards of International Journals
- Soils and Foundations (Elsevier)
- Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment (Springer)
Research Interests
- Soft and problematic soils improvement
- Compaction and fracture grouting
- Damage and fracture mechanics
- Coupled multi-physics modelling of fractured rocks
- Limit analysis of the stability of tunnels
- Finite element analysis
- Discrete element methods