Education Background
PhD, Cambridge University
BEng, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Work Experiences
Director, Center for Combustion Energy, Tsinghua University
Chair of Energy Systems, University College London
Chair of Energy Systems, University of Southampton
Chair of Computational Fluids and Combustion, Queen Mary, University of London
Research Areas and Interests
Computational Simulation and Digital Twins of Energy Systems
Macroscopic, Mesoscopic and Microscopic Simulation Methods
Big Data and Machine Learning
Carbon-neutral Energy Technologies
Combustion, Fluid Mechanics and Multiphysics
Cross-scale Interdisciplinary Sciences
Honors and Awards
2025 ASME George Westinghouse Gold Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, USA
2022 Member of Academia Europaea, The Academy of Europe
2022 ASME James Harry Potter Gold Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, USA
2021 AIAA Energy Systems Award, The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, USA
2020 Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK
2018 Inaugural Fellow of the Combustion Institute, International
2016 Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, UK
2013 Life Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, USA
2011 Recipient of the Scholarship Certificate, Santander Universities, International
2010 Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, USA
2007 Fellow of the Institute of Physics, UK
2007 Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, USA
2002 Recipient of the Gaydon Prize, British Section, The Combustion Institute
2000 Recipient of the Sugden Award, British Section, The Combustion Institute
Books and Patents
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Journal Publications
360 SCI journal papers; 260 conference papers; 24 book chapters.