Research Interests

• Hydration kinetics of (blended) cementitious materials
• Microstructural characterization and modeling of cement paste, interfacial transition zone and mortar/concrete
• Measuring and multi-scale modeling of transport properties of concrete
• Mechanisms and properties of novel construction/rehabilitation materials
• Magnesia-phosphate cement (MPC) and MPC-based functional materials
• Deterioration mechanisms of sea sand concrete and marine concrete structures
• Molecular simulation of C-S-H
• Acoustics-based NDT

Courses Taught

Construction materials and Advanced Concrete Technology

Professional Experience

• Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, HKUST, (2013-2015)
• Part-time Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, HKUST (2012-2013)
• Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, HKUST, (2008-2012)

Major Honors and Awards

• ExCEEd Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers, (2017)
• Outstanding Reviewer, Construction and Building Materials, (2016)
• Bronze Prize, poster competition, SBT-SEU-RILEM Doctoral Workshop, (2011)
• Outstanding Graduate, Shenzhen University, (2008)
• Excellent Master Thesis, CNKI, China, (2008)
• Namtai Scholarship, Shenzhen University, (2007)