I am a Lecturer in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast and a Visiting Lecturer at University College London. Prior to this appointment, I was a research fellow at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London and Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford. I received my PhD in Mechanical Engineering from National University of Singapore and Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. 

My research focuses on multiscale and multiphysics battery characterisation, diagnostics, modelling and thermal management. I have developed significant expertise in design, model, fabrication, characterisation and test of many sustainable energy devices and systems for energy conversion and storage, air conditioning, and thermal management. 

• Lithium-ion batteries
• Battery materials and characterisation
• Battery diagnostics and management
• Cooling and thermal management
• Multiphysics and multiscale modelling

I have published more than 30 international top journals articles, including in leading journals in the field, such as Energy & Environmental Science, Energy Storage Materials, Small, Communications Engineering, Energy Conversion and Management, and Applied Energy, and a book "Indirect Dew-Point Evaporative Cooling: Principles and Applications" in Springer Nature.

Editorial Service

• Guest Editor for Green Energy and Intelligent Transportation (Elsevier)
• Guest Editor for Energy Technology (Wiley)
• Guest Editor for MDPI journals - Energies, Batteries, Sustainability
• Guest Editor for Frontier in Energy Research (Frontiers)
• Active Reviewer for international journals - Journal of American Chemical Society, Applied Energy, Energy Conversion and Management, IEEE Transactions, ASME Transactions, etc.

Honors and Awards

• 2024 LSMS2024 & ICSEE2024 Best Paper Award
• 2023 UK Science and Technology Facilities Council “Futures Early Career Award”
• 2020 SEDA-PDF Supporting Learning Award
• 2019 UK Science and Technology Facilities Council “Futures Early Career Award”
• 2017 Outstanding reviewer for Elsevier journals - Solar Energy, Energy, International Journal of Refrigeration
• 2017 National University of Singapore "Graduate Student Seminar Award"
• 2016 National University of Singapore “Innovation/Entrepreneurship Practicum Award”

Administration

• Faculty and school internationalisation
• QUB lead contact for UK-Jiangsu World-class University Consortium

MSc/PGcert: MEE7029 Sustainable Energy Systems

MEng/BEng: MEE3031 Heat Transfer & Combustion 3