Experiences

• Feb. 2022 - Present: Lecturer in Microengineering (University of York)

• Sep. 2018 - Dec. 2021: Associate Professor (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

• Apr. 2016 - Aug. 2018: Research Associate in MEMS (University of Cambirdge)

• Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2016: Research Scientist (Sharp Laboratories of Europe)

Education

• Jul. 2011 - Mar. 2015: Ph.D. (University of Southampton)

• Oct. 2009 - Sep. 2010: M.Sc. (Imperial College London)

• Sep. 2005 - Jun. 2009: B.Eng. (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

Research interests

• Resonator-based sensors
  • Modal interactions
  • Nonlinear dynamics
  • Symmetry-breaking phenomena
• MEMS sensors in general
  • Accelerometers
  • Thermometers
  • Magnetometers
• Energy harvesters
• FET-based sensors

Statistics

• >8.5M RMB (~1M GBP) funding as named academic investigator
  • PI: 1 projects
  • Co-I: 2 projects
• 9 students supervised/mentored
  • Completed: 1 PhD & 4 Masters
  • Ongoing: 2 PhD & 2 Masters
• >70 peer-reviewed publications
  • Journal: 43
  • Conference: 28
• 11 patents filed

Invited talks

• The 19th International Manufacturing Conference (IMCC 2021), Xi’an, China, October 2021 (delayed)
• The 16th International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered & Molecular Systems (IEEE NEMS 2021), Xiamen, China, April 2021
• The 21st Chinese Society of Micro & Nano Technology Conference (CSMNT 2019), Wuhan, China, October 2021
• Chinese Society of Micro & Nano Technology Young Scholar Forum, Xi’an, China, September 2019
• Invited talk and academic visit to KU Leuven, August 2018

Conference participations

• IEEE MEMS Conference 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021
• Transducers Conference 2015, 2019, 2021
• IEEE IFCS Conference 2017, 2018
• Eurosensors Conference 2015
• MME Workshop 2012

Invited journal reviewer

• Nature Scientific Reports, 2020 -
• IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, 2020 -
• Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 2020 -
• IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 2019 -
• AIP Applied Physics Letters, 2019 -
• IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2019 -
• IEEE Sensors Journal, 2018 -
• AIP Advances, 2018 -
• IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2017 -
• Nature Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 2017 -
• MDPI Sensors, 2017 -
• MDPI Micromachines, 2017 -
• Elsevier Sensors & Actuators A: Physical, 2016 -

Journal editor

• Guest editor: Special Issue “Advances in Nonlinear Dynamics and Coupling in Symmetric/Asymmetric Microsystems”, MDPI journal Symmetry

Invited grant reviewer

• Czech Science Foundation, 2020

External PhD examiner

• Griffth University, Australia, 2019

Invited conference reviewer

• Micro and Nano Engineering Conference (MNE), 2021 -
• International Conference of the Chinese Society of Micro-Nano Technology (CSMNT), 2019-

Volunteering

• IEEE CASS-EDS-SSCS Wuhan Joint Chapter
  • Secretary, 2021-
  • Volunteer, 2019-

Interests

• Huge fan of football (playing and watching)
• Massive enthusiast and collector of board games
• Starting to enjoy cycling