• Visiting Scholar in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 03/2022 – 08/2022

  • Supervisor: Prof. William Mitch

  • Project: Developing Sustainable UV-AOPs for Potable Reuse of Municipal Wastewater

• Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 09/2016 – 11/2019

  • Supervisor: Prof. Chii Shang

  • Thesis: Investigation on the Optimal UV-LED Photolysis of Chlorine, Inorganic Chloramines and Chlorine Dioxide for Advanced Water Treatment

• Visiting Scholar in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Purdue University, 03/2019 – 08/2019

  • Supervisor: Prof. Ernest R. Blatchley III

  • Project: UV Photolysis of Mono- and Dichloramine Using UV-LEDs as Radiation Sources

• M.Phil. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 09/2014 – 08/2016

  • Supervisor: Prof. Chii Shang

  • Thesis: Hydrogen Sulfide Control in Sediment Systems by the Integration of Iron Granules and Common Oxidants

• B.Eng. in Environmental Engineering, Nanjing University, 09/2010 – 07/2014

  • Supervisor: Prof. Shujuan Zhang

  • Thesis: Effects of Water Matrix on Decolorization of Dyeing Wastewater by the UV/Acetylacetone Process

Academic Positions

• Tenure-track Associate Professor, Nanjing University, January 2024

• Research Assistant Professor, HKUST, 08/2022 – 01/2024

• Postdoctoral Fellow under the RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme, HKUST, 10/2020 – 07/2022

• Postdoctoral Fellow under the ITF Research Talent Hub, HKUST, 01/2020 – 10/2022

• Research Internship, Jiangsu Environmental Science Academe, 05/2014 – 07/2014