Work experience

• 2023 – Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow

• 2020 – 2023 Lecturer Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, University of Glasgow

• 2016 – 2020: Research Fellow & Proleptic Lecturer
  • School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Glasgow
  • Duties: MI modelling in SoftMech Centre funded by EPSRC
• 2012 – 2016: Research Fellow
  • School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Glasgow
  • Duties: developing novel patient-specific heart and valve models based on clinical imaging data
• 2010 – 2012: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
  • Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Science, University of Glasgow and EEE Department, University of Strathclyde, UK
  • Duties: Initiating the GlasgowHeart consortium with Profs Luo/Berry/Soraghan, working on image processing towards patient-specific computational models

Education

• B.S. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Fudan University, China
• M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Fudan University, China
• Ph.D in Biomechanics, Brunel University, UK

Research Profile

• Solid knowledge on general fluid/solid mechanics, biomechanics (biofluid and biosolid), and numerical methods including finite difference/volume/element methods;
• Extensive experience in image-based biomechanical cardiovascular modelling;
• Expertise in image processing and image-based 3D computational model construction;
• Proficient programming ability including C/C++, Matlab, and extensive experience in a range of numerical software packages including ANSYS, ABAQUS, SolidWorks

Publications

Over 100 peer-reviewed journal papers and book chapters (2100 Google scholar citations, H-index of 28, i10-index of 50), the full list can be found at my Google Scholar page.