Education

• Ph.D. in electronic and computer engineering   Sep 2016 - Jun 2022
  The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
  • Supervisor: Prof. Li Qiu
  • Ph.D. Thesis: Phase of Nonlinear Systems
• B.E. (Hons) in automation   Sep 2012 - Jun 2016
  Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
  • Supervisor: Prof. Li Yu

Work experience

• Lecturer in Control Systems   Feb 2025 - Present
  • Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)
  • The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
• Postdoctoral Fellow   Jul 2023 - Feb 2025
  • Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT-STADIUS)
  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven 3000, Belgium
  • Supervisor: Prof. Rodolphe Sepulchre
• Postdoctoral Fellow   Feb 2022 - Jul 2023
  • Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering (ECE)
  • The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
  • Supervisor: Prof. Li Qiu

On-going projects

• A Phase Theory for Nonlinear Systems   Jul 2022 - Jun 2025
  • PI: Li Qiu, Co-I: Chao Chen
  • Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong under the General Research Fund (GRF) No. 16203922

PhD Supervision

• Co-Supervisor
  • Tianzhe Zhang, with Prof. Alexander Lanzon, EEE, UoM   Apr 2025 - Present
  • Qikai Sun, with Prof. Alexander Lanzon, EEE, UoM   Jan 2025 - Present

Teaching experience

• Lecturer, Optimal & Robust Control (UoM EEEN40262/EEEN60262),   Spring 2025
• Teaching Assistant, System Modeling, Analysis and Control (HKUST ELEC3200),   Spring/Fall 2017, Spring 2018
• Teaching Assistant, Control System Design (HKUST ELEC4010G),   Spring 2017