CV
Work experience
- Assistant Professor, Heriot-Watt University, Aug. 2025 - present
- Department/Institute: Institute for GeoEnergy Engineering
- Research Areas: Data Science, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
- Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University, Sept. 2023 - Aug. 2025
- Supervisor: Prof. Louis Durlofsky (Member, National Academy of Engineering)
- Research topic: Deep Learning Models and Data Assimilation Algorithms for Geological Carbon Storage.
- Software Engineer Intern, Schlumberger Technologies (Beijing) Ltd., Mar. 2018 – Sept. 2019
- Supervisor: Dr. Gongrui Yan
- Research Topic 1: Geomechanics algorithms for well track design and wellbore stability analysis.
- Research Topic 2: Machine learning models for formation pressure prediction.
Education
- Ph.D in Energy and Resources Engineering, Peking University, 2023
- Supervisor: Prof. Dongxiao Zhang (Member, National Academy of Engineering)
- Research topic: Research on Theory-guided Deep Learning Models for Subsurface Flow Problems.
- Bachelors in Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), 2018
- GPA: 4.52/5.0
- Comprehensive ranking: 1/192
Service and leadership
- Associate Editor: Geoenergy Science and Engineering, Elsevier
- Associate Editor: SPE Journal, Society of Petroleum Engineers
- Journal Reviewer: Water Resources Research, SPE Journal, Journal of Computational Physics, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Geoenergy Science and Engineering, Computational Geosciences, Applied Energy, Mathematical Geosciences, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics
- Conference Paper Reviewer: ARMA 2024-58th US Rock Mechanics-Geomechanics Symposium, ARMA 2025-59th US Rock Mechanics-Geomechanics Symposium
Honors and Awards
- Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation (Peking University), 2023
- Outstanding Graduate (Peking University), 2023
- May 4th Scholarship (Peking University), 2022
- President’s Scholarship (Peking University), 2021, 2022
- Top Ten Scholars of the College of Engineering (Peking University), 2022
- Leo KoGuan Scholarship (Peking University), 2021
- Merit Student (Peking University), 2020, 2021, 2022
- Exceptional Award for Academic Innovation (Peking University), 2020, 2021, 2022
- Dean’s Scholarship of College of Engineering (Peking University), 2020, 2021
- Boeing First-class Scholarship (Peking University), 2020
- Outstanding graduate of Beijing (Beijing Municipal Education Commission), 2018
- National Scholarship (Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China), 2015, 2016, 2017
- Merit Student of Beijing (Beijing Municipal Education Commission), 2017
- Best Undergraduate Scholarship (China University of Petroleum), 2017
