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I am currently a Staff Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). I received a BEng in Civil Engineering in 2010 from China University of Mining and Technology and a PhD in Geotechnical Engineering in 2016 from Hohai University.
Taking a nontraditional career path, I did not know what research was all about until I gradually learned more numerical approaches and modeling and Earth science and engineering by working with my mentors, collaborators, postdocs and student interns. Before I became more interested in research, I did a lot of fun stuff in high school and college -- all of those fun experiences turned out to be useful in helping me to shape new ideas for research today.
My research focuses on multiscale numerical modeling and machine learning for analyzing coupled thermal-hydro-mechanical-chemical (THMC) processes relevant to both fundamental Earth science and to subsurface engineering systems (e.g., nuclear waste disposal, geologic hydrogen production and storage, and geothermal energy). I am the sole developer of a series of novel numerical approaches and computer codes based on the numerical manifold method (NMM) and the extended finite volume method (XFVM). My research interests are continuously broadening with my increased understanding of numerical modeling, machine learning, Earth and planetary science, and energy geosciences applications.
When I am not working, I like traveling and anything that is associated with Art.
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