2020, Scott Sloan Best Paper Award, Computers and Geotechnics (Elsevier Journal)

2019, Rocha Medal, International Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

2018, Best Oral Presentation Award, International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media

2018, Elected Future Leader, American Rock Mechanics Association

2016, Dr NGW Cook PhD Dissertation Award, American Rock Mechanics Association

2016, Arthur Holmes Centenary Research Grant, Imperial College London

2016, Top Cited Paper Award, Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment (Elsevier Journal)

2016, Research Student Conference Fund, Institute of Physics

2015, Rock Mechanics Research Award, American Rock Mechanics Association

2015, Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Student Abroad, China Scholarship Council

2012, Janet Watson PhD Fellowship, Imperial College London

2012, Outstanding Master Thesis Award, Shanghai Education Commission

2012, Outstanding Master Graduate Award, Shanghai Education Commission

2010, Shanghai Geotechnical Investigation & Design Institute Award, Tongji University

2009, Outstanding Bachelor Graduate Award, Tongji University

2008, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award, Tongji University

2008, National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of China

2007 & 2008, First-Class Scholarship for Excellent Student, Tongji University

Plenary Talk. THM processes in geothermal reservoirs. 6th Cargèse Summer School, Corsica, France, Jun 2024.

Invited Talk. Discrete fracture network modelling of multiphysics processes in fractured media for geoenergy applications. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, Apr 2024.

Invited Talk. Characterisation and modelling of fracture networks in rock with application to tunnelling-induced seismicity. GEoREST Workshop on Induced Seismicity, Palma, Spain, Mar 2024.

Invited Talk. Fluid flow and coupled hydromechanical processes in fractured rocks with application to geoenergy and geoengineering. 20th International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Sendai, Japan, Nov 2023.

Invited Talk. Insights from study of flow channelling in low permeability fractured rock on predictions for safety assessment. Swedish National Radiation Safety and Research Days, Stockholm, Sweden, Oct 2023.

Invited Talk. Coupled processes in fractured geological media: from a complexity perspective. State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, China, Sep 2023.

Invited Talk. More is different: On the emergence of collective phenomena in fractured geological media. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, Apr 2023.

Invited Talk. Elastic wave transport in fractured rocks: from propagation to diffusion and localisation. 11th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium, Beijing, China, Oct 2021.

Invited Talk. Modelling multiphysics processes in fractured rocks and implications for geoengineering applications. China University of Geosciences, China, Jun 2021.

Keynote Talk. Solid-fluid coupling phenomena in discrete fracture networks. Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering, Beijing, China, Aug 2020 (number of participants: ~1000).

Plenary Talk. Characterisation and modelling of natural fracture networks: geometry, geomechanics and fluid flow. 16th Annual Conference of the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering, Beijing, China, Nov 2019 (number of participants: ~3000).

Plenary Talk (Rocha Medal Award Lecture). Characterisation and modelling of natural fracture networks: geometry, geomechanics and fluid flow. 14th International Congress of Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Foz do Iguassu, Brazil, Sep 2019 (number of participants: ~600).

Invited Talk. Coupled processes in fractured geological media. Peking University, China, Mar 2019.

Invited Talk. Discrete fracture network modelling of hydro-mechanical processes in fractured geological media. Tongji University, China, Dec 2018.

Invited Talk. Discrete fracture network modelling of coupled processes in fractured geological media. Uppsala University, Sweden, Dec 2018.

Invited Talk. Discrete fracture network modelling of hydromechanical processes in fractured rocks. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, Nov 2018.