I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computing, School of Advanced Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.

My research interest is in the field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI), with particular emphasis on Extended Reality (XR) technologies. I have been actively involved in research related to the design, evaluation, and application of VR and AR in cultural heritage and education.

I received my PhD degree from the University of Nottingham in 2020 with the Postgraduate Award. During my PhD study, I worked at the NVIDIA Joint-Lab on Mixed Reality in Ningbo and the Mixed Reality Lab in Nottingham UK.

Currently I am leading several prestigious research grants, including the Young Scientist Programme of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the General Programme of the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China. My scholarly contributions have found publication in esteemed international journals and conferences such as ACM ToCHI, IJHCI, ACM JoCCH, ACM CHI, IEEE VR, IEEE ISMAR, and so on. I serve as the China Country Representative at the IFIP Technical Committee on Human–Computer Interaction (TC13). I also hold an executive member role in the CCF HCI Committee and I am a professional member of BCS, ACM, IEEE, and IET. My commitment to the field is underscored by my long-standing service and regular engagement as an editorial board member, program committee member, and reviewer for international journals and conferences. I served as the Online Experience Co-Chair in IEEE VR 2023, the Student Competition Co-Chair in IEEE ISMAR 2023, and the Poster Co-Chair in IEEE AIxVR 2024.

Education

• PhD in Computer Science (with Tri-Campus Postgraduate Award), University of Nottingham, 2016-2020
• BSc in Computer Science (with Vice-Chancellor’s Medal and Presidential Award), University of Nottingham, 2012-2016

Experience

• Research Associate @ Virtual Engineering Center, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Dec 2019 - May 2020
• Research Intern @ NVIDIA, Nov 2017 - Nov 2018
• Research Assistant @ Mixed Reality Lab, University of Nottingham, Oct 2016 - May 2017
• Software Engineer Intern @ IBM, Jun 2014 - Sep 2014

Teaching

• Module Leader, CPT208 Human-Centric Computing, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, AY2021/22, AY2022/23, AY2023/24 S2.
• Module Leader, CPT411 Evaluation Methods and Statistics, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, AY2021/22, AY2022/23, AY2023/24 S1.
• Co-Teacher, CPT202 Software Engineering Group Project, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, AY2020/21 S2.
• Teaching Assistant, COMP1041 Databases and Interfaces, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, AY2017/18 S2.
• Teaching Assistant, COMP1040 Systems and Architecture, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, AY2017/18 S1.
• Teaching Assistant, G51FAI Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence, University of Nottingham, AY2016/17 S2.

Honours and Awards

• Science and Education Backbone Talents, Suzhou City, 2022
• Shuangchuang PhD, Jiangsu Province, 2022
• Best Paper Award & Best Presentation Award, International Conference on Educational Technology, 2022
• Nomination, IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Outstanding Dissertation, 2022
• First Prize, International Contest on Blended Teaching & Learning, 2021
• Outstanding Supervisor, China Competition on Virtual Reality, 2021 & 2022
• Tri-Campus Postgraduate Award, University of Nottingham, 2020
• Best Student Paper Award, University of Nottingham, 2019
• Postgraduate Teaching Award Highly Commended, University of Nottingham, 2018 & 2019
• Vice-Chancellor’s Medal, University of Nottingham, 2016
• Outstanding Graduate, Zhejiang Education Bureau, 2016
• National Scholarship Award, Chinese Ministry of Education, 2015