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Education

• Ph.D. in Civil and Systems Engineering (Structural Engineering), Johns Hopkins University, 2021–2025
  • Advisor: Prof. Thomas Gernay
  • Dissertation: Advancing performance-based fire design through material behavior, structural modeling, and lifetime economic assessment
• M.Eng. in Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering), Tongji University, Shanghai, China, 2018–2021
  • Advisor: Prof. Zheng Lu
  • Thesis: Vibration Control Technology of Wind Turbine Towers Attached with Particle Tuned Mass Dampers
• B.Eng. in Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering), Central South University, Changsha, China, 2014–2018
  • Advisor: Prof. Wei Guo

Academic Positions

• Incoming Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track), University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Aug 2026–
  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Nevada, Reno, Oct 2025–Jul 2026
  • Project: Wildland–Urban Interface (WUI) fire risk analysis and fire spread modeling

Research Interests

• Advanced thermal-mechanical finite element simulations
• Performance-based fire design and structural fragility assessment
• Material behavior under extreme conditions (fire, seismic)
• Lifetime economic and environmental impact assessment
• Wildland–urban interface (WUI) fire risk and spread modeling
• Structural resilience under multiple hazards

Awards & Honors

• 2023 — Richard D. Hickman Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University
• 2021 — Outstanding Master Thesis Award, Tongji University
• 2018 — Outstanding Undergraduate Award, Central South University

Service

• 2025–26 — Guest Editor, Buildings Special Issue: Advanced Research on Structural Multi-Hazard Risk
• 2024 — Student Assistant, NSF Conference on Fire Resilience
• 2023–24 — Student Member, Structural Stability Research Council (SSRC)
• 2023–24 — Vice President, Graduate Student Association, JHU Civil Engineering
• 2023–24 — Department Representative, JHU Civil Engineering

Peer Review

Referee for Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE), Fire Technology, Fire Safety Journal, International Journal of Wildland Fire, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Progress in Engineering Science, Scientific Reports, Structures, Buildings, and others.