Education

• Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2014

• M.Sc., Oil and Gas Production Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), 2010 

• B.Sc., Petroleum Engineering (major), China University of Petroleum (East China), 2007 

• B.B.A., Business Administration (minor), China University of Petroleum (East China), 2007

 Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor, Bob L. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering, Texas Tech University, 01/2020 – Present

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University, 12/2017 – 12/2019

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Mitacs Elevate Program, University of Regina, Saskatchewan Research Council, 04/2016 – 11/2017

• Reservoir Engineer, CNOOC Research Institute, Beijing, China, 12/2014 – 04/2016

Research

• Research areas

        – Carbon-zero: in-situ HydrOgen production from PEtroleum reservoirs (HOPE)

              ✓ Electromagnetic-assisted catalytic heating

              ✓ In-situ combustion gasification (ISCG)

        – Carbon-free: HydrOgen Production from the Earth’s subsurface (HOPE)

              ✓ Natural hydrogen production

              ✓ Stimulated hydrogen production from subsurface iron-rich rock formation

        – Carbon-negative: hydrogen production from iron-rich rock formation with CO2 sequestration

        – CO2 and hydrogen geological storage

        – Geothermal recovery

• Core skills

        – Hydrocarbon-mineral-water interactions

        – Geochemistry in ultramafic rock formations

        – Thermal-reactive-transport coupling

        – Multi-physics, reactive transport modeling techniques

Teaching

• PETR 5307, Enhanced Oil Recovery, Graduate level, Spring 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

• PETR 4324, Data Analytics in Petroleum Engineering, Undergraduate level, Fall 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Awards

1. Emerging Inventor of the Year, Texas Tech University, 2024.

2. SPE Regional Reservoir Description and Dynamics Award, Society of Petroleum Engineers International, 2024.

3. The Daneshy International Award for Best Invention on Energy Transition for the patent entitled “In-Situ Hydrogen Generation and Production from Petroleum Reservoirs” (serial No. PCT/US2022/044109), by the Ershaghi Center for Energy Transition (E-CET) at The University of Southern California, 03/2023.

4. Interpore – PoreLab Award for Young Researchers, International Society for Porous Media, 2018 (Link)

5. Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation – Postdoctoral (highlighted by the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, the Honourable Herb Cox, Minister of Advanced Education of Government of Saskatchewan, and David Malloy, the Vice President of the University of Regina), 2017 (Link)

6. Best Paper Award in the 2nd International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, 2015

7. Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering Graduate Award, University of Calgary, 2014

8. Chemical & Petroleum Engineering Graduate Excellence Scholarship, University of Calgary, 2013, 2014

9. Dr. Roger Butler Memorial Graduate Scholarship, University of Calgary, 2012

Professional Service Activities

• Journal Editor Board

      1. Associate Editor, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 01/2019 – Present

      2. Associate Editor, Petroleum Science and Technology, 06/2022 – 05/2024

      3. Guest Editor, Energies, Special Issue “Advances in Fluid Transport for Sustainable Energy and Environment in Subsurface Systems”, 03/2022 – 11/2022.

      4. Co-Guest Editor, Geofluids, Special Issue “Recent Advancements in Enhancing Heavy Oil Recovery”, 06/2021 – 09/2021.

      5. Co-Guest Editor, Geofluids, Special Issue “New Advances in the Sustainability of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources”, 07/2020 – 02/2022.

• Conference Committees and Judges

      1. Unraveling the Mystery of Natural Hydrogen Occurrence and Unlocking Its Potential, AGU Fall Meeting, 2023, 2024.

      2. Minisymposium co-organizer, “Mixing, dispersion and reaction processes across scales in heterogeneous and fractured media”, InterPore – International Society for Porous Media, 2021, 2022.

      3. Session Chair, “Fingering Instabilities in Subsurface Porous Media”, Section: Near-surface Geophysics, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, & Online, 13 – 17 December 2021.

      4. Convener, “Reactive Transport in Subsurface systems at multiple scales: Experiments and Characterization”, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, & Online, 13 – 17 December 2021.

      5. Minisymposium organizer, “Modeling and controlling of viscous fingering in miscible and immiscible displacements in subsurface porous media”, InterPore 10th Annual Meeting & Jubilee, New Orleans, USA, 2018

• Grant Reviewer

      1. Mitacs Elevate and Accelerate Programs, Mitacs, 2017 – Present

      2. Panelist, NSF Fluid Dynamics Program, Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems Division, 2021

• Technical Reviewer Experience

      Serve as reviewers in the following journals: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering; Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering; Fuel; Energy & Fuels; Energies; Transport in Porous Media; Chemical Engineering Journal; International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer; Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research; Journal of Energy Resources Technology; International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology; Petroleum

Professional Affiliations

      1. SPE Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers

      2. Member of International Society for Porous Media (InterPore)

      3. American Geophysical Union (AGU) member

Outreach Activities

      1. Committee Member, Natural Hydrogen Committee, the Technology Collaboration Programme of the International Energy Agency, 01/2024 – Present

      2. Subject Matter Expert in Alternative Energy, Homeland Defense & Security, 07/2022 – Present

      3. Advisory Member and Education & Outreach Committee, Texas Hydrogen Alliance, 05/2022 – Present

      4. Education & Outreach Coordinator, Early Career Network, International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE), 10/2020 – 10/2024

      5. Interpore Student Poster Award Committee Member, 2018

      6. Judge at the Canada-Wide Science Fair, Session Chair, Regina, SK, Canada, 2017

      7. Judge in Alberta Graduate Conference, Calgary, AB, Canada, 2011