2023 IEEE ComSoc Outstanding Young Researcher Award for the Europe, Middle East and Africa Region; 2025 IEEE ComSoc WTC Outstanding Young Researcher Award; 2024 IEEE Communications Society Heinrich Hertz Award for Best Communications Letter; 2022 IEEE ComSoc SPCC TC Best Paper Award; ISWCS 2022 Best Paper Award; IEEE VTC2022-Fall Best Student Paper Award.
Research Experience
Postdoctoral Researcher with the STAR Lab at Queen Mary University of London (July 2022–July 2024); Lecturer (Assistant Professor) with the Centre for Wireless Innovation (CWI), Queen's University Belfast, since August 2024, leading the Smart Wireless Innovation and Future Technologies (SWIFT) Lab.
Education
Received the Ph.D. degree in Information and Communication Engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China, in June 2022.
Background
Research interests: 6G research directions, including but not limited to Pinching-Antenna Systems (PASS), Simultaneously Transmitting and Reflecting Surfaces (STARS), near-field communications and sensing, Next Generation Multiple Access (NGMA). Professional fields: wireless communications, signal processing, mathematical optimization, and machine learning.
Miscellany
Open to applications for prospective PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, and visiting students/scholars. Supports proposal applications and hosts visits at CWI, QUB.