personal experience

Education

Ph.D. Degree in Bioinformatics

2014.10

Dept. of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Topic: Inter- and Intra-molecular Interactions Based on the Dynamic and Structural Properties of Molecule
Supervisor: Prof. Hong YAN
B.Sc. Degree in Information and Computing Sciences

2010.6

Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Hebei University, China

Assistant Professor

2023.01 ~ Now

School of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong
Assistant Professor

2020.01 ~ 2022.09

School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China
Research Fellow

2019.01 ~ 2019.05

Dept. of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Supervisor: Prof. Hong YAN
Research Fellow (Data Scientist)

2017.01 ~ 2018.07

Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Supervisor: Dr. TAN Xin Quan Kyle
Research Fellow

2016.01 ~ 2016.12

School of Computing and Information Sciences, Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Hong Kong
Postdoctoral Fellow

2014.11 ~ 2015.10

Dept. of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Supervisor: Prof. Hong YAN
Visiting Scholar

2013.12 ~ 2014.02

Dept. of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.
Supervisor: Prof. Renming SONG

Principal Investigator (PI),

2026.01.01 ~ 2028.12.31

Title: Enhanced Data Curation and Graph-based Learning for Dual-Drug Synergy Prediction
Funder: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Grant No.: UGC/FDS16/E11/25 (HK$ 783,819)
Principal Investigator (PI),

2026.01.01 ~ 2026.12.31

Title: Workshop Series on Reliable and Interpretable Deep Learning: Challenges, Theories and Applications in Biomedical Informatics
Funder: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Grant No.: UGC/IIDS16/E01/25 (HK$ 340,500)
Principal Investigator (PI),

2025.09.01 ~ 2026.12.31

Title: Reliability of Large Language Models in Computational Drug Discovery
Funder: Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Grant No.: RD/2025/1.15 (HK$ 200,000)
Principal Investigator (PI),

2024.01.01 ~ 2026.12.31

Title: Binding Affinity Prediction Based on Grid Representation and Deep Learning: Paving the Way to Efficient Structure-based Drug Design
Funder: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Grant No.: UGC/FDS16/E16/23 (HK$ 993,240)
Principal Investigator (PI),

2024.12.01 ~ 2025.11.30

Title: Non-small cell lung cancer-Oriented Molecular Characterization in Drug-response Prediction
Funder: Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Grant No.: PFDS/2024/01 (HK$ 150,000)
Principal Investigator (PI),

2023.09.01 ~ 2025.02.28

Title: Geometric Deep Learning for Molecular Property Prediction
Funder: Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Grant No.: RD/2023/1.3 (HK$ 200,000)

Associate Editor of Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (IF: 4.5, JCR Q1, ELSEVIER)

Guest Editor of International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics (IF: 3.1, JCR Q2, SPRINGER NATURE)

Program Committee Member for IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics (IEEE ICMLC)

Program Committee Member for IEEE International Conference on Wavelet Analysis and Pattern Recognition (IEEE ICWAPR)

Journal Reviewer for IEEE JBHI, IEEE TCBB, Journal of Cheminformatics, Nature Communications, Neural Networks, Briefings in Bioinformatics, etc.

Research Tuition Scholarship, City University of Hong Kong, 2013.10.

Outstanding Academic Performance Award for Research Degree Students, City University of Hong Kong, 2013.09.

Research Tuition Scholarship, City University of Hong Kong, 2012.10.

Outstanding Academic Performance Award for Research Degree Students, City University of Hong Kong, 2012.09.