Shi-Di Huang

Shi-Di Huang is a Tenured Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering under the College of Engineering at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China. He joined SUSTech in 2017 as Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2018, with tenure since 2023.

• 2005–2009: Bachelor of Science (Physics) at Fudan University
• 2009–2014: Doctorate (Physics) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Research Directions:

• Turbulence: Boundary layer dynamics, turbulent coherent structures, small-scale statistical characteristics, and applications in heat transfer and pollutant dispersion.
• Physical Oceanography: Laboratory and numerical modeling of diapycnal mixing, river plumes, water-sediment interface interactions, and wave-vortex coupling.
• Active Matter: Swimming dynamics of plankton/micro-robots, collective motion, hydrodynamic interactions, and environmental responses.
• Nonlinear Dynamics & Complex Networks: Chaos theory, pattern formation, and network analysis in fluid systems.

Scientific Trends: His recent work focuses on turbulence scaling laws, centrifugal force effects in convection, Prandtl number dependencies, and aerodynamic phenomena in urban/transport systems. Collaborative studies with Ke-Qing Xia and others explore coherent structures, transport enhancement, and geophysical/environmental applications.

• Scientific Awards:
  • 2019 Guangdong Province Pearl River Talent Program
  • 2017 Shenzhen Peacock Program
  • 2016 Hong Kong Young Scientist Award
  • 2014 Chinese University of Hong Kong Young Scholars Thesis Award
  • 2009 Shanghai Outstanding Graduate

Research Leadership: He has directed four National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) projects and actively recruits students/postdocs for turbulence, ocean dynamics, and active matter research. He contributes to academic service as a reviewer for journals like Physical Review Letters and Journal of Fluid Mechanics, and served as guest editor and session chair.