Zhilin Guo is an Associate Professor at the School of Environmental Science and Engineering of the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen. She earned her Ph.D. in Environmental Science (minor in Hydrology) from the University of Arizona and completed postdoctoral work at UC Davis. Research Leadership : Vice Chair of UNESCO Groundwater Youth Network, member of AGU and IAHR committees, and associate editor for top journals like Water Resources Research . Research Focus : Groundwater pollution mechanisms, non-Fickian transport modeling, contamination risk assessment, and sustainability under global change. Her work spans numerical simulation, upscaling methods, and reactive transport analysis. Scientific Awards : 2024 Ministry of Education Young Talents, 2024 Guangdong Environmental Science Society Gold Award, and multiple journal-specific honors. Her funded projects include national Key R&D programs and NSFC grants, totaling over 10 million RMB. Academic Contributions : Published 15+ papers in 2024 alone, covering groundwater modeling, pollution risk, and climate-water interactions. Her teaching includes bilingual courses on water resources and contaminant transport.
Dr. Li Xinggang is a Research Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China. His academic career spans multiple institutions including China National Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology (formerly GRINM), and Leibniz-Institut für Werkstofforientierte Technologien (IWT) in Germany. Current: Research Professor (May 2023–present) Previous: Research Associate Professor (2020–2023), Research Assistant Professor (2018–2020) Education: Ph.D. in Process and Chemical Engineering, University of Bremen (2014) M.Eng. in Materials Science & Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing (2009) B.Eng. in Materials Science & Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing (2007) Research Interests: Dr. Li specializes in metal powder materials for additive manufacturing, with a focus on melt atomization (gas, centrifugal, plasma), metal additive manufacturing (3D printing), advanced powder metallurgy techniques, and multiphase flow simulation. His work bridges fundamental atomization physics with industrial applications in aerospace and nuclear engineering. Key technologies: Coupled pressure-gas atomization, satellite particle control Application areas: Superalloy production, low-activation nuclear reactor materials Simulation focus: Heat/mass transfer, droplet dynamics Publication Trends: His research portfolio (1 monograph, 3 book chapters, >80 papers) shows a progression from fundamental atomization modeling (2011–2017) to applied 3D printing studies (2019–2024), with consistent emphasis on process optimization and material characterization. Scientific Recognition: 2020 Shenzhen Overseas High-Level Talent (Peacock Plan Category C) 2017 Beijing Nova Program 2013 Best Poster Award (PARTECH) 2022 Outstanding Reviewer, China Science and Technology Journal Excellence Plan Advising and Grants: As a Doctoral Supervisor, he mentors graduate students like Liu Chang (2019 Outstanding Young Paper Award). He has secured >10 major grants including National Natural Science Foundation projects, Shenzhen Technical Research grants, and GF Science and Technology Bureau initiatives. Labs and Teams: Based in Room N425, North Building at SUSTech, he leads research in metal powder equipment development (e.g., China's first coupled pressure-gas atomization system) and collaborates with international institutions like IWT-Bremen. His team works on both academic research and corporate partnerships.
FAN Dian is a Research Assistant Professor at the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). He obtained his Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas Tech University in 2018 and a B.E. in Petroleum Engineering from Chengdu University of Technology in 2013. His research focuses on fluid and particle transport in geological porous media through multi-scale numerical simulations, with applications in shale oil/gas extraction, CO₂ sequestration, microplastic removal, and environmental tracer recovery. Key methodologies include lattice Boltzmann simulations and statistical mechanical modeling. Dr. Fan's publications demonstrate strong emphasis on: 1) Fundamental transport phenomena in porous media, 2) Advanced simulation techniques (LBM/CFD-DEM), and 3) Applied petroleum engineering solutions. Recent works show increasing focus on environmental applications and non-spherical particle dynamics. Awards: Pengcheng Peacock Plan Specially-Hired Talent (2023) Research Funding: Principal Investigator: National Natural Science Foundation of China project on shale media deformation (2023-2025) Participant: EU Horizon 2020 projects Science 4 Clean Energy (€9.7M) and ShaleXenvironmenT (€3.4M) He maintains international collaborations through visiting positions at Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nurnberg and previously held research/teaching roles at University College London.
