SFT is pleased to welcome the following new Research Assistant Professors to the academic team.
Dr Fang Bo received his Ph.D. degree from Zhejiang University. During his Ph.D. study, he focused on the performance enhancement and energy conversion ability of graphene fibres. In October 2020, he joined ITC (now renamed as SFT) as a postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Xiaoming Tao’s group where he studied the scalable production of ultrafine polyaniline fibres and soft organic electrochemical transistors based on conducting polymer fibres. Dr Fang’s research interests cover new-frontier functional fibres, ultrathin sensors, and non-invasive biomarker test techniques. He has published influential academic papers in the field of functional fibres and wearable devices in internationally renowned journals, including Science, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, ACS Nano, Materials Horizons, etc.Dr Fu Jimin obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at PolyU in 2019 and then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at ITC (now renamed as SFT). Dr Fu’s research interest lies in the theoretical and computational modelling of multi-length scale physical and mechanical behaviours in advanced materials, biological materials and related devices. He uses molecular dynamics simulation, combined with the density functional theory and continuum mechanics methods to develop methods to quantitatively predict physical and mechanical behaviours in novel wearable devices. His work has been published in top-tier journals including ACS Nano, Advanced Functional Materials, Energy Storage Materials, Advanced Science, etc. The ultimate goal of his research is to transfer the knowledge learned from natural materials with superior functions to engineering materials by rationally designing their structure.
Dr Kang Zhanxiao received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Hong Kong in 2017. Then, he worked as Postdoctoral Fellow at ITC (now renamed SFT) since early 2018. He has more than ten years of research experience in thermal engineering. His research interests include heat and mass transfer, computational fluid dynamics, body thermoregulation modelling, and wearable technology for body thermal management. He has published over 25 peer-reviewed journal papers in journals including Building and Environment, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Applied Thermal Engineering, etc. He is also a reviewer of many academic journals including the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of Thermal Biology, etc.