Peking University (December 2007-Present)

• Mechanics of irradiated metals
• Fluids/Solids interaction
• Mechanics of heterogeneous materials and nano-structured materials
• Surface/interface effects in mechanical/physical properties of heterogeneous materials and structures;

Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, at Institute of Nanotechnology, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany (2006--2007)

• Participated in a project “Functional nanoporous materials”
• Growth, diffusion, morphological evolution and stability in stressed solids
• Mechanical/physical phenomena of nanostructured materials related to surface/interface stress

Post-doctoral Fellowship of Royal Society of London, at Cardiff University (2005-2006)

• Participated in a project “Nanostructured materials with unusual mechanical and physical properties”, sponsored by The Royal Society of London (as a principal investigator)
• Strain analysis and growth mechanisms of quantum dots
• Thermal and electrical conductivity of heterogeneous materials

Research Assistant, Peking University, China (2001.09-2005.10)

• Participated in a key project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC) on mechanical behaviour of blended/filled polymers (10032010), and another 3 NSFC projects on micromechanics of heterogeneous materials (10072002; 10372004; 10525209)
• Thermal and electrical conductivity of heterogeneous materials
• Mechanics of nanostructured materials and mechanical/physical phenomena related to surface/interface/interphase