Biography

I received my B.Sc., M.Sc. in radio physics (radio wave propagation and antenna) and a PhD in space physics from the School of Electronic Information at Wuhan University in 1995, 1997, and 2001, respectively. I also completed an additional M.Eng. and a three-year post-doctoral fellowship in electrical and computer engineering at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) in 2004 and 2007, respectively.

From 2008 to 2010, I was a Design Engineer with Rutter Technologies, St. John's, NL, Canada. Since 2010, I have been with the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University, where I became a Full Professor in 2019 and the department Deputy Head during 2020-2023. I have authored over 300 refereed research papers. I have edited the book Ocean Remote Sensing Technologies: High Frequency, Marine, and GNSS-Based Radar. My past and present research interests include the mapping of oceanic surface parameters and targets via high-frequency ground wave radar, X-band marine radar, global navigation satellite systems, and synthetic aperture radar, digital image processing and applied electromagnetics.

I was a Member and the Co-Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Evaluation Group for Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grants from 2018 to 2021. I have been a Technical Program Committee Member. I was a recipient of the Discovery Accelerator Supplements Award from NSERC in 2017, and IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society 2019 Letters Prize Paper Award as well as some other teaching and research awards. I am also an Area Editor for IEEE CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING, an Associate Editor for IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING, IEEE GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING LETTERS, IEEE JOURNAL OF OCEANIC ENGINEERING, Remote Sensing, Frontiers in Marine Science, Frontiers in Remote Sensing, and a Guest Editor for IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATIONS AND REMOTE SENSING and five other journals. I have been a reviewer for more than 120 different international journals and a reviewer for many IEEE international conferences, such as RadarCon, International Conference on Communications, IEEE Global Communications Conference, and IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, and Oceans. I am the General Co-Chair and the Technical Program Co-Chair for the IEEE 20th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics (ANTEM), and IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society 13th Currents, Waves, and Turbulence Measurement Workshop.

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Honors and Awards (after 2004)

  • 2025-2027, "IEEE Distinguished Lecturer," IEEE OES.  
     
  • 2024, "IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu member," IEEE.  
     
  • 2024, "Best Student Poster Paper Competition Finalist," as co-author with my graduate student Jesse Chen, MTS/IEEE Oceans Conference, Halifax.  
     
  • 2024, "Best Student Poster Paper Competition Finalist," as co-author with my graduate student Xin Qiao, MTS/IEEE Oceans Conference, Singapore.  
     
  • 2023, "World's Top 2% scientists," list released by Stanford University.  
     
  • 2023, "Best Student Poster Paper Competition Finalist," as co-author with my graduate student Zhiding Yang, MTS/IEEE Oceans Conference, Gulf Coast, USA.  
     
  • 2022, "Wally Read Best Student Paper Award," as co-author with my graduate student Xin Qiao, IEEE NECEC.  
     
  • 2022, "Second Prize of Student Poster Paper Competition," as co-author with my graduate student Zhiding Yang, MTS/IEEE Oceans Conference, Chennai, India.  
     
  • 2020, "Wally Read Best Student Paper Award," as co-author with my graduate student Murilo Silva, IEEE NECEC.  
     
  • 2020, "Best Student Poster Paper Competition Finalist," as co-author with my graduate student Xinwei Chen, MTS/IEEE Global Oceans Conference, Singapore/USA.  
     
  • 2020, "Honorable Mention Award for Student Paper Competition," as co-author with my graduate student Mohsen Eslami Nazari, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Montreal, Canada.  
     
  • 2020, "Honorable Mention Award for Student Paper Competition," as co-author with my graduate student Murilo Silva, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Montreal, Canada.  
     
  • 2019, "Dean's Award for Research Excellence," Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University.  
     
  • 2019, "Wally Read Best Student Paper Award," as co-author with my graduate student Mohsen Eslami Nazari, IEEE NECEC.  
     
  • 2019, "IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society 2019 Letters Prize Paper Award," IEEE.  
     
  • 2019, "Best Student Poster Paper Competition Finalist," as co-author with my graduate student Xinwei Chen, MTS/IEEE Oceans Conference, Seattle, USA.  
     
  • 2019, "Best Student Poster Paper Competition Finalist," as co-author with my graduate student Qingyun Yan, MTS/IEEE Oceans Conference, Marseille, France.  
     
  • 2018, "Young Professional Best Student Paper Award," as co-author with my graduate student Xinwei Chen, IEEE NECEC.  
     
  • 2018, "Best Student Poster Paper Competition Finalist," as co-author with my graduate student Xinwei Chen, MTS/IEEE Oceans Conference, Charleston, USA.  
     
  • 2018, "Best Student Poster Paper Competition Finalist," as co-author with my graduate student Murilo Silva, MTS/IEEE Oceans Conference, Charleston, USA.  
     
  • 2018, "Best Student Poster Paper Competition Finalist," as co-author with my graduate student Qingyun Yan, MTS/IEEE Oceans Conference, Kobe, Japan.  
     
  • 2018, "PEGNL's Teaching Award," Professional Engineers and Geoscientists Newfoundland & Labrador (PEGNL), Newfoundland and Labrador.  
     
  • 2017, "NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement Award," Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Canada.  
     
  • 2017, "Best Student Poster Paper Competition Finalist," as co-author with my graduate student Xinlong Liu, MTS/IEEE Oceans Conference, Aberdeen, Scotland.  
     
  • 2016, "Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence," Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University.  
     
  • 2016, "Third Prize of Student Poster Paper Competition," as co-author with my graduate student Yue Ma, MTS/IEEE Oceans Conference, Monterey, USA.  
     
  • 2016, "Best Student Poster Paper Competition Finalist," as co-author with my graduate student Xinlong Liu, MTS/IEEE Oceans Conference, Monterey, USA.  
     
  • 2016, "Third Prize of Student Poster Paper Competition," as co-author with my graduate student Yali Wang, MTS/IEEE Oceans Conference, Shanghai, China.  
     
  • 2016, "Young Professional Best Student Paper Award," as co-author with my graduate student Xinlong Liu, IEEE NECEC.  
     
  • 2015, "Wally Read Best Student Paper Award," as co-author with my graduate student Qingyun Yan, IEEE NECEC.  
     
  • 2015, "Young Professional Best Student Paper Award," as co-author with my graduate student Xinlong Liu, IEEE NECEC.  
     
  • 2015, "Best Student Poster Paper Competition Finalist," as co-author with my graduate student Qingyun Yan, MTS/IEEE Oceans Conference, Washington DC, USA.  
     
  • 2015, "Best Student Poster Paper Competition Finalist," as co-author with my graduate student Yali Wang, MTS/IEEE Oceans Conference, Washington DC, USA.  
     
  • 2015, "Honorable Mention Award for Student Paper Competition," as co-author with my graduate student Shuyan Chen, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Vancouver, Canada.  
     
  • 2014, "Wally Read Best Student Paper Award," as co-author with my graduate student Shuyan Chen, IEEE NECEC.  
     
  • 2013, "Best Student Poster Paper Competition Finalist," as co-author with my graduate student Chen Li, MTS/IEEE Oceans Conference, Bergen, Norway.  
     
  • 2013, "Best Student Paper Award ," as co-author with my graduate student Jiaqi An, IEEE Radar Conference, Ottawa, Canada.  
     
  • 2012, "Wally Read Best Student Paper Award," as co-author with my graduate student Chen Li, IEEE NECEC.  
     
  • 2011, "1st Prize of IEEE OES Chapter Paper Award," as co-author with my graduate student Jiaqi An, IEEE NECEC.  
     
  • 2007, "T.David Collett Best Industry Paper Award," IEEE NECEC.  
     
  • 2004-2007, "Postdoctoral Scholarship," Memorial University.