Zhi X. CHEN
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
College of Engineering
Peking University
Beijing 100871
P. R. China
Email: chenzhi
pku.edu.cn
Tel: +86 (0) 10 6276 5854
Research Interests
Pracitical propulsion and energy application-oriented fundamental research on thermofluid multiphysics processes:
Turbulent Combustion, Thermoacoustic Instability, MILD/Flameless Combustion, Supersonic Flows, High-fidelity Numerical Simulation, Massively Parallel Computing, Physics-informed Machine Learning
【Thermofluid Multiphysics Group】We look for highly motivated, enthuisiastic and fun researchers to join our team, preferrably with fluid mechanics, thermophysics or computer science background. All starting levels and all nationalities are welcome!
Professional Experience
2021.06 – Present Peking University | Assistant Professor
2019.11 – 2021.05 University of Cambridge | College Senior Research Fellow (P.I.)
2019.05 – 2019.07 German Aerospace Center (DLR) | Visiting Scientist
2018.01 – 2018.02 Sandia National Labs | Visiting Scholar
2017.05 – 2019.11 University of Cambridge | Postdoctoral Research Associate
Education
2012.10 – 2017.04 University of Cambridge | Ph.D.
2010.10 – 2012.07 University of Birmingham | B.Eng.
2008.09 – 2010.06 Huazhong University of Science and Technology | B.Eng.
Awards & Honours
2020 Bernard Lewis Fellowship, The Combustion Institute
2019 Tier 1 Exceptional Talent, Royal Academy of Engineering, UK
2019 Fellow of Robinson College, University of Cambridge, UK
2018 Transnational Access Award, EU Horizon 2020
2017 Best Use of ARCHER, EPSRC, UK