Staff profile

Education Background

I studied BA Archaeology in Jilin University, China before completing MA Archaeology and Heritage of Asia in University College London (UCL), United Kingdom. I am trained in Chinese archaeology with solid fieldwork experiences, I have excavated in Central Plain China, Northeast China, Southwest China, Southern China, Hong Kong, these sited dated from Paleolithic to late medieval China. I stepped out of my comfort zone and expand my research interests to Southeast Asia when doing my dissertation project with a focus on Northern Thai Buddhist archaeology.

Research Topic

Current PhD research topic: Religion along the Southern Silk Road in 7th to 13th centuries - Buddhist material culture in the Nanzhao and Dali Kingdoms

Master dissertation: The archaeology of early Thai Buddhist Kingdom- Sukhothai and Si Satchanalai as case study

Undergraduate dissertation: The architecture and building layout of Ancient Chiang Mai city in Northern Thailand: A Perspective of Archaeology

Conference

• ‘The building layout of Ancient Chiang Mai Temples: A perspective of Archaeology’, Space, how much space-Revisiting Dimensionality History Conference, November 2015

Other Academic Activities

• Conference Interpreter: The City and the State in the Ancient World: Perspectives from Archaeology and History Academic, Department of History at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong & Jao Tsuung-I Academy of Sinology & Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, November 2019

• Conference interpreter: Zhou Dynasty City Sites and Conservation of Major Archaeological Sites, Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, The School of History of Zhengzhou, September 2018

• Conference interpreter: Urban Archaeology of The Shang Dynasty and conservation of major sites, Chinese Cultural Studies Center & BA Programme in Cultural Management at Chinese University of Hong Kong & Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

• Archaeological study tour Tutor: Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology & Chinese Cultural Studies Center, April 2018

• Undergraduate fieldwork tutor: BaoMa Ancient City, Research Center for Chinese Frontier Archaeology of Jilin University, July- August 2016

• Assistant researcher and editor: Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, December 2015- June 2016

• Guest lecture speaker: The relation between the Hans and ethnic minority in the frontier from recent archaeological discoveries, Hong Kong University Graduates Association & Hong Kong Chinese Cultural Association, December 2013

• Guest lecture speaker: The history of Chinese Architecture from recent Archaeological discoveries, City University of Hong Kong, October 2013

Responsible post

• Founder/ Chairmen: Archaeology and Heritage Research Association Hong Kong, May 2016- recent

• Secretary: Institute of Hong Kong Underwater Archaeology Research, May 2019- recent

• Member: Hong Kong Archaeology Society, March 2022- recent

• Treasure: Graduate Archaeology Durham (Durham), December 2022- recent

Selected Grants/ Awards

• Tan See Bock PhD Studentship from Northumbria University, 2020-22

• Outstanding thesis of the Year from Jilin University, 2015

• 1st Class National scholarship for Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan students in Chinese University, 2013-14

• 1st Class National scholarship for Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan students in Chinese University, 2012-13

• Asian Archaeology
• Buddhist Archaeology
• Chinese Archaeology
• Hong Kong Archaeology and Heritage
• Silk Road Archaeology
• Southeast Asian Archaeology