2026, Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), Australian Research Council, Australia. DECRA is Australia’s most prestigious early-career research fellowship, recognizing outstanding researchers worldwide demonstrating outstanding scientific excellence, independence, and leadership potential to deliver internationally leading, high-impact research.
2026, Chair of Working Group on ISRM Suggested Method for Hydraulic Shearing Experiments, International Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (ISRM). Appointed to lead an international expert panel to develop an official ISRM Suggested Method to shape global standards and advance best practices for hydraulic shearing experiments.
2025, Jiangsu Distinguished Professor (Specially-Appointed), Jiangsu Provincial Government, China. This is a highly competitive provincial talent title awarded to outstanding scholars for exceptional academic achievement and leadership potential.
2025, Sole Author of a Government-Adopted Policy Advisory Report, Ministry of Education, China. A sole-authored expert advisory report on challenges and strategic recommendations for deep earth resource development and subsurface space utilization in China was adopted as an internal policy reference, highlighting its national policy relevance and strategic significance.
2024, Most Downloaded Article in Geophysical Research Letters, American Geophysical Union. This distinction recognizes articles ranked among the 10 most downloaded in Geophysical Research Letters during a calendar year.
2024, Excellent Scientific Editor Award, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. This award (including a certificate and a 3K CNY cash prize) recognizes excellent performance in editorial handling, peer-review service, and review turnaround efficiency.
2024, Outstanding Early Career Editorial Board Member, Deep Underground Science and Engineering. This recognition from DUSE was awarded for exceptional editorial contributions and promising early-career leadership in advancing both the journal and the field.
2022&2023, Outstanding Reviewer Award, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. This award (including a certificate and a 2K CNY cash prize) recognizes outstanding performance in peer review quality and review turnaround efficiency during a calendar year. I received this recognition in both years.
2020, Best Presentation Award, Society for Rock Mechanics & Engineering Geology, Singapore. This highly competitive annual award, which includes a certificate and a cash prize of 1K SGD, recognizes excellence in research and communication in rock mechanics, rock engineering, and engineering geology among professionals working in Singapore.
2020, CEE Best PhD Thesis Award, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. This annual award (including a certificate and a 2K SGD cash prize), recognizes the best doctoral thesis in the school.
2019, CEE Best Teaching Assistant Award, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. This annual award (including a certificate and a 500 SGD cash prize), recognizes outstanding performance in teaching support and student instruction in the school.
2016, NTU Research Scholarship (2016-2020), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. A competitive university scholarship awarded to outstanding full-time graduate research students worldwide on the basis of academic excellence, supporting doctoral study at NTU, with a total cash-equivalent value of 114 K SGD.
2016, Outstanding Master’s Student Scholarship, China University of Mining and Technology, China. This annual award recognizes the top 1% of outstanding master’s students at the university and includes a certificate and a cash prize of 10 K CNY.
2013, Outstanding Undergraduate International Exchange Scholarship, China Scholarship Council, China. The scholarship supports overseas exchange study for 1,000 outstanding Chinese university students; during the inaugural year of this annual scholarship program, it funded my half-year exchange program at the University of Wollongong, Australia, with a value of ~10K AUD.