Staff profile

I hold a BA in Archaeology from Jilin University China with distinction, and an MA in Archaeology and Heritage of Asia from University College London (UCL. My academic training is rooted in Chinese archaeology and I have extensive fieldwork experience across Central Plain China, Northeast China, Southwest China, Southern China and Hong Kong with periods ranging from the Paleolithic to the late medieval period.

My research interests expanded to Southeast Asia during my undergraduates and postgraduates dissertations, where I focused on Northern Thai Buddhist archaeology. My PhD project focuses on reconstructing and comparing the patterns of Buddhist patronage in the Nanzhao and Dali kingdoms along the Southern Silk Road.

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

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

• Tutor: Level 1 Module: Introduction to Archaeological Methods, 2024-25, Durham University

• Tutor: Level 1 Module: Ancient Civilisation of the East, 2023-24 & 2024-25 at Durham University

• Module Lecturer: China’s Underwater Archaeology and Maritime Silk Road Programme, 2023-24 at The Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education

• 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

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

• Secretary: Institute of Hong Kong Underwater Archaeology Research, May 2019- 2020

• Consultant: Institute of Hong Kong Underwater Archaeology Research, May 2020- recent

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

• Treasure: Graduate Archaeology Durham (Durham), December 2022- 2023

• PhD Scholarship from Khyentse Foundation, 2023-24

• 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
• Underwater Archaeology