I graduated with a PhD degree from The University of Hong Kong in 2012, with the research topic in electrochemical engineering. My academic career in the UK started in 2014, when I took up a Lectureship in the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Heriot-Watt University. I was appointed as the Associate Director of the Research Centre for Carbon Solutions (RCCS) at Heriot-Watt in 2017. I joined Loughborough University in 2018 as a Senior Lecturer, was promoted to Professor/Personal Chair in Low Carbon Processes in 2019 and became the Head of Department of Chemical Engineering in 2020. In 2022, I became the Associate Dean (Research and Innovation) for the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at University of Surrey. My current research is focusing on the digital transformation of complex chemical and processes via integrated online/operando characterisation, advanced modelling and data-centric deep learning, with a vision to deliver a paradigm-shift in how future chemical processes can be designed, optimised and self-evolved throughout their entire lifecycle, enabling connected products and services, and making them super-efficient, zero-loss, whilst maximising their value creation.